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118 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 52
Nepeta Clarkei, Hook. f.
Stems erect, strict, finely hairy, obtusely angled, branched.
Leaves short-stalked, egg-shaped-oblong, or egg-lance-shaped,
toothed or crenate, base sharp-pointed or heart-shaped, 1-2 in.
long, stalk J-i in. Whorls dense-flowered, distant, in terminal,
3-6 in. long spikes and shortly stalked in the lower axils.
Bracts lance-shaped, lower leafy. Calyx J in. long, hairy,
nearly straight, mouth oblique ;
teeth almost equal, triangular,
sharp-pointed, much shorter than the tube. Corolla 4 in. long,
blue ;
tube very slender, 3 times as long as the calyx, mouth
dilated ; lips small, less than i in. across. Nutlets linear.
Locality. Tilail, 11,000 ft. ; Kunylwan, 7,500 ft. (Clarke).
Nepeta discolor,
Benth.
(Discolor means having various colours.)
Eootstock elongate. Stems weak, erect or ascending, hairy
or hairless. Leaves stalked, i in. long more or less, broadly
egg-shaped or egg-heart-shaped, crenate, often white with
appressed hairs beneath. Spikes egg-shaped or cylindric,
li in. long. Bracts elliptic, very sharp-pointed, as long as the
calyx. Calyx i in. long, stalkless, hairy, teeth filiform, awlshaped,
as long as the tube. Corolla white or pale blue.
Besembles N. raphanorhiza, but has not the tuberous
rootstock of that species.
Locality. Temperate and alpine regions.
Distribution. From Kashmir to Garhwal, 10,000-15,000 ft.,
Afghanistan.
Nepeta elliptica,
Eoyle.
Stem 1-2 ft.
high, erect or ascending, often fiexuous, usually
woolly, branched. Leaves stalkless or almost so, i-li in.
long, elliptic-oblong or oblong-heart-shaped, tip rounded or
sharp-pointed, margin sharply toothed, nerves on lower surface
prominent. Spike interrupted at the base, li-3 in. long.
Bracts egg- or lance-shaped, awned. Flowers about iin. long,
pale blue or nearly white. Calyx stalkless, \ in. long, teeth
filiform, ciliate, as long as the tube. Corolla-tube hardly
longer than the calyx.
Locality. Temperate region.
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to
Kumaon, 7,000-9,000 ft.