DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Scutellaria. 113 



Lamium Pannonicum primum, albo flore. Clus. Hist. v. 2, 37./. 



In woods and hedges, in the south-west extremity of England. 



Bv the road side at Hall, near Barnstaple, Devonshire. Curtis. 

 A mile from Ashburton, in the road towards Plymouth ; also at 

 Liskard, Cornwall. Mr. D. Turner and Mr. Sowerhy. 1799. 



Perennial. May. 



Like the foregoing in general aspect, but the leaves are rather 

 broader, and more acutely serrated. H\\q Jiowers are obviously 

 and essentially different. Cal. in 4 almost perfectly equal, un- 

 divided or notched, lobes, which are all lateral. Cor. larger than 

 the former, and very handsome, rather cream-coloured than pure 

 white, the middle lobe only, of the lower lip, almost entirely 

 occupied by an uninterrupted violet spot, a lighter stain of this 

 same colour running along the tube underneath. The scent in 

 drying agrees with the former. The calyx varies a little with 

 respect to occasional notches, but is always sufficiently unlike 

 the other more general species. Both however are natives of 

 Switzerland, as well as of England, and were probably con- 

 founded by Haller. 



301. SCUTELLARIA. Skull-cap. 



Linn. Gen. Z0\. Juss.Wl. Fl.Br.Gi5. Lam.t.5\o. 



Cassida. Tourn. t. 84. 



Cal. tubular, very short; orifice slightly 2-lipped, in 4 

 shallow, obtuse, entire lobes ; closed after flowering by a 

 dorsal incumbent scale. Cor. ringent, closed ; tube very 

 short ; throat much longer, ascending, compressed, di- 

 lated upward ; upper lip concave, in 3 segments, the 

 middle one cloven, concave, side ones flat, acute, covered 

 by the others ; lower lip broader, in 3 shallow lobes. 

 Filam. 4, concealed by the upper lip. ylnt/i. small, 

 roundish, incumbent, 2-lobed. Germ. 4-lobed. Sii/Ic 

 thread-shaped, on a level with the stamens. Stig^na 

 simple, acute, incurved. Seeds 4, roundish, in the bot- 

 tom of the permanent calyx, covered by the enlarged 

 dorsal scale, which is bent down in front over the already 

 closed mouth of the tube. 



Perennial herbs, with axillary, or spiked and bracteated, 

 handsome, blue, purple, red, or yeXXowJlowers. Leaves 

 simple ; either entire, or more or less deeply serrated, 

 scarcely aromatic. Cal. when in fruit very peculiar, like 

 a box with a fixed lid. 



1 . S. galericulata. Common Skull-cap. 



Leaves lanceolate, crenate, rugged ; heart-shaped at the 



base. Flowers axillary. 

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