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132 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 54
Stachys sylvatica, Linn. Hedge Woundwort,
Eootstock creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft. high, erect
or ascending, solid, rather slender. Leaves 2-4 in., longstalked,
radical, soon withering. Stem-leaves egg-shaped,
heart-shaped, coarsely toothed, stalk J- in. long, rough.
Flowers purplish red or pink, in whorls of 6-12. Lower
bracts toothed, upper lance-shaped, entire. Bracteoles very
small. Calyx i in. long teeth triangular, awl-shaped.
;
Corolla i in. long, longer than the calyx lower
; lip with
white markings. Nutlets almost globose.
^Locality. Temperate region.
Distribution, Kashmir, N. Asia, Europe.
Stachys tibetica, Vatke. Tibetan Woundwort.
Rootstock stout, woody. Stems 1-2 ft. high, hairless or
hairy, much-branched; branches slender. Leaves -li in.,
short-stalked or stalkless, oblong, egg-lance-shaped or linear,
entire or irregularly lobed. Whorls 1-2-flowered, axillary.
Flowers stalkless. Calyx J in. long, bell-shaped, hairless or
very hairy ;
teeth as long as the tube, triangular, tips long,
hairy, erect or spreading. Corolla f-1 in. long, pink, slightly
hairy tube thrice as long as the calyx upper lip long, narrow.
; ;
Nutlets R in. long, broadly and inversely egg-shaped-oblong.
Locality. At elevations of 10,000-14,000 ft.
Distribution. Kashmir, Kashgar.
PHLOMIS, Linn.
(Derived from the Greek phlox, a flame, used for a species of
Verbascum, a Mullein.)
I. Stem and branches round.
1. Galea fringed ... ... ... P. spectabilis.
2. Galea not fringed P. cashmeriana.
II.
Stem and branches angled.
1. Leaves long-pointed P. setigera.
2. Leaves blunt P. bracteosa.