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SCUTELLARIA rncarnata, var. 7rianat. 
Flesh-coloured Skull-cap, var. Trianai. 
Nat. Ord. Laprat2.—DipyNaM1A GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TAB. 4268.) 
ScurTeLLaRia Ventenatii ; perennis erecta ramosa, ramis obtuse tetragonis, foliis 
sublonge petiolatis crassiusculis ovato-lanceolatis acutis grosse serratis pen- 
ninerviis vix' reticulatis atro-viridibus, racemis terminalibus elongatis sub- 
secundis, bracteis valde deciduis, calyce parvo, corollis elongatis incarnatis 
calyce multoties longioribus, labio superiore quadrilobo. 
ScuTELLARIA incarnata. Vent. Choizx des Pl. t. 29: upper figure. Benth. Lab. 
p. 429. De Cand. Prodr. v.12. p.416. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4268. 
B. Trianai, foliis minoribus, floribus intense roseo-coccineis. 
ScuTeLLaria Trianai, Planch. et Lind. in Lind. Cat. for 1855, n. 10. p. 6. 
The red-flowered Scutellari@ recommend themselves to cul- 
tivation by their beauty, and they are, I believe, chiefly natives 
of tropical America. Some are already in cultivation in our 
stoves, and greatly admired from the rich colour of their co- 
rollas. The present species has been introduced to our collec- 
tions from Bogota, and circulated under the name of S. Zrianat 
of Klotzsch and Linden, and under that name is mentioned in 
Linden’s Catalogue, but unfortunately without any specific cha- 
racter. We fear, however, it is merely a highly coloured variety 
of S. zncarnata, Vent., and of this work, Tab. 4268; and ¢hat, 
Mr. Bentham, whose knowledge of the extensive family of Ladév- 
ate entitles his opinion to great respect, believes may not be truly 
distinct from 8. Ventenatii (Bot. Mag., Tab. 4271); and his own 
S. Hartwegi he thinks may be the same also. 
The present variety chiefly differs from 8. cxcarnata in the 
smaller glabrous foliage, and the much richer rose-scarlet of the 
corollas. It flowers in the spring in the stoves of the Royal Gar- 
dens of Kew. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Calyx, including the pistil. 4. 
Ovary, on its large receptacle (or gynophore), with part of the style :—magnified. 
JUNE lst, 1860, 
