Tas. 4268. 
SCUTELLARIA incarnata. 
Flesh-coloured Skull-cap. 
Nat. Ord. Lapiata.— Dipynamra GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char, Calyx campanulatus, bilabiatus, labia integra, post anthesin clausa, 
demum usque ad basin fissa, superius supra squama dilatata supra concava auctum, 
ad maturationen deciduum, inferius persistens. Corolla tubo longe exserto, intus 
nudo, recto y. sepius extra calycem recurvo-adscendente, superne in faucem 
dilatato, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore apice integro v. emarginato, inferiore 
patenti-dilatato convexo, apice emarginato, lobis lateralibus nunc liberis patenti- 
bus, sepius cum labio superiore coalitis, rarissime cum inferiore. Stamina 4, 
sub galea adscendentia, didynama, inferioribus longioribus. _Anthere per paria 
approximate, ciliate, staminum inferiorum dimidiate, superiorum biloculares, 
cordate, loculis subdivaricatis, dorso oppositis. Styli lobus superior brevissimus, 
inferior apice stigmatifer.  Ovarium gynophoro incurvo elevatum, obliquum. 
Achenia sicca, mada, tuberculosa, glabra v. tomento adpresso pubescentia.—Herbee 
annua v. perennes, rarius frutices: Inflorescentia nune tetragono-spicata, foliis 
Jtoralibus membranaceis subimbricatis coloratis ; nune racemosa, floralibus parvis ; 
nune axillaris, foliis floralibus caulinis subconformibus. Peduneuli_ in awillis 
solitarii uniflori breves, sepius oppositi, at in sect. Heteranthesia cum foliis floralibus 
sparsi! Bractese subnulle. Corolle cerulee v. flavide, rarius purpurascentes 
v. coccinet. Benth. 
ScUTELLARIA incarnata ; erecta ramosa, foliis ovatis ovato-lanceolatisque grosse 
serratis acuminatis subtus pubescentibus, racemis terminalibus plurifloris 
bracteis lineari-lanceolatis pedicello longioribus, calycis appendice calyce 
longiore, corollz tubo elongato superne dilatato, lobo superiore vix fisso. 
SCUTELLARIA incarnata. Vent. Choix des Pl. tab. 39°(upper figure var. 8.minor). 
Benth. Lab. p. 429. var. B. ; 
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From the rich collection of the Exeter Nursery of Messrs. 
Veitch, who received the seeds from Professor W. Jameson of 
Quito, gathered on the western declivities of the Andes.* - was 
led on the first investigation of the plant to consider it the 
same with the §. coccinea of Humboldt, but a stricter com- 
parison with the description in the Nov. Gen. et Sp. Am. Merid., 
soon convinced me of this error; and I now refer it with little 
hesitation to 8. incarnata of Ventenat. I am, however, disposed 
to think that author has confounded the S. coccinea, or some 
* It is no. 301 of that gentleman’s distributed collections. 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1846. 
