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238 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE, 
“ Plant of 3-5 ft. Flowers deep purplish-blue. Valley of the 
Sung Kwei. Alt. 810,000 ft. September 1904.” G. 
Forrest. No. 598. 
‘Plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers blue, stripped and spotted a 
darker shade, whole plant aromatic. Grassy openings in pine 
forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 25’ 
N t. I1I-12,000 ft. September 1906.” G._ Forrest. 
No. 2960. 
This showy species is allied to N. Souliet, Léveillé, but differs 
in its more glabrous leaves, and much longer calyx. Both belong 
to the group of N. macrantha, Fisch. 
Nepeta tenuiflora, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis 03-1 m. altus, quadrangulus, pilosulus, ramosus. 
Foliorum (mediorum) petiolus 2-2°5 cm. longus; lamina pilosula 
et glandulosa, herbacea, subtus pallidior, e basi subtruncata, 
lanceolata, acuta, serrata serraturis obliquis minute callosis, 
10 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, superiora decrescentia. Inflorescentiae 
terminales parvae, verticillastri breviter pedunculati. Calyx 
glandulosus, dentes 3 superi 8 mm. longi, alte connati, apices 
liberi triangulares 1°5 mm. longi, 2 inferi 5-6 mm. longi, apices 
liberi 2 mm. longi. Corolla erecta subcurvata coerulea, gracilis, 
12-16 mm. longa, labium superum circ. 4 mm. longum, inferum 
vix majus, lobus medianus obovatus, crispulus, 3 mm. longus. 
“Plant of 1-3 ft. Flowers blue ; whole plant strongly aromatic. 
Open grassy situations in and on the margins of pine forests on 
the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 
9500-11,000 ft. August 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2657. 
Easily recognised by its small narrow flower. 
Dracocephalum bullatum, Forrest, ms. in schedis. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma radicibus fibrosis robustis elongatis praeditum. 
Caules adscendentes, 7-25 cm. longi, purpurascentes, cinereo- 
pilosi. Folia basalia et inferiora longe petiolata petiolo ad 4 
em. longo, lamina subcoriacea, mox glabra, subtus pallida pur- 
purascentia, e basi cordata ovato-elliptica, crenata, ad 5 cm. longa, 
4 cm. lata, superiora multo minora subsessilia, omnium nervi 
subtus elevati conspicui. Racemus densiflorus, 6-8 cm. longus. 
Bracteae pallidiores, inferiores amplae, imbricantes, subtus + 
purpurascentes vel purpureo-nervosae, pilosae, praecipue ad 
marginem ciliatae. Calyx 1°5-2 cm. longus, pilosus, segmentum 
superius obtusum late ellipticum saepe violascens, 4 inferiora 
triangularia vel lanceolata acuta 0°5-0°6 cm. longa. Corolla | 
3-3°5 cm. longa, saturate coerulea, extus pubescens; tubus e 
basi anguste sensim ad 1-1'2 cm. dilatatus, labium superius 
I'2 cm. latum, 0°5-0°6 cm. longum, bilobum, labium inferius 
