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120 BEAUTIFUL FLOWEES OF KASHMIR [Plate 82<br />
Nepeta linearis,<br />
Eoyle.<br />
(Linearis means linear, in allusion to the shape<br />
of the leaves.)<br />
Kootstock often the size of a walnut. Stems 6-18 in. high,<br />
ascending, stout, sparsely leafy, hairless or slightly hairy.<br />
Leaves stalkless, linear, sharp-pointed or blunt, 1-3 by i in.,<br />
entire. Flowers i-f in. long, blue, in stalkless whorls which<br />
are crowded in small heads or terminal spikes up to 2 in. long,<br />
often interrupted near the base ; bracts lance- or awl-shaped.<br />
Calyx i in. long, tube-shaped, hairy teeth<br />
; linear-lance-shaped,<br />
spinous, shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube twice as long as<br />
the calyx, throat dilated, lips short. Very variable regarding<br />
the size of all parts.<br />
Flowers. May to July.<br />
Locality. Near Shirazia Bagh ; Tangmarg, in forest,<br />
7,200-8,700 ft. ; Mekhowali, 9,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to<br />
Simla, 7,000-11,000 ft.<br />
Nepeta longibracteata,<br />
Benth.<br />
(Longibracteata means having long bracts.)<br />
Kootstock long, stout, much divided at the top. Stems<br />
dwarf, 3-6 in. high, almost erect or prostrate, simple or<br />
branched, softly hairy. Leaves stalked, fan-shaped or wedgeshaped<br />
and inversely egg-shaped, crenate or lobed, 4 in. long<br />
or broad, or less ;<br />
stalk about the same length. Spikes headshaped,<br />
1 in. diameter. Uppermost bracts crowded, longsilky,<br />
lower bracts fan-shaped, comb-shaped. Calyx i in.<br />
long, silky, teeth almost equal, nearly as long as the tube.<br />
Corolla blue, twice as long as the calyx, tube curved, funnelshaped,<br />
limb small. Stamens included. Nutlets 5 in. long.<br />
Lemon-scented.<br />
Locality. Alpine region.<br />
Distribution. Kashmir, 14,000-17,000 ft.<br />
Nepeta mollis, Benth. (Including N. distans, Benth., of the<br />
" Flora of British India.")<br />
(Mollis means soft, alluding to the fact that the plant is softly hairy.)<br />
Bootstock elongate, woody. Stoms 6-18 in. high, slender,<br />
softly hairy, sparingly leafy. Leaves 1-2 by J-l in., shortstalked,<br />
egg-heart-shaped, blunt, crenate, grey-hairy; stalk<br />
-<br />
J in. long. Spikes 3-8 in. long ; whorls white, softly hairy,
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