Scutellaria. | CII. LABIATH (BAKER). 463 
pubescent stems | ft. long. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, crenate, 
densely pubescent, the longest 1 in. long. Inflorescence racemose, long, 
lax; rhachis densely pubescent ; whorls 2-flowered ; bracts all small ; 
pedicels { in. long. Calyx pubescent, { in. long in flower, } in. long 
in fruit ; tube short, campanulate ; upper lip orbicular, entire; lower 
shorter. Corolla purple, } in. long ; tube pubescent, widening gradually 
to the throat ; lips } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Urundi; hills near Ruvuvu River, 
Scott-Elliot, 8157! British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Manganja Hills, 3000- 
3500 ft., Meller ! Blantyre, Scott / Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Zomba, 
4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Mlanje, Whyte! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 144! Mashonaland, Bryce! 
; wre was a small specimen of this in Dr. Livingstone’s pocket-book, sent to Kew 
In . 
6. S. peregrina, Linn.; Benth.in DC. Prod. xii. 420. A perennial, 
with slender branched erect more or less pubescent stems. Leaves 
petioled, ovate, obtuse, crenate, the lower 1-14 in. long. Inflorescence 
racemose, long, lax; whorls 2-flowered; bracts foliaceous, petioled, 
oblong, entire. Calyx pubescent, 4 in. long. Corolla violet, nearly 
2 in. long; tube gradually dilated upwards; lips } in. long.—A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 196 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 369. 
Mile Land. Eritrea: Mount Bizen, 5800 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1879! 
Abyssinia: Urahut district, 9700 ft., Schimper, 598! 1767! 
Also in the Orient and Arabia. 
31. ACHYROSPERMUM, Blume; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. ii. 1208. 
_ Calyx-tube oblong, 10-nerved ; teeth 5, subequal, herbaceous, not 
rigid. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; limb bilabiate; upper lip short, 
arcuate; lower longer, deflexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamons, 
arcuate, lowest pair the longest; anther-cells distinct or confluent. 
Disk equal. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules obovoid, scaly at the 
apex.—Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves large, thin, crenate. Flowers 
small, aggregated in dense terminal or lateral spike-like panicles ; bracts 
ovate, membranous, persistent. 
Species 8-9. Also in Tropical Asia, the Seychelles, and Madagascar. 
Inflorescence produced from the side of the branches. 
Leaves narrowed to the base. 
Stem decumbent at the base 1. A. radicans. 
Stem erect 2. A. Carvalhi. 
3. A. laterale. 
Leaves cordate 
Inflorescence terminal, 
Leaves oblong . . . . . . . 4 A, oblongifolium, 
Leaves ovate, rounded or cuneate at the base . . 5. A, eryptanthum. 
Leaves cordate-ovate. 
Calyx 3 in. long . 
Calyx 3 in. long : : , 
Inflorescence both terminal and lateral 
6. A. nyasanum, 
7. A. africanum. 
8. A. ethiopicum. 
