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orientalis.  Corollas size of those of S. orientalis, with a yellow 
tube, and blueish-yellow lips. 
Shrubby Skulleap. Shrub ascending. 
5 S. rixNATY FIDA (Arth. Hamilt. mon. 16. t. 2. f. 2.) the 
whole plant pilose ; leaves ovate, of the same colour on both 
surfaces, petiolate, pinnatifid: lobes oblong, obtuse; flowers 
loosely imbricated into a spike; bracteas ovate, toothed, colour- 
ed a little. 2j. H. Native of the Levant, between Kermancha 
and Amadan. This differs from S. orientalis, in the flowers 
being a little larger; in the bracteas being pinnatifid; in the 
leaves being deeply cut, and in being covered with wool on both 
surfaces, 
Pinnatifid-leaved Skullcap. Pl. 4 foot.? 
6 S. arer'na (Lin. spec. p. 834.) stems procumbent ; leaves 
nearly sessile, or on short petioles, ovate, serrately crenated, of 
the same colour on both surfaces; floral leaves membranous, 
imbricated ; spikes tetragonal, oblong. 2t. H. Native of the 
Pyrenees, Switzerland, Upper Italy, Calabria, Croatia, Galicia, 
Siberia, in all temperate parts, and on the Altaic mountains. 
All. ped. p. 142. t. 26. f. 3. Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 146. 
t. 137. Sweet, fl. gard. 1. t. 90. Bot. reg. 1460. S. Altàica, 
Fisch. cat. hort. gorenki. p. 39. Sweet, fl. gard. 1. t. 45. S. 
variegàta, Spreng. fil. tent.— Gmel. sib. 3. p. 229. no. 52. t. 48. 
S. compréssa, Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 29. Habit of S. orientalis. 
Branches pilose or pubescent. Leaves green, pubescent, or 
pilose ; floral leaves coloured, pilose. Corolla altogether purple, 
or the tube and lower lip is yellow, 12-15 lines long. 
Var. D, làtea; flowers yellow. 2t. H. S. lupulina, Lin. 
spec, p. 835. Schmidt, icon. t. 73. Bot. reg. 1493. S. vérna, 
Bess. prim. fl. gal. 2. p. 43. 
Alpine Skullcap. | Fl. June, Oct. 
^ Cit. 1752, B. 1731. 
procumbent. 
BI; 
Secr. II. HereraxtHeE'sia (from érepoc, heteros, variable; 
and a»0oc, anthos, a flower; in allusion to the flowers being 
scattered, not opposite, as in the other sections.) Benth. lab. 
p. 425. $ 2. Racemosze, floribus sparsis, Benth. in bot. reg. 
vol. 18. Floral leaves small, green. Flowers racemose, secund, 
all or only the upper ones scattered, not opposite. 
7 S. ronciròrIa (Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. lab. p. 425.) 
glabrous ; stems erect ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, remotely toothed, roundly cuneated at the base; floral 
leaves linear, minute, deciduous ; racemes elongated, a little 
branched ; flowers secund, scattered ; corolla 8 times as long as 
the calyx, which is glabrous. 2/. F. Native of New Spain. 
Leaves 3 inches long. Corolla scarlet, pubescent, more than an 
inch long : lips short, erect. 
Long-leaved Skullcap. Pl. 13 foot. 
8 S. uurTIFLORA (Benth. l. c. lab. p. 426.) stems erect, finely 
pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, bluntly and sinu- 
ately toothed, roundly truncate at the base ; floral leaves lanceo- 
late-linear, rather longer than the calyxes ; racemes elongated, 
simple ; flowers secund, scattered ; corolla 5 times the length of 
the calyx, which is villous. %. F. Native of New Spain, 
Mogino et Sessé. Stem a little branched. Leaves similar to 
those of S. longifolia, but broader; floral leaves permanent. 
Flowers sometimes alternate, usually many, and collected into 
ie whorls. Corolla purple? 10-11 lines long, incurved, vil- 
ous. 
Many-flowered Skullcap. Pl. 1 foot.? 
9 S. ATrRIPLiCzFOLIA (Benth. l. c. lab. 426.) plant clothed 
with hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, bluntish 
almost quite entire or repand, truncate at the base, and subcor- 
date, rather fleshy ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, rather 
longer than the calyxes ; racemes elongated, simple; flowers 
nearly glabrous in the fructiferous state. 
LABIATA. LVIÍI. ScUTELLARIA. 
secund, scattered ; corolla about 6 times the length of the calyx, 
u.? G. Native of Peru? Pavon. Lower flowers opposite: 
upper ones falsely verticillate. Floral leaves deciduous. Co. 
rolla about an inch long, almost straight, nearly glabrous. 
Atriplex-leaved Skullcap. — Pl. 1 foot. ? 
10 S. coccr’Nea (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 825.) 
stems erect, branched, downy; leaves oblong, obtuse at both 
ends, quite entire, glabrous, of a violet-purple colour beneath; 
racemes terminal; flowers scattered. %. G. Native of New 
Granada.? Roots fascicled, terete, nearly simple. Leaves 
sometimes puberulous beneath, about 2 inches long.  Pedicels 
and petioles pubescent, Bracteas lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent, 
equalling the pedicels. Corolla scarlet, smoothish. 
Scarlet-flowered Skullcap. P1. 1 foot. ? 
11 S. uncarna‘ta (Vent. choix. t. 39.) stems erect, pubes- 
cent, branched; leaves cordate, toothed, tomentose beneath; 
spikes terminal, secund ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, equalling the 
pedicels. 2.?G. Native near Santa Fe de Bogota. Leaves 
petiolate, 1-3 inches Jong, pubescent above. Calyx tubular, 
compressed, villous, nearly entire. Corolla pubescent, of a 
beautiful red, 6 times the length of the calyx. 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Skull-cap. P1. 1 foot. ? ; 
12 S. TUBIFLÒRA (Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 427.) stems ascending, 
branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, coarsely 
crenated, rounded at the base, rather hispid above, and clothed 
with soft pubescence beneath ; floral leaves ovate, imbricate be- 
fore the expansion of the flowers; racemes: simple; flowers 
secund, scattered ; corolla 6 times as long as the calyx. y.? 
G. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Herb many-stemmed ; 
branches terete. Leaves an inch long, pubescent : floral leaves 
rather large. Corolla an inch long, with a slender tube. 
T'ube-flomered Skullcap. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
13 S. vx1e1NOsA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 427.) stems 
ascending or erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 
coarsely crenated, rounded or subcordate at the base, almost 
glabrous on both surfaces; floral leaves small, loose ; racemes 
simple; flowers subsecund, scattered; corolla 5 times as long 
as the calyx. Y%.?G. Native of Brazil, in boggy parts of 
woods in the province of St. Paul, St. Hil. Branches terete. 
Leaves twice the size of those of S. tubiflóra, sometimes gla- 
brous, and sometimes rather pilose; the upper surfaces hispid. 
Floral leaves oblong, rather shorter than the calyxes, glabrous. 
Corolla scarcely 3 an inch long, blue, with a white palate and 
slender tube. 
Bog Skullcap. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
14 S. pREvIFLORA (Benth. l. c. lab. p. 427.) glabrous; stems 
erect; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, bluntly and sinuately 
toothed, roundly truncate at the base ; floral leaves lanceolate- 
linear, rather longer than the calyxes ; racemes elongated, sim- 
ple, loose ; flowers secund, scattered; corolla about 3 times as 
long as the calyx, which is glabrous. 4t. G. Native of Peru, 
Pavon. Intermediate between S. multiflora and S. uliginósa. 
Leaves 1} to 2 inches long. Corolla glabrous, bluish, 4-5 lines 
long, with a spreading limb. 
Short-flowered Skullcap. Pl. 14 foot. 
15 S. purpura’scens (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1013.) stems 
erectish, humble, finely pubescent, or almost glabrous; leaves 
petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, sinuately crenated, very. broadly 
truncate at the base, rounded or subcordate, rather hispid above, 
glabrous beneath, or on both surfaces ; floral leaves minute, de- 
ciduous ; racemes loose; flowers secund, scattered, or the ae 
ones are opposite; calyxes shorter than the pedicels, large, an 
y. G. Native 0 
Brazil, in the province of Bahia ; and of Caraccas ; also of the 
West Indies, in Guadaloupe and St. Vincent. S. Felisbérth 
Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 11. p. 77. Herb slenden 
