304 D. Prain — Some additional species of Labiatae. [No. 4, 



587 ; Aitch. &f Hemsl., Trans. Linn. Soc, n. s. iii, 96. — Z. persica Bunge, 

 Lab. Pers. 39 (fide Boiss.). — Faldermannia parviflora Trautv., Bull. Ac. 

 Imp. Peter sb. vii, 21. 



Panjab Feontieb ; Suleiman range, Bulce. Disteib. Beluchistan, 

 Afghanistan, Persia, Asia Minor, Turkestan, Soongaria. 



Root slender, stems 10 — 15 cm. high, leaves 1'5 — 2'5 cm. long 0'25 — 

 0*5 cm. wide, whorls often in spikes the whole length of the stem, 1*5 — 2 

 cm. wide, calyx 8 mm. long 2 mm. wide, corolla 11 mm. long. 



29. NEPETA Linn. 



A. Whorls in simple terminal oblong or cylindric spikes, which are 

 rarely interrupted at the base. (F. B. I., iv, 657.) 



* * Leaves entire or crenate sessile or subsessile. 



6 b. Nepeta podostachys Benth. ; stem tall subsimple glabrescent, 

 rootstock elongated prostrate, leaves small sessile lineai^-lanceolate acute, 

 base narrowed entire margin elsewhere coarsely serrate, spikes narrowed 

 sometimes interrupted at the base, bracts linear-lanceolate nrucronulate, 

 calyx sessile, teeth very slender sparingly ciliate. — Nepeta podostachys 

 Benth., BO. Prodr. xii, 372; Boiss., Flor. Orient, iv, 639. 



Westeen Tempeeate Himalaya; Gilgit, at Ghizeh, 10,000 feet, in 

 irrigated soil, Giles. Disteib. Afghanistan (Griffith n. 4000). 



Stems 40 — 60 cm., rootstock 8 — 10 cm. slender, leaves i — 2 cm. long 

 under 0'5 cm. wide, spikes 5 — 8 cm long 1*5 cm. wide, bracts 5 mm. long, 

 calyx 8 mm. long, tube 4'5 mm., teeth 3'5 mm., corolla 12 mm. long. 



Nearly related to N. campestris, nervosa and eriostachya but well 

 distinguished by its smaller leaves and narrower bi*acts. It bears to N. 

 nervosa something of the relationship that N. campestris bears to N. 

 eriostachya. 



8. Nepeta cceeulescens Maxim., Mel. Biol, xi, 306 (1881); Forbes 

 8r Hemsl., Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi, 289 (1890). — N. Thomsoni Benth. mss. 

 ex Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 658 (1885). — Disteib. Lhassa (Herb. 

 Calcutta) ; Kansu. 



D. Whorls in branched panicles some or all more or less peduncled. 

 (F. B. I. iv, 661.) 



* Corolla less than f in. long. 



25 b. Nepeta glomeedlosa Boiss. ; erect branched from the 

 woody base, branches slender hoary tomentose simple or again branching, 

 leaves small ovate, crenate, linear-rugose, shortly petioled below, sessile 

 above, whorls small few-flowered lower pedunculate distant upper sessile in 

 interrupted nai'rovv spikes, bracts membranous ovate acute entire, equalling 

 sessile hirsute calyx with oblique mouth and lanceolate teeth shorter 

 than the tube, corolla \ longer than calyx, nutlets minutely tuberculated. 



