670 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Scutellaria. 



DC. Prodr. xii. 423 ; dwarf, puberulous, stems prostrate and ascending, 

 leaves subsessile linear obtuse, margins recurved quite entire, racemes very 

 snort glandular-pubescent, bracts ovate entire, corolla f-1 in., throat much 

 inflated. Wall. Cat. 2137. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 3-8000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



Rootstoclc stout, woody ; stems very numerous, 4-8 in., terete. Leaves J-lfc in., 

 rarely oblong-lanceolate. Racemes \-\ in. ; pedicels very short ; bracts %- in., 

 Corolla purple, tube nearly straight. Nutlets puberulous. 



**** Flowers all axillary. 



13. S. rivularis, Wall. PI. As. Ear. I 66, and Cat. 2140; dwarf, 

 glabrous, stems subsimple leafy, leaves lower shortly petioled, upper sessile 

 ovate or lanceolate obtuse entire or crenate, base acute dilated or cordate, 

 flowers axillary subsessile or spicate, corolla k~\ in. nearly straight. BentJi. 

 Lab. 437, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 426 ; Wight Ic. t. 1450. S. peregrina, 

 Roxb. Sort. Seng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii. 24. S. barbata, Don Prodr. 109. 

 S. squamulosa, A. Sam. Monogr. Scutell. 35. S. minor, )8 indica, Benth. in 

 DC. I. c. 427. 



CENTRAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4^5000 ft. ; Griffith, 

 &c. TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. NILGHIRI and ANAMALLAY MTS. ; Wight, 

 &c. DISTRIB. China. 



Stem creeping below, ascending 6-8 in. and leafy, or drawn out to 12-15 in., sub- 

 terete. Leaves very variable, | 1 in., close set, passing into the floral or bracts. 

 Spikes 3-6 in., bracts quite entire ovate or lanceolate. Calyx and corolla (blue) 

 glabrous or pubescent. Nutlets granular. Very near S. minor, L. 



14. S. galericulata, Linn.-, puberulous, erect, leaves shortly petioled 

 ovate-lanceolate obtuse or subacute, base cordate crenate or upper entire, 

 flowers axillary, bracts all leafy much exceeding the calyx, pedicels very 

 short, corolla f in. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 425; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 690 Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1256, f. 2. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft. DISTRIB. Europe, 

 from the Caucasus westward, N. Africa, Central and N. Asia, N. America. 



Stem below creeping, then erect, 2-3 ft. Leaves l-2| in., crenatures rather 

 remote, upper often entire. 



33. BRUNEXiXiA, Linn. (PRUNELLA, Linn.} 



Perennial herbs. Whorls in dense heads ; bracts orbicular ; flowers 

 purplish, rarely white. Calyx reticulate, 2-lipped, closed in fruit, upper lip 

 flat, 3-toothed, lower 2-lobed; throat naked. Corolla ascending, tube annu- 

 late at the base within ; upper lip erect, concave ; lower spreading, side 

 lobes deflexed, midlobe concave. Stamens 4, exserted, filaments 2-fid, lower 

 arm antheriferous ; anthers conniving, cells diverging. Disk erect, sym- 

 metrical. Style-lobes subulate. Nutlets oblong, smooth. Species 3, N. 

 and S. temp, regions. 



B. vulg'aris, Linn. ; leaves petioled ovate or oblong entire toothed or 

 pinnatitid. Don Prodr. 109; Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 66, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 410 ; Wall. Cat. 2132 ; Wight Ic. t. 1448 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 691. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET ; from Kashmir to Bhotan j alt. 



