Scutellaria, LABIATAE MarrvUum 



bracts which do not overlap, not clustered; calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip bearing on 

 the back a helmet-like pouch or scutellum; the calyx lobes closed in fir.; corolla tube 

 long exserted, glabrous within; stamens 4; the anthers hairy; style gynobasic: nutlets 

 very small, rarely smooth. 150 or more species, in temperate mountainous regions; 20 

 in China. (Latin, meaning " a dish ", referring to the form of the persistent calyx.) 



Key to the Species 



Infl. axillary ; fls. subtended by ordinary lvs 1 • & guiHemi 



Inn. terminal; fls. in racemes, subtended by reduced lvs. or bracts. 



Lvs. orbicular or ovate; petioles 5-15 mm. long: stems pubescent: racemes 



2-3.5 cm. long 2 . S. indica 



Lvs. lanceolate or ovate-oblong; petioles 1-3 mm. long: stem glabrous 



except at the nodes: racemes over 3.5 cm. long 3. S. barbata 



1. Scutellaria guiliemi A. Gray (S. hederacea A. Gray, non Kunth) (Kudo 268). 

 Herb, to 3dm.; fls. lavender, IV. Japan, eastern China; locally in Ku. Moist 

 ground . 



2. Scutellaria indica Linn. ±fo$. (Li Lang Ts'ao) (Be.F.278). Erect herb, to 4 dm.; 

 fls. bluish purple, IV-V. Eastern Asia; locally in Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Moist 

 places. 



3. Scutellaria barbata D. Don (S. rivularis Wall.) fe-#:&4 (Ch'i Ts'ao Huang Ling; 

 Forked-herb Yellow-tuber) (H.F.4:670). Herb, to 5dm.; fls. bluish purple, III-VI. 

 The Himalayas, China, Japan, Formosa; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku., Hun., Hup. 

 Wet places. Fig. 318. 



In addition to the species of Scutellaria keyed above, there are undoubtedly several others 

 occurring in the area. Records for the area have been published under each of the following 

 names: S. angulosa Benth.. S. galericulata Linn., S. scandens D. Don, S. sciaphila S. Moore, 

 S. scordiofolia Fisch., S. violacea Hevne. Without more material than was available, the 

 writer was unable to determine which of these should be added. 



4. Prunella Linn. Self-heal M^$M (Hsia K'u Ts'ao Shu) 

 Perennial herbs with petiolate lvs. and sessile 3-fld. clusters of purple or rarely 

 white ./?s. in dense bracteate terminal or sometimes axillary spikes or heads; bracts of 

 the infl. overlapping; calyx 2-lipped, 10-nerved, closed in fr.\ corolla tube somewhat 

 dilated below and slightly narrower at the mouth; stamens 4, exserted, the upper pr. 

 shorter than the lower; filaments bifid at the apex, one tooth bearing the anther: 

 nutlets ovoid, smooth. About 5 species, widely distributed; one in China. (Perhaps 

 from the German Braunc, a disease of the throat for which this plant is supposed to 

 be a remedy. A pre-Linnaean form of the name was Brunella.) 



1. Prunella vulgaris Linn. Heal All Mffrf (Hsia K'u Ts'ao; Summer- withered 

 Herb) (G.M.1225). Perennial, to 4dm.; fls. purple, rarely white, V-VII. Eurasia, 

 North America; locally in Che., An., Hun., Hup., Ku. Roadsides. Fig. 319. 



la. Prunella vulgaris Linn. var. lanceolata (Bart.) Fern. (G.M.1225) Principal median 

 cauline lvs. lanceolate to oblong, less than one-half as broad as long. Che., Hup.. 

 Ki., Ku. 



5. Marrubium Linn. Horehound {K^gffM (Chia Ch'ung Wei Shu) 

 Perennial tomentose or woolly herbs with crenate or cleft lvs. and bitter juice: fls. 



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