N'opeta.] cii. labiate (baker). 461 



crenate, the lower shortly petioled, 2 in. long, the upper sessile, finely 

 pubescent beneath. Inflorescence racemose, long ; lower whorls spaced 

 out, subtended by large leaves, their cymes shortly ped uncled ; bracts 

 many, linear, densely hairy, as long as the calyx. Calyx densely villous, 

 ^ in. long ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube as 

 long as the calyx; lower lip deflexed, J in. long; upper shorter. — 

 A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 195; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr 

 868. 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia : Samen ; on Mount Bachit, near Demerki, Schimper, 

 748! Ghaba, Steudner, 1419! and without precise locality, Schimper, 111 ! Quarfin- 

 Dillon Sf Petit ! 



5. N. ballotsefolia, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 196. 

 An erect perennial, with short erect branched pubescent stems. Leaver 

 thin, ovate, crenate, sessile, pubescent, 1-1 1 in. long. Inflorescence 

 racemose, moderately dense ; lower whorls distinct, subtended by large 

 leaves ; bracts linear, large. Calyx \ in, long ; tube subcylindric, 

 pubescent; teeth lanceolate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla- 

 tube shortly exserted ; lower lip ^ in. long ; upper shorter. — Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 368. 



wrile Iiand. Abyssinia : Samen ; on mountains between Gernamora and Sabra, 

 Schimper, 720 ; Debra Eski, 9700 ft., Schimper, 158 ; and without precise locality, 

 Schimper, 5 ! 



80. SCUTELLARIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, ii. 1201. 



Calyx-tube campanulate ; lips short, entire, broad, closed after 

 flowering. Corolla-tube much exserted ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip 

 short, concave ; lower deflexed. Stamens 4, didynamous, arcuate ; 

 lowest longest ; anthers of the upper pair 2-celled, of the lower 

 with one cell imperfect or obsolete. Nucules subglobose or depressed, 

 usually tubercled or hispid. — Annual or perennial herbs or under- 

 shrubs. Leaves usually toothed. Inflorescence racemose^ dense or lax ; 

 whorls usually 2-flowered. 



Species 90, widely spread in the North Temperate zone, some in the mount-ains of 

 the Tropics. 



Leaves almost sessile, lanceolate to linear. 



Leaves entire . . . . . . . 1. S. Schtceinfurthii. 



Leaves toothed . . . . . . . 2. S. polyadena. 



Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate. 



Young stems puberulous or pubescent. 



Leaves very few and small . , . . . 3. 5. pauciflora. 



Leaves many, small . . . . . . 4. 5. De Beerstii. 



Leaves many and larger. . . . . . 5. 5. Livingstonei. 



Stems pilose . Q. S. peregrina. 



1. S. Schweinfurthii, Briquet in Enijl. Jahrh. xix. 194. A 

 perennial, much branched at the crown of the root, with slender erect 



