Scutellaria.] cii. labiate (baker). 463 



pubescent stems I ft. long. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, crenate, 

 densely pubescent, the longest 1 in. long. Inflorescence racemose, long, 

 lax ; rhachis densely pubescent ; whorls 2-flowered ; bracts all small ; 

 pedicels | in. long. Calyx pubescent, | in. long in flower, \ in. long 

 in fruit ; tube short, campanulate ; upper lip orbicular, entire ; lower 

 shorter. Corolla purple, J in. long ; tube pubescent, widening gradually 

 to the throat ; lips J in. long. 



Mozaxub. Blst. German East Africa: Urundi ; hills near Ruvuvu River, 

 Scott-Elliot, 8157! British, Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Manganja Hill?, 3000- 

 3500 ft., Meller ! Blantyre, Scott ! Mount Malosa, 4(X)a-6000 ft., Whyte ! Zoinba. 

 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Mlanje, Whyte! and without precise locality, 

 Buchanan, 14:4:1 Mashonaland, ^ryce .' 



There was a small specimen of this in Dr. Livingstone's pocket-book, sent to Kew 

 in 1874. 



6. S. peregrina, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 420. A perennial, 

 with slender branched erect more or less pubescent stems. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate, obtuse, crenate, the lower 1-1 1 in. long. Inflorescence 

 racemose, long, lax ; whorls 2-flowered ; bracts foliaceous, petioled, 

 oblong, entire. Calyx pubescent, J in. long. Corolla violet, nearly 

 J in. long; tube gradually dilated upwards; Hps \ in. long. — A.. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 196 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 369. 



wile Iband. Eritrea : Mount Bizen, 5800 ft., Schtoeinfurth <^ Riva, 1879 ! 

 Abyssinia : Urahut district, 9700 ft., Schimper, 598 ! 1767 ! 



Also in the Orient and Arabia. 



31. ACHYROSPERMUM, Blume ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Plant, ii. 1208. 



Calyx-tube oblong, 10-nerved; teeth 5, subequal, herbaceous, not 

 rigid. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped; limb bilabiate; upper lip short, 

 arcuate; lower longer, deflexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 arcuate, lowest pair the longest; anther-cells distinct or confluent. 

 Disk equal. Style bifid at the apex. Nucules obovoid, scaly at the 

 apex. — Herbs or uiidershrubs. Leaves large, thin, crenate. Flowers 

 small, aggregated in dense terminal or lateral spike-like panicles ; bracts 

 ovate, membranous, persistent. 



Species 8-9. Also in Tropical Asia, the Seychelles, and Madagascar. 

 Inflorescence produced from the side of the branches. 

 Leaves narrowed to the base. 



Stem decumbent at the base . . . . 1. A. radicans. 



Stem erect 2. A. Carvalhi. 



Leaves cordate ^. A. laterals. 



Inflorescence terminal. 



Leaves oblong 4. A. ohlongifolium. 



Leaves ovate, rounded or cuneate at the base . . 5. A. cryptanthum. 

 Leaves cordate-ovate. 



Calyx \ in. long . . . G. A. nyasanum. 



Calyx 5 in. long . . . . 7. A. africanum. 



Inflorescence both terminal and lateral . . . 8. .4. cethiopicum. 



