LXXV. LABIATJE 389 
Flowers white ; floral leaves bract-like, small, linear. Calyx 
glandular. 
Valleys below Simla, fields and roadsides, common ; July-October. — 
Temperate Himalaya, 3000-5000 ft. — Burmah. 
3. Elsholtzia strobilifera, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 645. A 
herb, 4-12 in. Leaves stalked, ovate, J-l in., crenate. Spikes 
cone-like, cylindric, |-1^ in. Floral leaves bract-like, mem- 
branous, persistent, united, forming broad, fringed, overlapping 
involucres nearly concealing the pale purple flowers. Fruiting 
calyx elongated, tubular. 
Simla, fields and roadsides, common ; June-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 
5000-10,000 ft. 
4. Elsholtzia eristata, Willd . ; FI. Br. Ind.iv. 645. A pubescent 
herb, 1-2 ft. Leaves fragrant, long-stalked, lanceolate, 1-4 in., 
