LABIAT/E. LVIII. ScUTELLARIA. 
fiaccid. Floral leaves minute. Corolla half an inch long, 
pubescent, purplish. 
Purplish-flowered Skullcap. 
Pl. i foot. 
16 S. acre’stis (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 428.) stems 
erectish, finely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, ob- 
tuse, sinuately crenated, cordate at the base, rather hispid above, 
and nearly glabrous beneath; floral leaves minute, almost want- 
ing; racemes short, simple; flowers scarcely secund, scattered. 
Y. G. Native of Brazil, at San Miguel da Jetiquinhonha, in 
the province of Bahia. Herb much branched at the base. 
Branches, petioles, and nerves of leaves, canescent from fine to- 
mentum. Leaves 3 to 1 inch long, green on both surfaces. 
Corolla blue, about 4 lines long. Nearly allied to the pre- 
ceding. 
Field Skullcap. Pl. 1 to 4 foot. 
17 S. nr'scoron (Colebr. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 66.) 
stems rooting at the base, leafy, ascending, almost naked above ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, roundly cuneated at 
the base: lower leaves cordate: floral ones minute ; racemes 
elongated, somewhat branched at.the base; flowers secund, 
scattered. 2t. F. Native of Nipaul and Silhet. S. I'ndica, 
D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 109. but not of Lin. Leaves 1} to 2 
inches long, pubescent on both surfaces, usually purplish be- 
Pim Corolla hardly downy outside, violaceous, 4 an inch 
ong. 
T'wo-coloured-leaved Skullcap. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
Secr. III. Sracuy’macris (from eraxve, stachys, a spike ; 
and paxpoc, macros, long; in reference to the long spikes or ra- 
cemes of flowers.) Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 17. Benth. lab. 428. 
$ 2. Racemose, * * floribus oppositis, Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. 
Floral leaves green, small, different in form from the cauline 
leaves. Flowers racemose, secund, opposite. 
18 S. I’npica (Lin. spec. p. 833. but not of D. Don.) stems 
procumbent at the base; branches ascending, villous ; leaves 
small, petiolate, roundish, crenated, cordate at the base, clothed 
with soft pubescence on both surfaces; floral leaves minute ; 
racemes almost simple, dense; flowers opposite, secund ; flori- 
ferous calyxes pubescent, shorter than the pedicels ; lower lip of 
corolla very broad. 21. G. Native of China, near Macao, Sir 
G. Staunton ; Japan, Thunb.; Java, in hedges about Tugu, in 
the province of Buitenzorg, Blume.— Pluck. alm. t. 441. f. 1.2 
Leaves scarcely 4 an inch long, form of those of Ground-ivy. 
Corolla smoothish, white, ex Thunb. Anthers of upper stamens 
bearded. 
Indian Skullcap, Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
19 S, JarónicA (Morren, et Decaisne, in ann. sc. nat. par. 
1834, 2. p. 315.) stems prostrate at the base; branches ascend- 
ing, quadrifariously puberulous; leaves ovate, obtuse, coarsely 
crenated, rounded at the base, glabrous, petiolate; floral leaves 
becoming gradually smaller; flowers opposite, loose ; calyx 
rather pilose ; corolla pubescent, blue. 2t. H. Native of 
Japan, Siebold. 
Japan Skullcap. Pl. ascending. 
20 S. Corzsrooxra‘'na (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 67.) stem 
erect, branched, finely pubescent; leaves petiolate, ovate- 
roundish, obtuse, crenated : lower leaves cordate at the base: 
upper leaves deltoid, roundly truncate at the base, all finely pu- 
bescent on both surfaces: floral leaves minute ; raceme simple, 
loose; flowers opposite, secund ; floriferous calyxes pubescent, 
Shorter than the pedicels, but increased and glabrous in the 
fructiferous state; lower lip of corolla very broad. 2%. G. 
Native of the Peninsula of India. Allied to S. violàcea ; but 
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the stem is firmer and more branched, and the form of the 
leaves is different. Leaves scarcely an inch long, 
Colebrooke's Skullcap. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
21 S. viora`cea (Heyne, ex Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 1. p. 66. 
Benth. lab. p. 429.) stem erect or ascending, pubescent; leaves 
petiolate, cordate-ovate, crenated, rather hispid above, and pu- 
bescent beneath, or glabrous ; floral leaves sessile, ovate, shorter 
than the pedicels ; raceme loose, nearly simple; flowers oppo- 
site, secund. 21. G. Native of the Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, 
&c. S. Indica, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 45. but not of Lin. Stem 
a little branched, hispid, or pubescent, rarely almost glabrous. 
Corolla 4 an inch long, violaceous. 
Var. D, hispidior (Benth. lab. p. 429.) plant more hispid. Y. 
G. S. Wightiàna, Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 67. S. 
nodulósa, Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 26.? 
Violaceous-flowered Skullcap. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
22 S. oBLówcA (Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. lab. p. 429.) 
stems ascending, pubescent; leaves petiolate, oblong-elliptic, 
acutish, subserrated at apex, rounded at the base, and quite en- 
tire, almost glabrous; floral leaves ovate, minute; raceme loose, 
almost simple; flowers opposite, secund ; calyxes equalling the 
pedicels : fructiferous ones large, nearly glabrous; lower lip of 
corolla very broad. 2. S. Native of Ceylon, Macrae. Very 
nearly allied to S. violdcea, but differs in stature, inflorescence, 
and flowers. Leaves scarcely an inch long. 
Oblong-leaved Skullcap. Pl. procumbent. ? 
23 S. incu’rva (Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 1. p. 67. Benth. lab. 
p. 430.) stems ascending, branched, pubescent; leaves almost 
sessile, oblong-elliptic, acute, remotely serrated, nearly glabrous; 
floral leaves minute ; racemes terminal, simple; flowers oppo- 
site, secund ; pedicels 3 times as long as the calyxes; tube of 
corolla slender, incurved ; lips of corolla deeply cleft: the upper 
lip large, cucullate, the lower one shorter. 2/.S. Native near 
Ava, on Mount Taong Dong. 
Incurved-flowered Skullcap. Pl. ascending. 
24 S. eréssa (Wall.l. c. Benth. l. c.) stems procumbent at 
the base; branches ascending, villous; leaves petiolate, ovate, 
acuminated, crenated, roundly truncate at the base, almost gla- 
brous; floral leaves petiolate: lower ones almost similar to the 
cauline leaves: upper ones scarcely exceeding the calyxes; ra- 
cemes loose, simple; flowers opposite, secund ; corollas elon- 
gated, slender. 2t. S. Native of the mountains of Kamaon 
and Syen, &c. Stem rather woody at the base. Leaves 1 to 
14 inch long, pubescent on the nerves. Corolla 9 lines long, 
hardly pubescent. 
Coarse Skullcap. Pl. procumbent. 
25 S. Corv'MNx (All. pedem. 1. p. 40. t. 84. f. 2.) stems 
erect, branched, pubescent; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, 
broadly-cordate or truncate at the base, scarcely wrinkled, finely 
pubescent; floral leaves ovate, shorter than the fructiferous 
calyxes ; raceme elongated, loose, branched a little, pilose ; flow- 
ers opposite, secund ; pedicels shorter than the fructiferous ca- 
lyxes, which are large and pilose; corolla 6 times longer than 
the calyx. 2j. H. Native of the South of Europe, in woods 
and in fields ; as near Paris, North of Sicily; Italy, from Pied- 
mont to Naples; Hungary, Dalmatia, Island of Cyprus, and near 
Constantinople. Sweet, fl. gard. 1. t. 52. S. peregrina, Sibth. 
et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 66. t. 582. but not of Lin. S. altíssima, 
Arth. Hamilt. mon. 18. and many other authors, and probably 
of Lin. Cássida racemósa, Moench, meth. 414.? S. pallida, 
Guss. fl. sic. prod. 2. p. 137.? but not of Bieb.—Column. 
ecphr. 1. p. 187. t. 189. Leaves 2 inches long. Corolla dark 
purple, pubescent, almost an inch long : lips white. 
Columna’s Skullcap. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1806. 
3 feet. 
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