300 D. Prain — Some additional species of Labiata3, [No. 4, 



rather long ierete denso-fld., calyx in flower narrow tcetli triangular 

 subeqnal. 



Upper Burma; Shan Hills at Toungyi, 5000 feet, Collett, n. 57; 

 Maymyo, 4000 — 4500, King's collector. 



Stems 30 — 80 cm., round, rigid, dark brown, leaves 3 — 5 cm. long 

 lower petioled upper sessile, 0*25 — 35 cm. wide, coarsely serrate through- 

 out, lower petioles 0"5 — 1 cm. long, spikes 5 — 6 cm. long, 1'25 cm. wide, 

 bracts setaceous not exceeding calyx, cahjx pubescent, corolla tube | 

 longer than calyx, lobes puberulous. 



A very distinct variety. Bundles of this are sold and used by Shans 

 as votive offerings at pagodas. 



21 h. ZATARIA BOTSS. 



Undershrubs with small orbicular leaves shortly petioled distinctly 

 glandular punctulate, whorls axillary sessile or in pedunculate cymes 

 and paniculate towards the ends of the branches, flowers very small. 

 Calyx 5-nerved ovate equally 5-toothed, teeth erect, mouth hirsute. 

 Corolla tube sub-included, limb 2-lipped upper entire lower 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 4 included lower slightly longer, anther-cells distinct parallel, 

 at length diverging. Style shortly 2-fid upper lobe slightly shorter. 

 Nutlets smooth. — Species 2, Oriental. 



1. Zataria MDLTiFLORA Boiss ; mucli branched, branches slender 

 white puberulous, leaves puberulous, whorls dense, axillary, sessile, bracts 

 oblong equalling calyx, bracteoles shorter than calyx, calyx teeth much 

 shorter than tube, corolla upper lip equalling the lateral lobes of lower lip, 

 ovary subsessile. — Zataria multiflora Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1, v, 18 ; Benth., 

 DC. Prodr. xii, 183 ; Boiss., Flor. Orient, iv, 561 ; Booh., Tc. PI. xv, t. 1428. 



Beluchistan : — Assigned districts, Quetta, Lace, u. 3936. Distrib. 

 Persia. 



Diffusely branching, leaves 0"75 — 1 cm. long 0'5 cm. wide, calyx 2'5 

 mm., teeth 0*5 mm., corolla 4 mm., long. 



2. Zataria bracteata Boiss; much branched, branches slender 

 brown glabrous, leaves glabrous, whorls peduncled spicate, spikes 

 paniculate, bracts ovate acute longer than flowers, bracteoles linear as long 

 as calyx, calyx teeth slightly shorter than tube, corolla upper lip much 

 shorter than lateral lobes of lower lip, ovary shortly but distinctly stalked. 

 Zataria bracteata Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2, iv, 12. — Z. multiflora Benth. 

 in Gen. Plant, ii, 1186. — Z. multiflora var. elatior Boiss., Flor. Orient. 

 iv, 562. 



Gilgit; Giles. DiSTRiB. Afghanistan. 



Rigidly branching leaves 1 — 16 cm. long, 0*75 — 1 cm. wide, calyx 

 2'25 mm. teeth 0"75 mm., corolla 4 mm. long. 



