462 cii. LABiATBiE (bakeb). [Scutellaria. 



simple stems about 1 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, entire, almost sessile, 

 slightly hairy, the central ones the longest, 1 J-2 in. long. Inflorescence 

 racemose, long, lax ; whorls 2-flowered ; rhachis pubescent ; bracts 

 small ; pedicels as long as the flower-calyx. Calyx pubescent, J in. long 

 in flower, J in. in fruit ; tube campanulate ; upper lip orbicular, reflexed ; 

 lower shorter. Corolla J in. long; tube widening gradually to the 

 throat ; lips J in. long. 



Xile land. British East Africa : Jur ; Kurshook Ali's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 

 1594 ! Mittu, Schweinfurth, 2822 ! 



2. S. polyadena. Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 56. 

 Stems erect, glandular-hairy, 1 J-2 ft. long, simple or slightly branched. 

 Leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 in. long, narrowed to 

 the base, toothed, dark green above, paler beneath, thinly clothed with 

 spreading hairs on both surfaces. Whorls 2-flowered, placed in the 

 axils of the upper leaves ; pedicels ) in. long, densely glandular-pubes- 

 cent. Flower-calyx \ in. long, glandular-pubescent ; lips much shorter 

 than the tube. Corolla violet-blue, protruded nearly an inch from the 

 throat of the calyx ; lips \ in. long. Stamens not exserted. — De Wild. 

 & Duiand, 111. Fl. Congo, t. xlvii. figs. 8-10. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Upper Marangu, near Lake Tanganyika, 

 De Beerst, 96. 



3. S. paucifolia, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 292. A perennial, 

 much branched at the crown of the root, with erect pubescent stems 

 3-6 in. long. Leaves very few and very small, very shortly petioled, 

 ovate, crenate, pubescent. Inflorescence racemose, 2-3 in. long ; rhachis 

 pubescent ; whorls 2-flowered ; bracts very small ; pedicels ^ in. long. 

 Calyx pubescent, \ in. long in flower, J in. in fruit ; tube campanulate ; 

 upper lip orbicular, entire ; lower shorter. Corolla pubescent, above 

 J in. long ; tube widening gradually to the throat ; lips \ in. long. 



Moxamb. Dist. German East Africa : Lower Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, 

 Thomson! British Central Africa : Kalangwizi River at Lake Moero, Carson, 12 of 

 1894 collection ! Tanganyika Plateau, Carson ! 



Thif, the following, and S. Lixiingstonei are very closely allied. 



4. S» De Beerstii, Briquet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 57. A 

 tall perennial herb. Stem robust, pubescent. Leaves petioled, ovate- 

 oblong, J- J in. long, obtuse, crenate, dull green, subglabrous. Whorls 

 crowded, 2-flowered; pedicels short, pubescent; bracts small, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Calyx \ in. long in flower, finally J in. long, glabrescent, 

 shining; lips small. Corolla violet- blue, protruding about J in. from 

 the throat of the calyx ; lips \-^ in. long. Stamens not exserted. — De 

 Wild. & Durand, 111. Fl. Congo, t. xlvii. Figs. 1-7. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Mpala, on Lake Tanganyika, Be Beerst, 

 42. 



5. S. Livingstoneiy Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 162. A 

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



