668 CXIL LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ScuteUaria. 



opposite secund, corolla |-| in., nutlets scabrid. Benth. in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 417 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. 'Bomb. Fl. 210. S. indica, Blume Bijd. 839; Wall. 

 Cat. 2134 ; Don Prodr. 109 ; G-rah. Cat. Bomb. PL 152. S. heteropoda, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 972. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Assam, alt. 1-6000 ft. KHASIA 

 MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft. TENASSEHIM, Parish. MALABAR GHATS ; Concan and Cauara, 

 Ritchie, &c. DISTEIB. Burma, Java. 



Stem ascending from a creeping rootstock, 1-2 ft., rarely branched, often naked 

 above. Leaves 2-5 by f-3 in., rarely orbicular ; petiole 1-3 in. Racemes 6-10 in. ; 

 pedicels in. j bracts linear or oblong, all or all but tbe lowest shorter than the 

 pedicel. 



4. S. violacea, Heyne mss. ; Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 66, 

 Lab. 429, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 418; pubescent tomentose or glabrate, 

 leaves long-petioled ovate-cordate subacute coarsely crenate or sinuate- 

 toothed, flowers opposite secund. Wall. Cat. 2136 ; Wight Ic. t. 1449, and 

 III. 176 bis, f. 7. Thwaites Enum. 239. S. indica, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 45, 

 and Fl. Ind. iii. 24. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Mts. from the Nilghiris, alt. 5-7000 ft., southwards. 

 CEYLON, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Habit of S. discolor, but at once distinguished by the opposite flow6rs. Corolla 

 1 in. long, "white or tinged with rose," Wight. Nutlets hispid. The following 

 forms do not seem to me to constitute definitely marked varieties. 



VAE. Colebrookiana ; leaves more deltoid thicker softly tomentose on both 

 surfaces, calyx larger. S. Colebrookiana, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 67, and in. 

 DC. 1. c.-, Wall. Cat. 2135. 



VAE. hispidior, Benth. in DC. I. c. ; stouter, more rigid, leaves thick, bracts some- 

 times equalling the pedicels. S. robusta, Benth. in DC. I. c. S. Wightiana, Benth. 

 in Wall. PL As. Ear. \. 67; Wall. Cat. 2708. S. nodulosa, A. Ram. Monogr. 

 Scutell. 26. Ceylon and Nilghiris. 



VAE. floribunda ; branched, inflorescence compound, flowers rather smaller. S. 

 floribunda, Benth. in DC. L c. Ceylon. 



VAE. siJcJcimensis ; often tall, rambling and much branched. Sikkim, J. D. S. 



5. S. oblong-a, Benth. in Bot. Reg. x. t. 1493 in note, Lab. 429, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 418; pubescent or glabrate, erect or decumbent, leaves 

 petioled oblong- or linear-lanceolate obtuse or acute or acuminate serrate or 

 sinuate-toothed, flowers opposite, corolla ^ in. Thwaites Enum. 240. 



CEYLON ; Central Province, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Stem often woody below, 6-24 in., simple or branched, leafy. Leaves 1-2J by 

 -1 in., ba'se acute, rarely rounded, never cordate, pale beneath. Racemes rarely 

 6 in.; pedicels in., longer than the bracts. Corolla blue. Nutlets minutely 

 granulate. 



6 P. S. incurva, Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. 67; "stem ascending branched 

 pubescent, leaves subsessile elliptic-oblong acute remotely serrate almost 

 glabrous, floral minute, flowers opposite secund, pedicels thrice as long as 

 the calyx, corolla-tube slender incurved, lips deeply split, upper broad hooded, 

 lower shorter." Benth. in. DC. Prodr. xii. 418 ; Wall. Cat. 2138. 



BUBMA ; at Taongdong, Wallich. 



The above is Bentham's description of the solitary imperfect specimen in the 

 Wallichian Herbarium. The habitat is beyond the British boundary. 



* Flowers in long narrow racemes, bracts longer than the pedicel and 

 calyx but hardly leafy. 



