24 DiDYNAMiA OYMNospERMi A. Scutellaria, 



rally tufts of small leaves in the axills of the larger. Spikes 

 terminal, often panicled, pcduncled, 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. Floicers pret- 

 ty large, beautiful, of a bluish purple. Calyx two-lipped ; 

 upper lip ovate, shutting down over the seeds like a lid, as 

 soon as the flower drops ; the under lip is short and truncate. 

 Corol ; tube compressed ; the upper one short, erect, slightly 

 three-toothed, the under Up is long and concave, in it the 

 stamens rest. Nectary a scale, or lid, covering the lower half 

 of the germ, issuing from the under side. 



SCUTELLARIA. Schreh. gen. N. 989. 



Calyx Avith the mouth sub-entire, after inflorescense closed 

 with a lid. 



1. S. indica. Willd. iii. 175. 



Annual. Leaves petioled, round-cordate, crenate. Racemes 

 terminal, before the flowers expand imbricated with oppo- 

 site, one-flowered, lanceolate, bractes of the length of the pe- 

 duncles only. 



Exclude Serratula amaru. Rumph, Amb. xv. t, 170. J". 1. 

 which I consider a Gratiola. 



A native of the Moluccas, in the Botanic garden at Calcut- 

 ta ; it flowers durino- the cold season. 



2. S. peregrina. Willd. iii. 174. 



Herbaceous. Stem and branches four-sided. Leaves cor- 

 date, serrate, smooth. /?acemes terminal, long, secund. Brac- 

 tes petioled, ovate, entire, as long or longer than the calyx. 



A native of Nepal. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta, it 

 blossoms during; the cold and hot seasons. 



