670 oxi. LABIATX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Scutellaria. 
DC. Prodr. xii. 423; dwarf, puberulous, stems prostrate and ascending, 
leaves subsessile linear obtuse, margins recurved quite entire, racemes very 
short glandular-pubescent, bracts ovate entire, corolla 3—1 in., throat muc 
inflated. Wall. Cat. 2137. 
TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 3-8000 ft.— 
DISTRIB. Affghanistan. . 
Rootstock stout, woody ; stems very numerous, 4-8 in., terete. Leaves 4-1} in, 
rarely oblong-lanceolate. Racemes i-l in.; pedicels very short; bracts 4-4 in, 
Corolla purple, tube nearly straight. Nutlets puberulous. 
Yee Flowers all axillary. 
13. S. rivularis, Wall. Pl. As. Rar.i. 66, and Cat. 2140; dwarf, 
glabrous, stems subsimple leafy, leaves lower shortly petioled, upper sessile 
ovate or lanceolate obtuse entire or crenate, base acute dilated or cordate, 
flowers axillary subsessile or spicate, corolla 4—4 in. nearly straight. Bent. 
Lab. 437, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 426; Wight Ic. t. 1450. S. peregrina, 
Roxb. Hort. Beng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii. 24. S. barbata, Don Prodr. 109. 
S. squamulosa, A. Ham. Monogr. Scutell. 35. S. minor, B indica, Benth. in 
DC. l. c. 427. 
CENTRAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich. KmasrA MTS., alt. 4-5000 ft. ; Griffith, 
&c. TENASSERIM: at Moulmein, Parish. NILGHIRI and ANAMALLAY Mrs. ; Wight, 
&c.—DistTris. China. 
Stem creeping below, ascending 6-8 in. and leafy, or drawn out to 12-15 in., sub- 
terete. Leaves very variable, 3-1 in., close set, passing into the floral or bracts. 
Spikes 3-6 in., bracts quite entire ovate or lanceolate. Calyx and corolla (blue) 
glabrous or pubescent. Nutlets granular.— Very near S. minor, L. 
14. S. galericulata, Linn.; puberulous, erect, leaves shortly petioled 
ovate-lanceolate obtuse or subacute, base cordate crenate or upper entire, 
flowers axillary, bracts all leafy much exceeding the calyx, pedicels very 
short, corolla $ in. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 425; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1v. 
690 Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1256, £. 2: 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft.—DrsrRIB. Europe, 
from the Caucasus westward, N. Africa, Central and N. Asia, N. America. 
tem below creeping, then erect, 2-3 ft. Leaves 14-24 in., crenatures rather 
remote, upper often entire. 
33. BRUNELLA, Linn. (PRUNELLA, Linn.) 
Perennial herbs. Whorls in dense heads; bracts orbicular; flowers 
purplish, rarely white. Calyx reticulate, 2-lipped, closed in fruit, upper lip 
flat, 3-toothed, lower 2-lobed ; throat naked. Corolla ascending, tube annu- 
late at the base within; upper lip erect, concave; lower spreading, side 
lobes deflexed, midlobe concave. Stamens 4, exserted, filaments 2-fid, lower 
arm antheriferous; anthers conniving, cells diverging. Disk erect, sym- 
metrical. Style-lobes subulate. Nutlets oblong, smooth.— Species 3, A 
and S. temp. regions. 
B. vulgaris, Linn. ; leaves petioled ovate or oblong entire toothed oF 
pinnatifid. Don Prodr.109; Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 66, and m 
DC. Prodr. xii. 410; Wall. Cat. 9132; Wight lc. t. 1448; Boiss. Fi 
Orient. iv. 691. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET; from Kashmir to Bhotan ; alt. 
