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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simplf Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Toothed, 

 Petals United, 



Corolla Two-lipped, 



Stamens Four, 

 Outer Pair of Stamens Longest. 



Montis cashmeriana, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 692. 



Himalaya, 5-6,500 ft, 

 Kashmir (Royle). 



medium-size, root-stock stout, stems several, 

 stout, covered with white loose star-shaped woolly 

 hairs ; leaves 5-9 by 2-4 in., linear oblong, blunt- 

 pointed, round-toothed, wrinkled, base heart- 

 shaped, leathery, finely velvety above, stalks 4-6 

 in., flowers pale purple in many-flowered axillary 

 circular clusters, 1-1^ in. diam., bracts § in., many, 

 thread-like, felted, tip needle-like, calyx ^-| in., 

 folded, felted, teeth spiny, f the length of the calyx 

 tube, corolla upper lip very large, felted, not fring- 

 ed, lower lip very broad, nutlets \ in. long, broadly 

 oblong ; otherwise like the last species. 



Phlomis setigera, 



Labiat^e. 



F. B. I. iv. 693. 



Kashmir (Clarke). 



large, stem 1 in, diam., nearly smooth, 4-angled 

 like the branches ; leaves 4-8 in., ovate, long-point- 

 ed, round-toothed, base rounded or heart-shaped, 

 stalks -|-1 in.; flowers in many-flowered axillary 

 circular clusters, bracts short, stiff, bristle-like, 

 tips spiny, calyx |~§ in., hairy, teeth erect, awl- 

 shaped, §■ the length of the tube ; nutlets £ in., 

 ovoid with broad top as if cut off short ; otherwise 

 like the last species. 



Phlomis bracteosa, 



Labiate 

 F. B. I. iv. 693. 

 Himalaya, 5-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 



large, stout, velvety with white hairs, stem and 

 branches 4-angled, hairs on the stem, when 

 present, sharply turned down ; leaves 2-4 in., (in 

 Kashmir, 6-8 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed) ovate, blunt-pointed, round-toothed, 

 base broadly heart-shaped, stalked; flowers 1 in., 

 dull blue-purple, in many dense- flowered axillary 



