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lilac or blue. Calyx hairy ; teeth linear-lanceolate, shorter than 
the tube. Corolla hairy, twice as long as the calyx. (Fig. 127.) 
Simla, common on stony ground ; July-October. — W. Himalaya, 4000- 
8000 ft. 
9. Nepeta graciliflora, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 663. Pubes- 
cent or nearly glabrous ; stems slender, 1-3 ft., erect or ascending. 
Leaves stalked, cordate, ovate, 1-lf xf-lj in., crenate or sharply 
toothed. Whorls, except the uppermost, distinctly stalked ; lower 
ones axillary ; upper more or less distant. Flowers \ in. long, pale 
lilac, on long, slender stalks, forming narrow, loose, often droop- 
ing panicles ; bracts linear. Calyx-teeth linear-lanceolate, shorter 
than the tube. Corolla pubescent ; tube hardly longer than the 
calyx. 
Valleys below Simla ; flowers during the cold season. — Central and Northern 
India, ascending to 4000 ft. 
10. Nepeta Govaniana, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 663. Pubes 
cent ; stems erect, 2-4 ft. Leaves stalked, ovate or ovate-oblong, 
3-6 xl|-3 in., crenate. Whorls distant,' lower ones stalked. 
Flowers 1-1 J in. long, yellow. Calyx straight, tubular, 2-lipped 
in fruit ; teeth triangular, much shorter than the tube. Corolla- 
tube much longer than the calyx, curved, widely dilated towards 
the mouth. 
Narkunda, in forest ; September. — W. Himalaya, 8000-10,000 ft. 
11. Nepeta erecta, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 663. Pubescent ; 
stems erect, 1-3 ft. Leaves stalked, cordate, ovate or oblong, 
2-3 x 1£-1| in., crenate, obtuse or acute. Whorls distant, sessile 
or nearly so, lower ones axillary. Flowers f-1 in. long, blue. 
Calyx tubular, curved ; teeth triangular, much shorter than the 
tube. Corolla-tube much longer than the calyx, curved, widely 
dilated towards the mouth. 
Mushobra, Narkunda, in forest ; June-September. — W. Himalaya, 6000- 
10,000 ft. 
18. SCUTELLARIA. From the Latin scutella, a small cup, 
referring to the shape of the calyx. — N. temperate and tropical 
regions, New Zealand, the Andes (Britain, Skullcap). 
Perennial often shrub -like herbs ; stems decumbent or ascend- 
ing, usually diffuse, branching. Flowers solitary, axillary, form- 
ing terminal racemes ; floral leaves often bract-like. Calyx broadly 
bell-shaped, 2-lipped ; lips short, broad, entire, closing after 
flowering time, upper lip bearing on its back a small, transverse, 
scale-like protuberance ; in fruit the upper lip falls off and the 
lower lip closes the calyx-mouth. Corolla-tube much longer than 
the calyx, sharply upcurved near the base, dilated upwards ; limb 
