6^2 cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Nepeta. 



any other in habit, in the great ^e of the foliage and smallness of the long pedonded 

 axillary cymes. 



23. ft. Cataria, Linn. ; perennial, erect, branched, hoary-pnbeseent, 

 leaves petioled ovate or ovate-cordate acnte coarsely crenate or toothed, 

 whorls in long narrow terminal shortly pednncled dense-fld. spikes, bracts 

 subulate equalling the calyx or shorter, calyx 5 in. curved pubescent, month 

 oblique, teeth subequal subulate shorter than the tube, nutlets smooth. 

 Bent A. in DC. Prodr. xii. 383; Boi^s. Fl. Orient, iv. 643 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ, xviii. 1. 1242. N. calaminthoides, Benth. in DC. I. c. in parts. N. 

 ruderalis, var. clinopodioides, Serb. Ind. Or. H.f.&T. N. ruderalis, Boiss. 

 I. c. 644. 



Westeeit Temperate Himalaya j Kashmir, alt. 1-5000 ft., thlconer, Jacque- 

 mont, Thomson. — DiSTEre. Aifghanistan to W. Europe. 



Stem 2-3 ft., leafy, acutely angled. Leaves 1-3 in.; petiole i-f in. Spikes 

 4-10 in., narrow, strict, with 6-20 whorls or cymes ; bracts of lower leafy, of upper 

 reduced ; flowers pedicelled. Corolla J in., dotted with purple. Nutlets ^ in., 

 broadly oblong, smooth. 



24 N. leucophylla, Benth. Lab. 476, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 381 ; 

 slender, branched, erect or ascending, hoary-tomentose, leaves small shortly 

 petioled ovate-cordate obtuse or acute crenate rugose above, whorls distant 

 dense-fld. in very long narrow interrupted shortly peduncled terminal spikes, 

 bracts subulate, calyx \ in. villous, mouth obhqne, teeth lanceolate-snbniate 

 rather shorter than the tube, corolla very small, nutlets smooth. Wight 

 m. 1. 176 bis, f. 6. 



Westebn Tempeeate Himalaya; Simla to Enmaon, alt. 6-8000 ft., Uoyle, 

 Mdgemorth, &c. 



Stem 2-3 fl., obtusely angled, leafy. Leaves 1-lJ in. ; petiole ^— | in. Spikes 

 as in N. Cataria, bat more Sender and villous. Corolla aboat twice as long as the 

 calyx. Nutlets as in N. Cataria. 



25. If. leucolaena^ Benth. Tnss. ; erect, branched, white-tomentose, 

 leaves small subsessile ovate acute or obtuse crenate, whorls distant in 

 interrupted terminal spikes, the lower very shortly pednncled, bracts lanceo- 

 late, calyx J in. woolly, upper teeth much shorter than the tube triangular, 

 lower subulate much shorter, nutlets linear-oblong. 



Westebit Tibet; Zanskar and Ladak, alt. 12-13,000 ft., Thomson. 



Stem 2-3 fb., nearly cylindric, leafy." Leaves ^1 in., fnrfuraceonsly tomentose 

 on both surfeces, petiole 0^ in. ?FiorZ« few-fld., the lower axillary. Cara22a thrice 

 as long as the calyx, tube curved, fiinnel-shaped ; lips short. Nutlets -^ in. long, 

 smooth. — Habit of N. ciliaris, and perhaps referable to Section C, but the spikes 

 which are not very advanced have pedicelled lower cymes. 



26. N. floccosa, Benth. Lab. 736, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 380 ; floccose 

 with white wool, stems many from the root ascending, leaves long-petioled 

 orbicular cordate crenate, whorls distant in brachiate branches or terminating 

 long peduncles woolly, bracts linear, calyx i—^ in. villous, month oblique, 

 teeth much shorter than the tube, upper triangular or lanceolate, lower much 

 shorter, nutlets linear-oblong. N. rotundifolia, Benth. in BC. I. c. 392. 

 Marmoritis rotundifolia, Benth. Lab. 490. 



■Westebn Tibet, alt. 7-11,000 ft., Jacquemont, Falconer, &c. 



Stems stoat or slender, central sometimes 2-3 ft. and branched, obtusely 4-angIed. 

 Leaves- l-i in. diam., margin sometimes sinuate; petiole stout, 4 in. and less. 

 Whorls dense-fld., often coloured rose or purple ; peduncle of lateral often 3 in. 

 Calyx-teeth variable. Corolla J in., tube slender, lips small. Nutlets ^ in., quite 



