ae 
Tas. 7458, 
SCUTELLARIA Formosana. 
Native of China. 
Nat. Ord. Laprata#.—Tribe Neretex. 
Genus Scurettarta, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1201.) 
Scurertaria (Vulgares) formosana; fruticulus erectus, ramis tetragonis 
_ glaberrimis canisve violaceis, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis v. ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis glaberrimis remote subserratis basi cuneatis 
subtus glanduloso-punctatis et remote pilosulis, racemo terminali erecto 
aphyllo laxifloro, floribus oppositis, bracteis minutis pedicellos breves 
subequantibus v. brevioribus, calycis puberuli lobis late ovatis, galea 
parva fere orbiculari, corolle erectz glanduloso-pubescentis tubo 3- 
- . _ pollicari infra medium gracili viridi intus annulo stellatim pubescente 
cincto, supra medium inflato limboque saturate violaceo, limbi labio 
superiore integro inferioris lobis lateralibus parvis intermedio tere 
orbiculari, filamentis pilosis, antherarum loculis ciliolatis, gynophori 
magni gibbi collo glanduloso, nuculis granulatis. ae 
S. formosana, V.E. Br. in Gard. Chron. (1894) vol. ii. p 212. 
Amongst the tropical Asiatic skull-caps there is one to 
which S. formosana is nearly allied, and that is S. javanensis, 
Jungh., which differs in the repand-toothed leaves, in both 
surfaces of these and the racemes being hispidulous in the 
rose-lilac or scarlet: corolla, and in the fruiting calyx being 
much longer than that of formosana would (judging from 
immature fruit) probably be. Of S. javanensis, a native of 
Java at an elevation of about 6000 ft., I have seen only 
indifferent specimens. It may prove the same as a 
Sumatran plant in Herb. Kew (probably 8. swmatrana, 
_Mig.); or, as Mr. Brown has observed in his careful 
description of 9. formosana cited above, all the three ‘* may 
be local forms of one species; but until more is known 
concerning them I deem it best to retain the present. 
plant as if distinct, it being clearly distinguishable from 
S. javanensis, and for horticultural purposes worthy of 
distinction.” : 
8. formosana was, according to a specimen in the Kew 
Herbarium, introduced by Messrs. Veitch from Formosa, 
The specimen here figured is from a plant sent to the 
Feprvary Ist, 1896, 
