664 cxii. LABiAT-a:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Nepeta. 



J-J in. SpiTces terminal, 3-6 in. ; bracta of npper lanreolate, inner linear about 

 equalling the calyx. Calyx nearly straigbt, month oblique ; teeth subeqnal. Nutlets 

 •j^ in.^ smooth. Corolla-tube three times as loug as the calyx, mouth dilated ;■ lips 

 small, not | in. across. — I have seen no lower leaves of this very distinct species. 



31. IT. salviaefolia, IRoyle ex Benth, in SooJc. Sot. Misc. iii. 397, 

 and in DG. Prodr. xii. 388 ; slender, erect, branclied, densely white-tomen- 

 tose all over, leaves small shortly petioled oblong or ovate obtuse crenate, 

 whorls or cymes shortly peduncled distant in long strict narrow racemes or 

 spikes, bracts minute subulate, calyx \ in. pedioelled scaberulous, teeth 

 triangular subequal much shorter than the tube, corolla f in. pale blue or 

 white, tube very slender, nutlets oblong. 



Tempeeate Westeen Himalaya; Kashmir, alt. 6-10,000 ft., Jacquemont, 

 Falconer, &c. Westeen Tibet, alt. 10-12,000 ft. ; Thomson. 



Stem 1-2 ft., nearly cylindric. Leaves thick, l-lj in., base acute rounded or 

 cordate, wrinkled above, densely closely woolly beneath. Sacemes a foot long and 

 under ; peduncles of cymes ^1 in. Corolla J— | in. ; tube very slender, throat 

 shortly dilated, limb J in. across. Nutlets -j'^in-long, smooth. — The Tibetan specimens 

 have more contracted racemes than the Kashmir, and the nutlets are rather narrower. 

 Habit and white tomentum of N. leucophylla and N. leucolana, but the calyx is 

 very different. 



E. Dwarf species. Leaves crowded. Cymes or whorls axillary, floral 

 leaves as large as the cauline, and.close set. (Glbchoma, L.) See 14. longi- 

 bracteata in A. 



32. N. nivalis, Benlk Lab. 737, and in DO. Prodr. xii. 391 ; erect, 

 pubescent, leaves sessile orbicular rugose green crenate, cymes all axillary 

 few-fld. shorter than the leaves, calyx j in. pubescent, teeth snbequal lanceo- 

 late, stamens exserted, nutlets linear-oblong. 



Westeen Tibet; alt. 15-16,000 ft., Jacquemont, Thomson. 



Sootstock creeping; stems 3-6 in. Leaves J-1 in. diam., close-set, base 

 rounded or cordate. Cymes shortly peduncled, bracts minute. Corolla J-f in., 

 pale blue, resupinate, tube upcurved, throat slightly dilated, limb small. Nutlets 

 }^ in., smooth. 



33. N. tibetica, Benth. Lab. 737, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 392; 

 prostrate, softly tom.entose, leaves petioled fan-shaped rugose crenate, 

 cymes all axillary few-fld. shorter than the leaves, calyx ^ in. woolly, teeth 

 subequal lanceolate shorter than the tube, stamens included, nutlets linear- 

 oblong. 



Westeen Tibet ; Kookioghang, Jacquemont ; Lunjar (N. of Kumaon), alt. 

 17,500 ft., Strachey 4° Winterbottom. 



Sootstock long, slender, branching ; stems 3-6 in. Leaves i-1 in. diam., close- 

 set ; base cuneate ; petiole ^— J in. Cymes subsessile, bracts filiform. Corolla | in., 

 white ; tube straight, funnel-shaped ; limb small, regular. Nutlets ^ in., smooth. 



DOUBTPUI SPECIES. 



N. NEPAUBNSIS, Spreng. Syst. ii. 730, Benth. in DG. Prodr. xii. 395, from Nepal. 

 —Of this nothing is known, and the description is insufficient to identify it. 



30. DRACOCEPZZAZiVnX, Unn. 



Erect or prostrate herbs. Whorls axillary or terminEtl, flowers blue, 

 pui-ple or white. Calyx tubular, 16-nerved, 5-toothed ; teeth all subequal. 



