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NEPETA 121<br />
few-flowered. Bracts elliptic-egg-shaped or lance-shaped,<br />
awned, as long as the calyx. Calyx J in. long mouth oblique ; ;<br />
teeth lance-shaped, softly hairy, shorter than the tube.<br />
Corolla rose-coloured ;<br />
tube shortly exserted, lirnb small.<br />
Locality. Temperate region, 8,000-9,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to<br />
Mussoorie, Punjab Himalaya.<br />
Nepeta nervosa,<br />
Koyle.<br />
(Nervosa means being provided with nerves, alluding to the prominent<br />
nerves on the lower surface of the leaves.)<br />
Bootstock long, woody. Stems 1-2 ft. high, tall, erect,<br />
ascending, hairless. Leaves stalkless or short-stalked, linearlanceolate,<br />
long-pointed, toothed, rounded at the base or<br />
heart-shaped, veins on lower surface prominent. Flowerspike<br />
stout, oblong, dense, 1-3 in. long. Outer bracts egg- or<br />
lance-shaped, longer than the calyx. Calyx stalkless, i in.<br />
long, teeth very slender, filiform, as long as the tube. Corolla<br />
twice as long, pale blue or yellow. Stamens included.<br />
Locality. Kashmir Valley.<br />
Distribution. Apparently endemic.<br />
Nepeta raphanorhiza, Benth.<br />
(Raplianorliiza, means having roots like a radish.)<br />
Eootstock globose, black, the size of a walnut. Stems<br />
spreading or ascending, weak, 6-18 in. high, simple or<br />
branched, hairy or hairless. Leaves stalked, small, J-l in.<br />
long, sometimes nearly as broad, broadly egg-shaped or eggheart-shaped,<br />
crenate or toothed. Spikes 1 in. long and less,<br />
egg-shaped, more or less hairy, dense. Bracts egg-lanceshaped,<br />
almost as long as the calyx. Calyx $ in. long,<br />
stalkless, teeth lance-shaped, ciliate, shorter than the tube.<br />
Corolla purplish-blue, tube slender, twice as long as the calyx.<br />
Locality. Temperate region.<br />
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to<br />
Chamba, 5,000-12,000 ft., Afghanistan.<br />
Nepeta spicata,<br />
Benth.<br />
(Spicata means spiked, referring to the long spikes.)<br />
A hairless or hairy herb. Stems erect, 1-3 ft. high,<br />
branched, branches often spreading. Leaves stalked, usually<br />
heart-shaped, egg-shaped or triangular, li-4 by J-3 in., crenate
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