666 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [pracocephalum. 



spikes large dense-fld. leafy, floral leaves and bracts pectinate, teeth awned, 

 calyx 5— 1 in. glabrous or pubescent, upper teeth, broadly ovate aristate. — 

 D. acanthoides, Edgew. ex JSenth. in DO. I. e. 



Westeen Tibet, alt. 13-16,000 ft. j Jacquemoni, Falconer, &c. — Disteib. 

 Turkestan. 



Glabrous or soaberulous, brittle. Stems 6-8 in., stout, ascending;, obtusely angled, 

 simple or divided. Leaves l-lj in., coriaceous ; petiole J-1 in. Spikes often larger 

 than the rest of the plant, cylindric, 1-lJ in. diam. ; bracts green, elliptic, membra- 

 nous. Calyx most variable iu size, thinly coriaceous. Corolla f-li in., white, hoary, 

 inflated beyond the calyx, lower lip short. Stamens included. Nutlets J-^ in., 

 narrow oblong, tip truncate or crenulate. — D. acanthoides is a rather larger leaved 

 and flowered state from Tibet N. of Kumaon, alt 12-15,500 ft. {JEdgeworth, Strachey Sj 

 Winterbottom). 



5. D. Ruprechtii, Segel Descr. Plant. Nov. fasc. vii. 77 ; stems 

 ascending scaberulous, leaves sessile piunatifid, lobes linear, whorls few-fld. 

 distant, bracts piunatifid with awned lobes, calyx i-| in. glabrous, upper 

 teeth broadly ovate mucronate. D. bipinnatum, Rupr. Sert. Thianschen. 

 65 {ex Regel). 



Westeek Tibet ; Gilgit, Col. Tanner. — Disteib. Turkestan. 



^Nearly allied to J). molda,oicum, but leaves pinnate with narrow lobes, corolla 

 much larger, 1-lJ in. long, more tubular, not so abruptly inflated, nutlets larger. 

 Calyx often purple. Corolla pubescent, bine. 



*** Calyx nearly equally b-cleff. Stamens exserted. 



6. D. stamineum, Karel. Sf Kiril. ; low, diffusely branched from the 

 base, stems terete few-leaved, leaves small petioled orbicular-cordate or 

 reniform deeply crenate, whorls tomentose dense-fld. in terminal heads and 

 one or more lower on the stem, calyx j-J in. tomentose, teeth ovate-lanceo- 

 late aristate. 



Westeen Himalaya; Kashmir, on Barjila, alt. 11,000 ft., ClarJce. Westken 

 Tibet, alt. 14-16,000 ft., Thomson, Clarice. — Disteib. Turkestan, Alatau Mts. 



Stems excessively numerous from the root, ascending, green or purple. Leaves 

 J-| in. diam., rugose, glabrous or tomentose ; petiole of lower 1-3 in., very slender. 

 Heads I in. diam. ; bracts small, cuneate, entire or toothed. Calyx sessile, often 

 coloured. Corolla small, dark blue, tube shortly exserted, limb small. Filaments 

 sometimes twice the length of the tube. Nutlets ^ in. long, oblong, smooth. — Eather 

 a Nepeta than a Dracocephalum. 



7. 1>. Kookeri, Clarke mss. ; scaberulous, leaves pinnatifid, segments 

 narrow linear, margins recurved, whorls in a dense terminal spike inter- 

 rupted at the base, bracts piunatifid, calyx ^-f in. scaberulous, teeth equal 

 nearly as long as the tube lanceolate pungent, sinus thickened. 



Easteen Tibet; north of Sikkim, alt 15,000 ft. ? J. D. H. 



Specimens incomplete procured by collectors ; upper portions of stem and spikes 

 alone seen. jS^^em 4-angled. Leaves I'm., ses&ile; segments few, spreading. Spikes 

 2-3 in. long by 1 broad. Floivers sessile. . Calyx straight or curved. Corolla 

 twice as long, tube narrow, throat moderately inflated. Stamens shortly exserted. 



31. i:iAX.X.EniANTIA, Fisch. Sc Mey. 



Characters of Dracocephalum, but upper lip of calyx with 3 obtuse lobes, 

 of which the lateral are placed under the central. — Distrib. Species 4, 

 Oriental and N.W. Indian. 



This genus would better be included in Dracoeephalum. 



