Teuerium.] oxii. labiata (J. D. Hooker.) 701 



tose or villous, leaves j)etioled ovate or oblong-ovate cordate acute serrate, 

 racemes short, calyx J in. villous, upper tooth rounded acute, 2 lower lan- 

 ceolate acuminate, lateral shorter, corolla-lobe exserted. Benth. in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. i. 58, Jjob. 675, and in BC. Prodr. lii. 583. 



Westeen Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 3-5000 ft., Moyle, &c.— 

 SiSiBiB. Affghanistan. 



SteM prostrate and rooting below, then erect, 12-18 in., rather slender. Leaves 

 li-8 in.; petiole i-1 in., slender. Saoemes subsimple, 1-3 in., rarely more; bracts 

 lanceolate, longer than the pedicels. Calyx campanulate, upper and 2 lower teeth 

 usually incurved._ Corolla ^ in., tube sometimes twice the length of the calyx. 

 Nutlets enclosed in the globose calyx-teeth, subrugose. 



4. T. lazum, Bon Prodr. 109 ; stem slender diffusely branched laxly 

 villous or glabrate, leaves petioled ovate acuminate serrate, racemes short 

 often recurved, calyx i in. pubescent, upper lip rounded acute, 2 lower lan- 

 ceolate acute, corolla-tube included. Benth. Lab. 675, and in BG. Prodr. 

 xii. 583. Ajuga laxa. Ham. mss. 



Cestbai. Himalaya; Nepal, Samilton; Kumaon, Mdgeworth, alt. 8000 ft.; 

 Ramgunga River, alt. 4500 ft., Strachey S( Winteriottom (Hedeoma n. 2). 



Stems or branches 10-12 in. , rather slender, villous with long sparse spreading 

 hairs in Edgeworth's specimen, glabrous in Strachey's. Leaves ^IJ in., base rounded, 

 petiole J-i in. Sacemes 1-2 in. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the calyx. 

 Corolla not twice the length of the calyx. — Don's character hardly agrees with the 

 specimens above described in the ventricose calyx. 



5. T. quadrifarium, Sam. in Bon Prodr. 108 ; stout, erect, tomen- 

 tose or villous, rarely glabrate, leaves sessile or short-petioled ovate or 

 oblong-ovate cordate acute serrate racemes panicled, bracts ovate acute 

 much exceeding the flowers, calyx ^ in., upper lip rounded, 2 lower 

 acute or obtuse, corolla-tube included. Wall. Cat. 2024 ; Benth. in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. i. 58, Lah. 675, and in BC. Prodr. xii. 583; Maicim. in 

 Bull. Acad. Petersh., Mel. Biol. ix. 827. T. Fortunei, Benth. in BG. I. c. 

 (excl. Perrottet's plant). 



Tekpeeate Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 4-8000 ft. Khasia Mts., 

 alt. 4-5500 ft. — DiSTEiB. Ava, China. 



A stout herb, stem 2—4 ft., almost terete below, sometimes villous with long 

 spreading hairs. Leaves 2-3 in., often rugose ; petiole usually J in., rarely 1 in. 

 •Spikes 2-6 in., stout, with the bracts on J in. diam. ; bracts f in., broadly ovate, 

 suddenly acuminate, villous near the base, young quadrifarious imbricating and con- 

 cealing the flowers, often red-purple; flowers sessile or very shortly pedicelled. 

 Corolla purple, not twice the length of the calyx. Style entire. Nutlets sub- 

 globose, rugose. 



6. T. Wlgrlitll, Hooh. f. ; very robust, densely villous, leaves short- 

 petioled very thick rugose rounded ovate obtuse toothed, racemes panicled, 

 bracts shorter than the calyx elliptic acute, calyx \ in. villous, upper tooth 

 rounded apiculate, 2 lower lanceolate, corolla-tube included. T. quadrifa- 

 rium, Serb. Wight {Kew Bistrib. 2168). T. tomentosum, Wight Id. 1458. 

 T. n. sp., Benth. PI. Eohenaek. n. 1396. 



NiianiBi Hills ; in dry rocky places, alt. 7000 ft., Wight, &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., obtusely angled ; hairs tawny, most dense, spreading. _ Leaves 

 l-lj in.; petiole stout, i in. Racemes 3-4 in. Corolla purple, \ in. long. 

 Style entire or 2-toothed. Nutlets subglobose, glistening, faintly reticulate. — 

 Wight represents the leaves acute, which is the case in T. tomentosum, but never 

 in this. 



