668 CXII. LABIATE, (J. D. Hooker.) [Scutellaria. 
opposite secund, corolla j-$ in., nutlets scabrid. Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
x5 417; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 910. S. iudica, Blume Bijd. 839; Wall. 
Cat. 2184; Don Prodr.109; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 152. S. heteropoda, 
Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 972. 
SUBTROPICAD HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Assam, alt. 1-6000 ft. Kasia 
Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft. '"TENassERIM, Parish. MALABAR GHATS; Concan and Canara, 
Ritchie, &c.— DISTRIB. Burma, Java. ' ked 
Stem ascending from a creeping rootstock, 1-2 ft., rarely branched, often nake - 
above. Leaves 2-5 by 1-3 in., rarely orbicular; petiole 1-3 in. Racemes 6-10 in.; 
pedicels 2 in. ; bracts linear or oblong, all or all but the lowest shorter than the 
pedicel. 
4. S. violacea, Heyne mss.; Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 1. 66, 
Lab. 429, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 418; pubescent tomentose or glabrate, 
leaves long-petioled ovate-cordate subacute coarsely crenate or sinuate; 
toothed, flowers opposite secund. Wall. Cat. 2136; Wight Ic. t. 1449, pr 
Ill. 176 bis, f. 7. Thwaites Enum, 239. S. indica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 45, 
and FV. Ind. iii. 24. 
Deccan PrNINSULA; Mts. from the Nilghiris, alt. 5-7000 ft., southwards. 
CEYLON, ascending to 7000 ft. . Il 
Habit of S. discolor, but at once distinguished by the opposite flowers. Corolla 
1 in. long, * white or tinged with rose," Wight. Nutlets hispid. The following 
forms do not seem to me to constitute definitely marked varieties. th 
VAR. Colebrookiana; leaves more deltoid thicker softly tomentose on bot 
surfaces, calyx larger. S. Colebrookiana, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 67, and in 
DC. l. c.; Wall. Cat. 2135. : 
Van. hispidior, Benth. in DC.l. c. ; stouter, more rigid, leaves thick, bracts so 
times equalling the pedicels. S. robusta, Benth. in DC. l. c. S. Wightiana, Ben e 
in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 67; Wall. Cat. 2708. S. nodulosa, A. Ham. Monogr. 
Scutell. 26.— Ceylon and Nilghiris, 
Var. floribunda; branched, inflorescence compound, flowers rather smaller. 5. 
floribunda, Benth. in DC. l. c.—Ceylon. 
ca Van. sikkimensis; often tall, rambling and much branched.—Sikkim, J. D. H. 
5. S. oblonga, Benth. in Bot. Reg. x. t. 1493 in note, Lab. 429, and o 
DC. Prodr. xii. 418; pubescent or glabrate, erect or decumbent, leaves 
petioled oblong- or linear-lanceolate obtuse or acute or acuminate serrate 0 
sinuate-toothed, flowers opposite, corolla 4 in. Thwaites Enum. 240. 
CEYLON ; Central Province, ascending to 7000 ft. 1-21 by 
Stem often woody below, 6-24 in., simple or branched, leafy. Leaves l- “rely 
3-1 in., base acute, rarely rounded, never cordate, pale beneath. Racemes rà 
6 in.; pedicels 4 in., longer than the bracts. Corolla blue. Nutlets minutely 
granulate. 
6?. S. incurva, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 67; “stem ascending branched 
pubescent, leaves subsessile elliptic-oblong acute remotely serrate almoss 
glabrous, floral minute, flowers opposite secund, pedicels thrice as long 4 
the calyx, corolla-tube slender incurved, lips deeply split, upper broad hooded, 
lower shorter.” Benth. in. DC. Prodr. xii. 418; Wall. Cat. 2138. 
BURMA; at Taongdong, Wallich. 
The above is Bentham’s description of the solitary imperfect specimen in the 
Wallichian Herbarium. The habitat is beyond the British boundary. 
*** Flowers in long narrow racemes, bracts longer than the pedicel and 
calyx but hardly leafy. 
