Nepeta.] cxii. labiate. (J.D.Hooker.) 657 



require a careful re-examination of the whole genus. I suspect that some of the 

 Indian species will prove identical with Persian. Dracocephahim stamineum & 

 Soolceri should probably be transferred to Nepeta. 



A. Wh-orls in simple terminal oblong or cylindric spikes, whicli are rarely 

 interrupted at the base.— (The spikes of 13. N. discolor and others are occa- 

 sionally interrupted; and species placed under C. occasionally present 

 solitary simple spikes.) 



* Leaves bipinnatifid, 



1. N. botryoides, Ait. Sort. Kew, ii. 287; annual, branched, lq,xly 

 hairy ; leaves sub-2-pinnatifid, bracts linear-subulate, spikes cyHndrio 

 dense-fld., calyx tubular straight. N. multifida, Linn. Suppl. 273. N. 

 annua. Pall, in Act. Petrop. 1879, U. 263, t. 12. N. bipinnata, Qav. Ic. 

 fia«-. i. 36, t. 49. 



• Westbbn Tibet; Rupchu, alt. 14,500 ft., rAo«i«o».—DiSTElB. Soongaria, 

 Altai. 



Annual, 6-12 in., robust. Leaves J-1 in., segments linear or oblong, obtuse. 

 Spikes 1-3 in., flowers small. Calyx pedicelled, fruiting ^ in. long, membranous, 

 teeth mncronate. Co'rolla very small, yellow. Stamens short. 



** Leaves entire or crenate, sessile or suhsessile. 



2. N. linearis, Royle mss. ex JSenth. in SooJc. Bot. Misc. iii. 377, 

 Lab. 469, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 371 ; rootstook tuberous, stems ascending, 

 leaves sessile linear acute or obtuse, spike ovoid or oblong, bracts lanceolate 

 or subulate, calyx i in. peduncled hairy, teeth spinescent. 



Westeen Tempbeate HiMAiiATA ; from Kashmir to Simla, alt. 7-11,000 ft., 

 I'aleoner, &c. 



RootstocJc often as large as a walnut. Stems 6-18 in., stout, sparsely leafy, 

 glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 1-3 by ^\ in. Spikes l-ZJ in. Calyx tubular, 

 fruiting ^ in. or more. Corolla-tube twice as long, throat dilated, lips short. — Varies 

 much in size of all parts. 



3. N. connata, Boyle ex Benth. in Sooh. Bot. Misc. iii. 378, Lab. 

 469, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 371; tall, stout, glabrous or hairy, rootstock 

 tuberous, stem simple, leaves sessile narrowly linear-lanceolate acuminate 

 entire, base cordate, spike cylindric, lowest floral bracts large ovate aristate, 

 upper narrow, calyx J in. pedicelled hairy, teeth very long-awned. 



Westebn Tempeeate Himalaya; from Dalhousie to Kashmir, alt. 8-11,000 ft., 

 falconer, &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., sometimes as thick as a swan's quill, glabrous, rarely woolly. 

 Leaves 3-6 by ^| in., coriaceous, sometimes sinuate-toothed. Spikes 1-5 in., 

 lower whorls sometimes axillary. Calyx-teeth as long as the tube, very slender. 

 Corolla twice as long, blue. Stamens included. Nutlets -j^ in., orbicular, compressed- 

 trigonous, brown, shining. 



4. XT. erlostachya, Benth. Lab. 734, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 371 ; 

 stem subsimple sparsely hairy, leaves sessile broadly ovate or ovate-cordate 

 obtuse crenate, lower floral similar, spike cylindric-oblong dense-fld. villous, 

 calyx sessile l in., teeth slender plumose. 



Westebn Tempeeate Himalaya; Buspa yMey, Jacquemont; Kashmir, over 

 Sonamurg, alt. 11,500 ft., Clarke; Gurwhal, alt. 11-12,000 ft., Buthie. 



Stem ascending, 6-10 in. Leaves J-| in., sometimes nearly as broad, pubescent 

 beneath. Spiices 1-3 in. Calyx membranous, teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 

 twice as long, bright blue. Stamens included. — I have not seen Jacquemont's 

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