660 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Nepeta. 



Closely resembles in habit and foliage large forms of N. raphanorhiza, but wants 

 the tuberous rootstoek, and has much longer spikes with long calyx-teeth as in N. 

 tpicata. Leaves often white with appressed tomentum beneath. Flowers white or 

 pale blue. 



14 N. lonfflbracteata, Smith. Lab. 787, and in pC. Frodr. xii. 392; 

 dwarf, diffuse, softly pubescent or woolly, leaves petioled fan-shaped or 

 cnneate-obovate crenate or lobnlate, spikes capitate with the cymes sessile 

 amongst the crowded uppermost and long silky bracts, calyx ^ in. silky, 

 teeth subeqnal nearty equalling the tube, stamens iaclnded, nntlets oblong. 

 Dene, in Jacquem. Toy. Boi. 132, t. 137. 



Alpine Westebn Himalaya and Wksteen Tibet, alt. 14,000-17,000 fl;.; 

 Falconer, Jacquemont, &c. 



Sootstock long, stoat, excessively divided at the top ; stems 3-6 in., suberect or 

 prostrate, simple or branched. Leaves J in. long or broad or less, petiole about as 

 long. Heads sabglobose, 1 in. diam. ; lower bracts fan-shaped, pectinate. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx, blue, tube curved, funnel-shaped, limb small. Stamens 

 included. Nutlets ^ in. — Strongly aromatic, lemon-scented. Placed by Bentham in 

 the Blechoma section. It very closely resembles the Siberian Dracoeephahim 

 pinnatum except in the calyx -teeth, which are, however, very variable in that 

 plant. 



B. Whorls all or mostly axillary, many, distant. 



15. IT. g'lutinosa, Benth. Lab. 785, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 377; 

 glandular-pubescent, stem stout strict erect leafy, leayes small sessile 

 ovate-cordate acute pectinately inciso-serrate, whorls few-fld., bracts linear- 

 oblong aristate, calyx y in. pedicelled, teeth ovate mucronate much shorter 

 than the tube. 



Westeex Sueaipine Hiualata; Kashmir and Westeeh Tibet, alt. 1 V13,000 ft., 

 Jacquemont, Thomson, &c. 



Strongly scented. Stem 1^-2 ft., stiff. Leaves |-1 in., sometimes j^-amplexicanl; 

 floral often equalling the calyx. Corolla, f in. long, white or blue, tube curved, 

 slender, limb small. 



C. Whorls forming interrupted spikes, rarely solitary heads. 



16. M. mollis, Benth. Lab. 734, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 878; softly 

 tomentose, stem slender snbsimple, leaves shortly petioled ovate-cordate 

 obtuse crenate or subcrenate, whorls few-fld., bracts elliptic ovate or lanceo- 

 late awned, calyx \ in., month oblique, teeth lanceolate shorter than the 

 tube softly hairy. Nepeta n. 23, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



Westeen Temperate Himalaya j Marri, Fleming; Kashmir, alt. 8-9000 ft., 

 Jacquemont, Falconer, Thomson, &c. 



EootstocJc elongate, woody. Stems 6-18 in., slender, sparingly leafy. Leaves 

 1-2 by J— 1 in., grey-tomentose ; petiole ^— J in. Spikes 3-8 in. ; lower bracts (floral 

 leaves) ovate or lanceolate, longer or shorter than the cymes, which are sometimes 

 peduncled. Whorls white, softly hairy. Calyx villous, often deeurved. Corolla 

 rose-coloured, tube shortly exserted, limb small. 



17. K. distans, Benth. in Sooh. Bot. Misc. iii. 379, Lab. 475, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 378; softly tomentose, stem slender snbsimple, leaves 

 shortly petioled ovate-cordate obtuse crenate, whorls few-fld., bracts narrowly 

 linear, caJyx ^ in. curved, mouth oblique, teeth lanceolate shorter than the 

 tube glabrous or softly hairy. 



Westeen Temperate Himalaya; Gurwhal, Mussorie and the Syen Eange, 

 Soyle. Panjab Himalaya, Falconer, Stewart. 



