462 XCTIII. LABIATvE. 



villous ; teeth about | as long as the tube, narrowly lanceolate, acute, 

 villous on both sides, ciliate. Corolla purple, ^ in. long, slightly 

 pubescent outside; tube ^ in. long; upper lip -^ in. long, obtuse; lower 

 lip very large and broad, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes small, rounded, the 

 middle lobe deeply divided at the apex into 2 oblong obtuse lobes. 

 Filaments pubescent. Nutlets ^-,V in. long, ellipsoid, compressed, the 

 inner face slightly angular, the dorsal face rounded, smooth, polished, 

 brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. G73 ; Grab. Cat. p. 153; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 210; Wight, Icon. t. 864; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 362 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 254.— Flowers : Oct.- 

 Nov. Vern. Gojibhd. 



DaLrell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! S'ocks witliout locality in Herb, Kew. ! 

 Deccan : near PimpalKaon, P}J<jcworth\ \ Kartriz Ghat, Coo/c I, ]]'oodrow\, II. M. 

 liirdwood, Graham ; Kamalki Ghat, Law ex Graham, Kanaija : Law I — Dis'miB. 

 India (W. Peninsula); Penang, Mauritius. 



16. SCUTELLARIA, Linn. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Inflorescence various. Calyx campanulate, 

 2-lipped ; lips closed in fruit, at length free to the base, the upper 

 deciduous, furnished on the back with a deciduous scale or pouch, the 

 lower lip persistent. Corolla 2-lii)ped ; tube long, usually sharply 

 recurved beyond the calyx and ascending, dilated at the throat, not 

 annulate within; upper lip erect, galeate, entire or notched; lower lip 

 broad, 3-lobed, tlie lateral lobes small, often united with the upper lip. 

 Stamens 4, didyuamous, the lower longest, ascending under the galeate 

 upper lip ; anthers conniving, ciliate, tliose of the upper stamens 2- 

 celled, those of the lower 1-celled. Disk elongate. Ovary 4-pai'tite, 

 oblique ; style 2-fid, the upper lobe very short. Fruit of 4 minute 

 subglobose smooth granulate or hispidulous nutlets. — Distbib. AVidely 

 spread in the N. temperate regions and in mountains in the Tropics ; 

 species about 90. 



1. Scutellaria discolor, Coleh. in Wall. PI. yl.s-. liar. v. 1 (1830) 

 p. 66. Annual, pubescent ; stems ascending from a creeping root- 

 stock, 1-2 ft. high, rarely branched, often naked above. Leaves \h-b 

 by |-3 in. (rarely orbicular), often crowded towards the base of the 

 stem, elliptic, obtuse, crenate, pubescent, sometimes purple beneath, 

 base rounded or cordate ; petioles 1-3 in. long. Flowers scatter(>d 

 over the pubescent rhachis in slender racemes 2-8 in. long ; bracts 

 ru"e "^* ^°"S' hinceolate ; pedicels j-^ in. long. Calyx in flower ^ in. 

 long, pubescent. Corolla pale-bhio, scarcely pubescent outside, |— | in. 

 long ; tube j] in. long, slightly dilated at the throat, sharply recurved 

 near the base ; upper lip galeate, obtuse ; lower lip 3-lobed. Nutlets 

 r^\ in. long, scabrid. Fl. B. I. v. 4, ]>. 667; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 210; 

 VVoodr. in .Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 362. Scutellaria indica^ 

 IMunie, Hij(lr.(lS26) p. 839 {nut of Linn.) ; Grab. Cat. p. 152.— Flowers: 

 Sept.-Nov. 



Dr.rrAN : Maliablosinvar, Gihsmi ox Graham, H. M. Birdwood. S. M. Country : 

 Vdr\i\.Q\y-\t, DdlzcU ^S- Gih^Qii ; Castleropk, Cookc\, Woiid.row \, Kanitkarl Kanaka: 

 plentiful, I)a\::dl <?• Gih^on ; K/ila naddi, Iiitchie, 19'Jl 1 ; Falls of Gairsoppa, Talhot, 

 'Ibb !— DisTUiii. India (.Subtropical Ilinuilaya, Biruui, W. Peninsula) ; Java. 



