Tab. 4290 . 
SCUTELLARIA cordifolia. 
Heart-leaved Skull-cap. 
Nat. Ord. Labiate.—Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
Gen. Char. {Vide supra. Tab. 4268.) 
Scutellaria cordifolia ; caule erecto ramoso ramisque obtuse tetragonis race- 
misque (nunc ramosis) longissimis pubescenti-glanduloso-pilosis, foliis longe 
petiolatis membranaceis pallide luteo-viridibus mollibus rotundato-cordatis 
copiose rugoso-reticulatis acutis pubescenti-pilosis grosse sinuato-dentatis, 
floribus subverticillatis glanduloso-pubescentibus, bracteis angustis cito deci- 
duis, calyce parvo, corolla (coccinea) gracili calyce multoties longiore, labio 
superiore 3-fido lobo intermedio breviore emarginato. 
Scutellaria cordifolia. Benth. in Be Cand. Prodr. ined. 
Perilomia cordifolia. SchlecJit. inLinneea, v. 6. jo. 3 74, 
Scutellaria splendens. Klotzsch, Ic. PI. Bar. Berol.p. 31. 13. 
For this beautiful Scutellaria, the Royal Gardens of Kew are 
indebted to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, who had received it 
from the Continent, under the name ai Scutellaria splendens-, and 
as such the species is described in the beautiful work of my 
friend Dr. Klotzsch, above quoted. It is, however, assuredly 
the S. cordifolia, Benth. {Perilomia, Schlecht.), and a native of 
Misantla and other parts of Mexico. The brilliant red colour, the 
size and general form of the flowers, indicate an affinity with 
S. Ventenatii ; but the hue is more inclined to orange-red, the 
corolla is longer and more slender, the flowers are not secund or 
distichous, but subverticillate, and pointing in all direcfions; it has 
shorter stems, and very different foliage in colour, form, texture 
and reticulation. It flowers in the stove in September and 
October. 
Descr. Stem nearly erect, branched; with the branches diva¬ 
ricated, four-sided, pubescent with glandular hairs. Leaves 
opposite, large, downy, cordate, membranaceous, coarsely and 
almost sinuato-dentate, pale green, reticulated and wrinkled with 
the copious venations. Petioles an inch and a half long, pilose. 
