24° _- DIDYNAMIA’GYMNosPERMIA, — Sewtellaria, 
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rally tafts of small leaves in the axills of the larger. Spikes 
terminal, “often panicled, ‘peduncled, imbricated until. the 
flowering: time, *with ‘four rows. of’ bractes, Bractes. oval, 
considerably longer than'the unexpanded ‘flowers, ciliate, 
spotted on the outside with small reddish dots. Flowers pret- 
ty large; beautiful, of a bluish purple. | Calyx two-lipped ; 
upper lip ovate, shutting down over the seeds likeva lid,.as’ 
soon-as the flower dro ps ; the under lip is short and truncate. 
Corol ; tube compressed ; the wpper one short,-erect, slightly 
three-toothed, the under lip is long arid concave,: invit the 
stamens rest, ‘Nectary a seale;\or lid, covering _ lower half 
of the’ étony issuing from the under side. wry 
_ SCUTELLARIA. Schreb, gen..N. 989-4, 
Sdapecgidodc mouth’sub-entire, after inflorescense clelsed 
with a lid, 
ees 
‘matted. nnlea saab: Nod ctoidate, crenate, seaside 
terminal, before the flowers expand imbricated with oppo- 
site, one-flowered, lanceolate, bractes of the ete - the = 
duncles only. ‘ 
: Exclude Serratula amara. \Rudeplic Amb. xv: rt. 1106ft 1. 
which I consider a ‘Gratiola, 
“A native of the’ Moluccas, in the Botanic gatlewat ela 
ta; it flowers during the cold season. 
g. 8. peregrina. Willd. iii, V7, ut 
“Herbaceous. ‘Stem and ‘branches four-sided, pam: cor- 
date, serrate, smooth." Racemes terminal; longysecund,’ Brac- 
tes petioled, ovate, entire, as long or longer than the’ calyx. 
- A native of Nepal. ‘In the’Botanie one Re: it 
blossoms —" tid told herissnnnrere- 
stride Nae wise Bi 
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