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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



Inner Pair of Stamens Longest. 



hairy, teeth 5, slender, shorter than the tube, 

 nutlets broadly oval with rounded ends, otherwise 

 like the other species of Nepeta. 



Nepeta ruderalis, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 661. 

 The Plains to 4,000 ft 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



medium-size, annual, velvety, stout or slender, 

 slightly 4-angled, common on road sides ; leaves 

 ^-2-§ in., green or grey, broadly ovate or circular 

 heart-shaped, shortly stalked, blunt, round-toothed ; 

 flowers \ in., blue or purple, minutely dotted, stalk- 

 ed in very densely flowered circular one-sided 

 Ohoa Said an Shah stalked and branched clusters at intervals along 

 (Douie). softly hairy spikes, calyx £ in., softly hairy, mouth 



of calyx-tube nearly equal, 3 upper teeth triangu- 

 lar, bristle-tipped, 2 lower thread-like, corolla very 

 small, tube shortly projecting beyond the calyx, 

 nutlets broad, granulate, other characters like those 

 of other species of Nepeta. 



Nepeta Gataria, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 662. 



Kashmir, 1-5,000 ft. 



(Falconer). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



medium size, perennial, stem acutely 4-angled, 

 branched, grey velvety ; leaves 1-3 in., ovate or 

 ovate heart-shaped, short-pointed, coarsely round 

 or sharp-toothed ; flowers % in., dotted with purple 

 in circular clusters on long narrow terminal shortly- 

 stalked densely -flowered spikes 4-10 in. long, bracts 

 awl-shaped equalling or not the calyx, lower bracts 

 leafy, calyx £ in. curved, velvety, mouth oblique, 

 teeth nearly equal, awl-shaped, shorter than the 

 calyx-tube, nutlets broadly oblong, smooth, other 

 characters like those of the other species of Nepeta. 



