JSTepeta.] cxii. labiate. (J. D. Hooker.) 659 



Wbstben Tempeeate Himalaya; from Murree, Fleming, to Gurwhal, alt. 

 15,000 ft.,Strachey &■ Winterhottom. Westeen Tibet ; Iskardo, alt. 12,000 ft., 

 Clarke. — Disteib. Caucasus. 



Stem 8-18 in. Leaves J-1 in., tomentose beneath. Corolla J-f in. long. 

 NutUts nearly ^j in. long, trigonous.— The largest Indian specimens are taller, 

 stouter and more branched than the Caucasian, and the flowers are smaller, but the 

 remarkable long narrow seeds are quite the same. 



*** Leaves distinctly petioled, entire or crenate. 



10. K. splcata, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 64, Lab. 470, and in 

 BC. Frodr. xii. 372 ; atem erect branched glabrous hoary or pubescent, 

 leaves petioled ovate- or triangular-cordate acute coarsely crenate or serrate, 

 spike oblong or cylindric, bracts ovate or lanceolate awned, calyx sessile 

 i in. soabrid, teeth slender as long as the tube ciliate or hispid. Wall. 

 Cat. 2083; Sot. Mag. t. 6405 (starved form). Betonica l8Bviga;ta, Bon 

 Prodr. 110. 



Western Tempbeate Himalata; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 6-12,000 ft. 

 — Disteib. Afghanistan. 



Stem 1-3 ft., with often spreading branches. Leaves 1^-4 by i-3 in., glabrous 

 or pubescent or hoary beneath ; petiole 1-3 in. Spike 2-4 in., stout or slender, 

 often interrupted; bracts very variable. Flowers as in N. campestris, pale blue. — 

 Bentham's var. elata seems only a large. state. 



11. IT. lamiopsis, Benth. mss.; stems ascending subsimple flaccid 

 sparsely hairy, leaves few sessUe or petioled broadly ovate-cordate obtuse 

 coarsely crenate, floral large, whorls deilse-fld., lower axillary, upper in ovoid 

 spikes, bracts orbicular and green crenate or narrower or linear, calyx ^ in. 

 pubescent, mouth oblique, teeth slender diverging as long as the tube, 

 nutlets broadly oblong. 



Alpine Sikeim Himalata; alt. 12-16,000 ft., J. D. S. 



Stems succulent, 6-18 in. Leaves i—li in., flaccid ; petiole 0-J in., floral se5sile 

 Axillary whorls few, much shorter than the leaves, terminal in an ovoid spike 

 J-li in.; bracts sometimes all linear. Coroda deep blue, tube twice as long as the 

 calyx, limb small. Nutlets about -^ in. long. — Habit of a Lamium. 



12. N. raphanorbiza, Benth. Lai. 734, and in BC. Prodr. xii. 373 ; 

 rootstock tuberous, stems weak ascending glabrous or villous, leaves small 

 petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate obtuse crenate or toothed, spikes 

 short ovoid, bracts ovate to lanceolate, calyx J in. sessile, teeth lanceolate 

 ciliate shorter than the tube. 



Westeen Tempeeate Himalaya; Kashmir to Chamba, alt. 5-12,000 ft., 

 Vaequemont, &c.— Disteib. Affghanistan. 



Stems many from a globose black rootstock as large as a nut or walnut, diffuse or 

 ascending, 6-18 in. high, simple or branched. Leaves J-1 in., sometimes nearly as 

 broad ; petiole half their length. Spikes 1 in. and less, pubescent or villous. Galyoo 

 smaller than in the preceding species, with shorter teeth. Corolla purplish blue, 

 tube twice as long as the calyx, slender. — Boots eaten. 



13. N. discolor, Benth. in Hooh. Bot. Misc. iii. 378, Lah. 470, and in 

 BC. Prodr. xii. 373 ; rootstock elongate, stems weak ascending glabrous or 

 villous, leaves small petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, spikes 

 ovoid or cylindric, bracts elliptic mucronate, calyx \ in. sessile villous, teeth 

 filiform as long as the tube. N. Sabinei, T. A. Schmidt in Trim. Journ. 

 Bot. 1868, 238, t. 82, f. 1-4. 



Westeen Tempeeate and Alpine Himalaya; from Kashmir to Gurwhal 

 and Westeen Tibet, alt. 10-15,000 ft.— Disteib. AflTghanistan. 



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