Nepeta. | CII. LABIATH (BAKER). 461 
erenate, the lower shortly petioled, 2 in. long, the upper sessile, finely 
pubescent beneath. Inflorescence racemose, long ; lower whorls spaced 
out, subtended by large leaves, their cymes shortly peduncled ; bracts 
many, linear, densely hairy, as long as the calyx. Calyx densely villous, 
¢ in. long; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube as 
long as the calyx; lower lip deflexed, } in. long; upper shorter.— 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 195; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
368, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; on Mount Bachit, near Demerki, Schimper, 
748! Ghaba, Steudner, 1419! and without precise locality, Schimper, 111! Quartin- 
Dillon & Petit ! 
5. N. balloteefolia, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 196. 
An erect perennial, with short erect branched pubescent stems. Leaves 
thin, ovate, crenate, sessile, pubescent, 1-14 in. long. Inflorescence 
racemose, moderately dense; lower whorls distinct, subtended by large 
leaves ; bracts linear, large. Calyx } in, long; tube subcylindric, 
pubescent ; teeth lanceolate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla- 
tube shortly exserted; lower lip } in. long; upper shorter.—Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; on mountains between Gernamora and Sabra, 
Schimper, 720; Debra Eski, 9700 ft., Schimper, 158 ; and without precise locality, 
Schimper, 5! 
30. SCUTELLARIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. ii, 1201. 
Calyx-tube campanulate; lips short, entire, broad, closed after 
flowering. Corolla-tube much exserted; limb bilabiate; upper lip 
Short, concave; lower deflexed. Stamens 4, didynamous, arcuate ; 
lowest longest ; anthers of the upper pair 2-celled, of the lower 
with one cel] imperfect or obsolete. Nucules subglobose or depressed, 
usually tubercled or hispid.—Annual or perennial herbs or under- 
shrubs. Leaves usually toothed. Inflorescence racemose, dense or lax; 
Whorls usually 2-flowered. ; ; 
Species 90, widely spread in the North Temperate zone, some in the mountains of 
the Tropics. 
Leaves almost sessile, lanceolate to linear. 
Leaves entire 
Leaves toothed : . 
Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate. 
Young stems puberulous or pubescent. . 
Leaves very few and small . 3. *: Powers 
Leaves many, small . . . . . . 4. S- 16 BEPsin 
Leaves many and larger. 5. ° Livingstone 
Stems pilose 6. S. peregrina, 
1. S. Schweinfurthii, Briguet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 194. A 
perennial, much branched at the crown of the root, with slender erect 
1, S. Schweinfurthii. 
2. S. polyadena. 
