LABIAT.E. LVII. CLEOKIA. LVI1I. SCUTELLARIA. 



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LVII, CLEO'NIA (probably adopted by Linnaeus from 

 Cleonicium of Pliny, and icXtdii'iaov of Dioscorides.) Lin. gen. 

 no. 736. Schreb. gen. no. 991. Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 66. Brunella 

 species, Lam. et Juss. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 1 0-nerved, obliquely bilabiate ; upper lip broad, shortly triden- 

 tate ; lower lip bifid, with pilose sinuses. Tube of corolla slen- 

 der, exserted, ascending, naked inside, and the throat a little 

 dilated ; upper lip erect, galeate, keeled, entire ; lower lip short, 

 dependent, with oblong, erectish, lateral lobes, and a spreading, 

 emarginately bifid middle lobe. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascend- 

 ing : lower two longest ; filaments toothless at the base, gla- 

 brous, but shortly bifurcate at apex, the upper fork subulate, 

 and the lower fork a little flattened and antheriferous ; anthers 

 approximate by pairs, 2-celled : cells divaricate. Style shortly 

 quadrifid at apex, with nearly equal subulate lobes, which are 

 stigmatiferous at top. Achenia large, orbicular, a little com- 

 pressed. This genus has most of the characters of Prunella, 

 with the corolla of ScuteUaria. 



1 C. LUSITA'XICA (Lin. spec. p. 837.) Q. H. Native of Spain, 

 in the sterile fields of Arragon ; Portugal, Barbary. Mill. fig. 

 t. 70. f. 1. Prunella intermedia, Rchb. icon. bot. etir. 3 4. t. 

 205, but not of Brot. Bugula, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 318. t. 66. f. 

 7. Mor. List. 3. p. 363. and 391. sect. 11. t. 5. f. 4. Habit of 

 Prunella i-ulgaris, var. laciniata. Stem branched at the base ; 

 branches hispid. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate or linear, 

 green, rather hispid. Whorls 6-flowered, disposed in loose 

 spikes. Corollas form and size of those of ScuteUaria galericu- 

 Uita, blue or violet, pubescent outside, 3 times as long as the 

 calyx. 



Portugal Cleonia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1710. PI. | to 1 foot. 



Cult. The seeds of Cleonia should be sown in autumn, and 

 the plants will come up the following spring ; as seeds sown in 

 the spring frequently take a whole year to vegetate. 



LVIII. SCUTELLA'RIA (from scutella, a little saucer; in 

 reference to the form of the calyx.) Lin. gen. no. 734. Schreb. 

 gen. no. 989. Juss. gen. no. 117. Benth. lab. p. 419. Cas- 

 sida, Tourn. inst. t. 84. Moench. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 bilabiate : lips entire, from the coalition of the sepals, closed 

 after the falling of the corollas, and at length cleft even to the 

 base : superior lip furnished with a dilated scale at top, which is 

 concave above, falling away at maturity : lower lip permanent. 

 Tube of corolla much exserted, naked inside, straight or usually 

 recurvedly ascending beyond the calyx, dilated into the throat 

 above ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip entire at apex, or emarginate ; 

 lower lip spreadingly dilated, convex, emarginate at apex ; the 

 lateral lobes sometimes free and spreading, but usually joined to 

 the upper lip, rarely to the lower lip. Stamens 4, ascending un- 

 der the galea, didynamous ; the 2 lower ones the longest. An- 

 thers approximate by pairs, ciliated, those of the lower stamens 

 dimidiate, and those of the superior stamens 2-celled, cordate ; 

 cells sub-divaricate. Superior lobe of style very short ; lower 

 one stigmatiferous at top. Ovarium oblique, elevated upon the 

 incurved gynophore. Achenia dry, naked, tubercled, glabrous 

 or clothed with adpressed tomentum. Annual or perennial 

 herbs, rarely shrubs. Inflorescence sometimes tetragonally spi- 

 cate, with membranous, sub-imbricated coloured floral leaves ; 

 sometimes racemose, with small floral leaves ; sometimes axillary, 

 with the floral leaves almost similar to the cauline leaves. Pe- 

 duncles solitary, 1 -flowered in the axils of the floral leaves, 

 short, usually opposite, except in sect. Heteranthesia, in which 

 both the floral leaves and flowers are scattered. Bracteas almost 

 wanting. Corollas blue or yellow, rarely purple or scarlet. 



FIG. 82. 



SECT. I. LUPULINA'RIA (so called from containing S. luputina.) 

 A. Hamilt. mon. p. 11. Benth. lab. p. 423. $ 1. Spicatae, 

 Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. Floral leaves usually membranous. 

 Flowers disposed in tetragonal spikes; or sub-racemose, and 

 scarcely secund. 



1 S. ORIENTALS (Lin. spec. p. 834.) stems procumbent ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, deeply toothed or pinnatifid, hoary beneath ; flo- 

 ral leaves membranous, entire, 



sub- imbricated; spikes tetrago- 

 nal, oblong. If. . H. Native of 

 the South-east of Europe and 

 Middle Asia, among rocks and 

 on calcareous mountains ; as of 

 Croatia, Syria, Persia, Armenia, 

 Tauria, and Caucasus ; Altaian 

 mountains, Himalaya, Kanaour, 

 &c. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 

 6. p. 64. t. 580. Rchb. icon. 

 bot. eur. 1. p. 10. t. 8. f. 17. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 2120. S. Sie- 

 versii, Bunge, in Led. fl. alt. 2. 

 p. 394. fl.roS.alt.ilI.t. 123. S. 

 Caucasica, Arth. Hamilt. mon. 

 141. Tourn. itin. 3. p. 306. 

 icone. Comm. rar. 30. icone. 

 Mart. cent. t. 18. Stems much 



branched, radicant, creeping ; branches ascending, clothed with 

 fine hoary tomentum. Leaves obtuse, cuneately truncate at the 

 base. Corolla yellow, pubescent. The floral leaves vary much 

 in size. (fig. 82.) 



Var. p, pinnattfida (Lin. spec. p. 834. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 

 1. p. 10. t. 8. f. 16.) leaves smaller, deeply pinnatifid. Tf.. H. 

 Native of the region of the Mediterranean. S. orientalis incana, 

 foliis laciniatis, flore luteo, Tourn. cor. 11. 



Eastern Skullcap. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1729. PL | foot. 



2 S. GRAXDIFLORA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 635.) stems procum- 

 bent ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, deeply toothed, hoary 

 from soft tomentum beneath, or on both surfaces ; floral leaves 

 entire, rather membranous, imbricate : spikes tetragonal, oblong. 

 It . H. Native of the Altaian mountains, in stony places at the 

 river Tschuja. S. pulchella, Bunge, enum. crit. pi. alt. ined. 

 Allied to S. orientalis, but with a different habit and leaves. 

 Branches smoothisb. Leaves not half the size of those of S. 

 orienlalis. Floral leaves greenish, pubescent. Corollas red, 

 with a yellow lip, about the size of those of S. orientalis. 



Great-JUmered Skullcap. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. | 

 foot. 



3 S. PROSTRA'TA (Jacquemont, mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 733.) 

 stems prostrate ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, deeply crenated, 

 green on both surfaces, and clothed with soft pubescence ; floral 

 leaves quite entire, rather membranous, imbricate ; spikes tetra- 

 gonal, oblong. %.. H. Native of the North of India, about 

 Pangui, Rarang, and Choupienna, Jacquemont. Habit and 

 form of leaves of S. grandiflora, and the flowers of S. orientalis; 

 but differs from both in the leaves being green on both surfaces. 

 Corolla yellowish, size of that of S. orientalis : upper lip viola- 

 ceous above. 



Prostrate Skullcap. PI. prostrate. 



4 S. FRDTICOSA (Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 63. ? Benth. lab. p. 

 424.) stems suffruticose ; branches ascending, clothed with hoary 

 tomentum or wool ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-cordate, 

 deeply crenated ; floral leaves ovate, quite entire, wrinkled, 

 hoary, and rather woolly ; flowers opposite, subsecund ? race- 

 mose. Tj . F. Native of Syria, near Aleppo, Russel ; Persia, 

 Persoon. ? Stems numerous, branched a little, clothed with 

 white wool on the upper part. Leaves similar to those of S. 



