Tab. 5439. 

 SCUTELLARIA Costaricana. 



Costa Rica Scutellaria. 



Nat. Ord. Labiate. — Didynamia Gymnospeiimia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx campanulatu?, bilabiatus; labia Integra (/'. e. >opalo summo 

 excluso squanucformi, latcralibus in labium supcrius, inferioribot to inferins 

 coalitis), post anthesin clausa, demon) usque ad bono fiatt, supcrius superne 

 squama dilatata supra concavu atictnm. ad maturationcm dceiduuni, inferins per- 

 sistens. Corolla tubo longc exwrto, iotoa undo recto vel uepioa extra oalyoem 

 recurvo-adscendente, supenic in i'auct in dilatato: Umbo bilabiate, labio mperion 

 apice integro vcl emarginato, inferiorc patenti-dilatato OODVCXO, apice emargi- 

 nato, lobis lateralibus nunc liberia patentibus, saepius cum labio superiore co- 

 alitis, rarissime cum inferiore. Stamina e tubo exscrta. Jnlherep per paria 

 approximate, ciliata\ staminum inferiorum dimidiate, superiorum bilocidares 

 eordatae ; loculis subdivaricatis, dorso oppositis. Sfyli lobus superior brevissi- 

 miis. Ovarium gynophoro incurvo elevatum, obliquum. Nticul/r sicca?, nnda?, 

 tuberculosse, glabrae vel tomento adpressa?, pubescentes. — Herbse atinntr mI 

 perennes, vel rarius frutices, omnium fere regionum incoloe, excepta Africa trans- 

 tropica. Benth. 



Scutellaria Costaricana ; berbacea, glabra, caule erecto atropurpureo, foliis 

 ovatis acuminatis serrato-dentatis sublonge pctiolatis, floribus racemosis 

 subsecundis, bracteis minutis linearibus, pedicellis calycibusque parvis atro- 

 purpureis, corollis longissimis minute pubescentibus erectis tubuloso-infun- 

 dibuliformibus sursum curvatis, fauce lutea. 



Scutellaria Costaricana. TFendl. 



We have lately figured several handsome scarlet-flowered tro- 

 pical American Scutellaria, — for example, & cordifolia (Tab. 

 4290), S. incarnate. (Tab. 4268, and var., Tab. 5185), S. Ven~ 

 tenatii (Tab. 4271), and 8. villosa (Tab. 4789); but the pre- 

 sent one is quite distinct from any of them, and certainly much 

 more beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful, of any of this now 

 extensive genus, numbering as it does, according to Mr. Bentham, 

 eighty-six species. Its beauty consists In the great size and the 

 colouring of the numerous flowers : these measure two inches 

 and a half in length, of a rich golden -scarlet colour, with the 

 faux, or inside of the lips, a deep yellow. It is a native of 



APRIL 1st, 1864. 



