■Jjuga.] cxii. LABiATiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 703 



stamens exserted. Benth. in Wall. PL As. Sar. i. 59, Lab. 696, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 598; Maximov. in Bull. Acad. Sc. Petersb., Mel. Biol. xi. 

 818. A- remota, Benth. II. c. ; Maaoimov. I. c. 817. 



Westben Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal, alt. 1-7000 ft., and in the 

 plains near them from Oudh to Peshawur.— Distbib. Affghanistan, China, Japan, 

 Abyssinia. 



Stem or tranches many from the rootstoclt, 4-12 in., simple or divided, usually 

 stout, leafy, pubescence most variable. Leaves 1-4 in., lower petioled, upper sessile. 

 Oalt/x i in., villous; teeth half the length of the tube, ovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 Corolla pale blue or lilac, pubescent ; tube rarely twice as long as the calyx ; upper 

 lip erect, 2-fidj side lobes of lower oblong, midlobe dilated variable in length. 

 Nutlets -ijs in., ellipsoid, deeply rugosely pitted. — I am quite unable to distinguish 

 Bentham's A. remota, which was probably intended to include the form with distant 

 whorls and large floral leaves. Nor can I distinguish a common Japanese plant 

 from A. bracteosa. 



Vab. densifiora ; stem scapiform, radical leaves obovate-oblong obtuse subentire, 

 cauline or oblong sessile, spike 2-3 in. villous, bracts shorter than . the flowers, 

 corolla very shortly exserted. A. densifiora. Wall. Cat. 2031; Benth. II. c. — Nepal, 

 Wallich. — This looks lik^ a starved A. hracteosa, which the form of the calyx, corolla 

 and nutlets entirely resemble. 



** Corolla-tube straight. Stamens included in the tube. 



3. A. parviflora, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. 59, Lab. 696, and 

 in JDC. Prodr. xii. 598 ; softly villous, stems or branches short diffuse 

 ascending, stolons 0, radical leaves sessile or shortly petioled oblanceolate 

 or ohovate-spathulate obtuse entire or crenate, whorls in braoteate spikes, 

 ealyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla very small, tube exserted. Maxim, in Bull. 

 Acad. Sc. Petersb., Mel. Biol. xi. 825 ; Wawra Itin. Pr. S. Cob., Bot. 105. 

 Teuorium hispidum. Wall. Cat. 2029 (corrected p. 89). 



Wbstebn Himaiaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 2-7000 ft. — Dibteib. 

 Affghanistan. 



Branches very numerous from the woody rootstock, stout or slender, leafy. 

 Sadical leaves Sf-S (rarely 5 by 2) in. ; cauline smaller, obovate or oblong. Spike 

 1-4 in., whorls generally crowded, lower sometimes distant ; bracts ovate or oblong, 

 much longer than the flowers. Cali/x -fg-i in., teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 

 blue, tube slender, ^— § in. long, glabrous or hairy ; limb very small, upper lip very 

 short 2-lobed, lateral lobes of lower subequal or the midlobe the largest. Nutlets 

 jg in., rugosely pitted. — Very variable in habit and size of l«aves. 



Vae. depressa ; densely villous, branches depressed. A. depressa, Maxim. I. c. 

 826. — This is a stunted alpine state from an elevation of SOOO ft. in Kumaon. 

 {Straehey Sf Winterbottom, Ajuga, n. 5.) 



4. A. bracbystemon, Maximov. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. Petersb. xi. 

 825 ; dwarf, villous, stem very short ascending leafy, radical leaves petioled 

 obovat^e obtuse crenate, cauline sessile, whorls in very short subsessile leafy 

 spikes, shorter than the ovate bracts, calyx-teeth very short rounded, corolla- 

 tube shortly exserted. 



Westbbn Himalaya; Kumaon, Pindari, alt. 12,500. ftr, Straehey ^ Winter- 

 bottom (Ajuga, n. 4). 



Stem 1-2 in. from a small woody rootstock. Leaves l-lj in., radical shortly 

 petioled, crenulate, cauline shorter. SpiTce J in. Calyx obconic, ^ in. long, teeth 

 ciliate. Corolla ^ in., tube straight, upper lip short, 2-lobed ; side-lobes of lower 

 linear-ohlong, obtuse; midlobe twice as broad, dilated, retuse. Stajnens wholly 

 included. — This looks like a starved state of something, but I cannot refer it to any 

 described species ; the calyx resembles A. maerosperma in miniature, but the coroUa- 

 ,tnbe is straight with included stamens. 



