Phlomis.] oxii. labiam. (J. D, Hooker.) 693 



hairy, teeth s^iniform J the length of the tuhe. Senth. Lab. 631, and ia 

 DC. Frodr. xu. 643. 



Tempebate Himalaya; Kumaon, alt. 10,000 ft., Strachey Sr Winterlottom, 

 Anderson ; Nepal, Wallieh ; Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. B. S. 



Stem 5-6 ft., as thick as the little finger. Leaves 4-8 by 3-6 in., variable in 

 breadth, base rarely cuneate, pubescent above and beneath ; petiole stout. Whorls 

 l-lj m. diam. Corolla-tube included, galea villous. JSiltlets narrowly obouneate, 

 nearly i in. long. 



5. P. breviflora, Senth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 62, Lab. 631, and in 

 DC. Frodr. xii. 643 ; tall, erect, glabrous or slightly pubescent, leaves long, 

 petioled broadly ovate deeply cordate acuminate orenate, whorls few-fld., 

 bracts slender glabrous, calyx |-J in. short nearly glabrous, teeth very short. 

 P. parviflora, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2066. 



Bastebn HiMAiATA ; Nep^, WalUch ; Sikkim, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. S., &c. 

 Perhaps only a variety of P. macrophylla, but the leaves are much more deeply 

 cordate with rounded lobes, and the calyx is very small with minute teeth. 



6. P. setig-era, Falcon, mss.; Benth. in DC. Prod/r. xii. 643; tall, 

 erect, nearly glabrous or sparsely pubescent, leaves short-petioled ovate 

 acuminate crenate, base rounded or cordate, whorls many-fld., bracts short 

 rigid setaceous ciliate, tips spinescent, calyx J-| in. hairy, teeth erect subulate 

 oihate J the length of the tube. 



Tempebate Himalaya ; Kashmir, Clarke; Kumaon, Falconer; Sikkim, alt. 

 10-12,000 ft., J. D. S., &c. 



Habit of P. macrophylla, differing in the short J-l in. petioles, the much shorter 

 bracts, and the nutlets, which are J ia long, obovoid, with a truncate top. 



P Vab. occidentalis, Clarke mss. ; bracts much longer and less rigid, calyx-teeth 

 longer half the length of the tube. — Kashmir, Palgam, alt. 7000 ft., Clarice. 



? Vab. jiliformis ; bracts soft filiform flexuous hirsute (not rigid nor spinous- 

 tipped), nutlets -^ in. long oblong. — Sikkim, Jongri and Tungu, alt. 1200-13,000 ft., 

 J. D. S. — Of this subalpine plant the specimens are very poor ; the bracts are very 

 different from those of P. setigera, which, however, Clarke gathered at Jongri. Ic 

 may be a form of P. bracteosa. 



7. P. bracteosa^ Boyle mss. ; Benth. in Mook. Bot. Misc. iii. 383, 

 Lab. 633, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 646 ; hoary pubescent or subtomentose, 

 leaves petioled ovate obtuse crenate, base broadly cordate, whorls many- 

 and dense-fld., bracts ciliate long, outer membranous lanceolate or linear 

 tip not spinous, inner narrower, calyx J-§ in. hispid or glabrate, teeth 

 slender ciUate. P. lamufolia, latitolia, simplex and cordata, Boyle mss. ; 

 Benth. II. c. 



Westeen Tempeeaie Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 5-11,000- ft. 

 — DiSTEiB. Afighanistan. 



A tall stout herb, stem simple or branched, hairs stellate on the leaves, spreading 

 or deflexed when present on the stem. Leaves 2-4 in. long, very variable in breadth 

 aad in the base, which is never deeply cordate and is sometimes truncate, tip usually 

 rounded, prarely subacute, both s>:rfaoes tomentose or almost silky in Boyle's P. 

 cordata, finely tomentose in the ordinary form, much more glabrous in P. lamii- 

 folia; petiole usually shorter than the blade. Whorls J-l in. diam. j bracts usually 

 equalling the calyx, erect. Calyx-teeth half the length of the tube or shorter. 

 Corolla blue-purple ; galea fringed with white hairs. Nutlets J-^ in., obovoid, tip 

 rounded. 



Vab. longifolia; leaves 6-8 in. ovate-lanceolate acuminate or acute sparsely 

 pubescent. — Kashmir, Tragbol and Shapryon, alt. 7-8500 ft., Clarke. . 



8. P. rugrosa, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ba/r. i. 63, Lab. 634, and in 



