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122 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 52
or sharply toothed ;
stalk 1-3 in. long. Flower-whorls stalkless,
crowded in terminal spikes up to 4 in. long, sometimes
interrupted near the base, stout or slender. Bracts egg- or
lance-shaped, awned. Flowers i in. long, purple-blue or pale
blue. Calyx stalkless, i in. long, teeth linear-lance-shaped,
sharp-pointed, as long as the tube. Corolla-tube much longer
than the calyx.
Flowers. May, June.
Locality. Between Srinagar and Gulmarg, in ditches along
road ; along stony path to Hayan Pass, 9,700 ft.
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to
Kumaon, 6,000-12,000 ft., Afghanistan.
Nepeta supina,
Stev.
Steins erect, branched, 8-18 in. high, finely hairy. Leaves
stalkless, small, egg-shaped, blunt, crenate, i-1 in. long,
densely hairy beneath. Flower-whorls dense-flowered, lower
axillary, upper in an egg-shaped spike. Bracts oblong-lanceshaped,
almost as long as the calyx. Calyx i in. long, curved,
naiTow, long-hairy, mouth very oblique, teeth bristle -shaped,
shorter than the tube. Corolla i-2 in. long, blue. Nutlets
nearly yV in. long, linear, trigonous.
Locality. Iskardo, 12,000 ft.
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to
Garhwal, up to 15,000 ft., Caucasus.
Nepeta Thomsoni, Bonth.
A finely hairy herb. Stems up to 1 ft. high, stout, very
leafy, simple or with simple ascending branches from the
base. Leaves stalkless or short-stalked, oblong-heart-shaped,
blunt or sharp-pointed, crenate, close-set, 1-2 by J-J in., stalk
rarely i in. ;
floral leaves similar. Flower-whorls forming a
dense egg-shaped or conical spike. Bracts green, large, leafy,
far exceeding the calyces. Calyx 4 in. long, hairy, teeth egglance-shaped,
much shorter than the tube. Nutlets large,
nearly y\ in., almost round.
Locality. Hanle.
Distribution. Kashmir, 14,000-16,000 ft., E. Tibet north
of Sikkim.