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LABIATE. LVIII. SCUTELLARIA. 



orientaiis. Corollas size of those of S. orientaiis, with a yellow 

 tube, and blueish-yellow lips. 



Shrubby Skullcap. Shrub ascending. 



5 S. PINNATI'FIDA (Arth. Hamilt. mon. 16. t. 2. f. 2.) the 

 whole plant pilose ; leaves ovate, of the same colour on both 

 surfaces, petiolate, pinnatifid : lobes oblong, obtuse ; flowers 

 loosely imbricated into a spike ; bracteas ovate, toothed, colour- 

 ed a little. I/. H. Native of the Levant, between Kermancha 

 and Amadan. This differs from S. orientaiis, in the flowers 

 being a little larger ; in the bracteas being pinnatifid ; in the 

 leaves being deeply cut, and in being covered with wool on both 

 surfaces. 



Pinnatifd-\eaveA Skullcap. PI. | foot. ? 



6 S. ALPI'NA (Lin. spec. p. 834.) stems procumbent ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, or on short petioles, ovate, serrately crenated, of 

 the same colour on both surfaces ; floral leaves membranous, 

 imbricated; spikes tetragonal, oblong. 1. H. Native of the 

 Pyrenees, Switzerland, Upper Italy, Calabria, Croatia, Galicia, 

 Siberia, in all temperate parts, and on the Altaic mountains. 

 All. ped. p. 142. t. 26. f. 3. Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 146. 

 t. 137. Sweet, fl. gard. 1. t. 90. Bot. reg. 1460. S. Altaica, 

 Fisch. cat. hort. gorenki. p. 39. Sweet, fl. gard. 1. t. 45. S. 

 yariegata, Spreng. fil. tent. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 229. no. 52. t. 48. 

 S. compressa, Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 29. Habit of S. orientaiis. 

 Branches pilose or pubescent. Leaves green, pubescent, or 

 pilose ; floral leaves coloured, pilose. Corolla altogether purple, 

 or the tube and lower lip is yellow, 12-15 lines long. 



Var. ft, lutea; flowers yellow. Tf.. H. S. lupulina, Lin. 

 spec. p. 835. Schmidt, icon. t. 73. Bot. reg. 1493. S. verna, 

 Bess. prim. fl. gal. 2. p. 43. 



Alpine Skullcap. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1752, ft. 1731. PI. 

 procumbent. 



SECT. II. HETERANTHE'SIA (from tTtpoe, heteros, variable; 

 and av0oc, anlhos, a flower ; in allusion to the flowers being 

 scattered, not opposite, as in the other sections.) Benth. lab. 

 p. 425. 2. Racemosae, floribus sparsis, Benth. in bot. reg. 

 vol. 1 8. Floral leaves small, green. Flowers racemose, secund, 

 all or only the upper ones scattered, not opposite. 



7 S. LONGIFOLIA (Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. lab. p. 425.) 

 glabrous ; stems erect ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, remotely toothed, roundly cuneated at the base ; floral 

 leaves linear, minute, deciduous ; racemes elongated, a little 

 branched ; flowers secund, scattered ; corolla 8 times as long as 

 the calyx, which is glabrous. I/. F. Native of New Spain. 

 Leaves 3 inches long. Corolla scarlet, pubescent, more than an 

 inch long : lips short, erect. 



Long-leaved Skullcap. PI. 1J foot. 



8 S. MULTIFLORA (Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 426.) stems erect, finely 

 pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, bluntly and sinu- 

 ately toothed, roundly truncate at the base ; floral leaves lanceo- 

 late-linear, rather longer than the calyxes ; racemes elongated, 

 simple ; flowers secund, scattered ;' corolla 5 times the length of 

 the calyx, which is villous. 3f. F. Native of New Spain, 

 Mocino et Sesse. Stem a little branched. Leaves similar to 

 those of S. longifolia, but broader ; floral leaves permanent. 

 Flowers sometimes alternate, usually many, and collected into 

 false whorls. Corolla purple? 10-11 lines long, incurved, vil- 

 lous. 



Many-flowered Skullcap. PI. 1 foot. ? 



9 S. ATRipLicirbLiA (Benth. 1. c. lab. 426.) plant clothed 

 with hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, bluntish, 

 almost quite entire or repand, truncate at the base, and subcor- 

 date, rather fleshy ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, rather 

 longer than the calyxes ; racemes elongated, simple : flowers 



secund, scattered ; corolla about 6 times the length of the calyx. 

 If. . ? G. Native of Peru ? Pavon. Lower flowers opposite : 

 upper ones falsely verticillate. Floral leaves deciduous. Co- 

 rolla about an inch long, almost straight, nearly glabrous. 

 Alriplex-leavcd Skullcap. PI. 1 foot. ? 



10 S. COCCI'NEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 325.) 

 stems erect, branched, downy ; leaves oblong, obtuse at both 

 ends, quite entire, glabrous, of a violet-purple colour beneath ; 

 racemes terminal ; flowers scattered. 1J. . G. Native of New 

 Granada. ? Roots fascicled, terete, nearly simple. Leaves 

 sometimes puberulous beneath, about 2 inches long. Pedicels 

 and petioles pubescent. Bracteas lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent, 

 equalling the pedicels. Corolla scarlet, smoothish. 



Scarlet-fiov/ered Skullcap. PI. 1 foot. ? 



11 S. INCARNA'TA (Vent, choix. t. 39.) stems erect, pubes- 

 cent, branched ; leaves cordate, toothed, tomentose beneath ; 

 spikes terminal, secund ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, equalling the 

 pedicels. If. . ? G. Native near Santa Fe de Bogota. Leaves 

 petiolate, 1-3 inches long, pubescent above. Calyx tubular, 

 compressed, villous, nearly entire. Corolla pubescent, of a 

 beautiful red, 6 times the length of the calyx. 



Flesh-coloured-RoviereA Skull-cap. PI. 1 foot. ? 



12 S. TUBIFLORA (Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 427.) stems ascending, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, coarsely 

 crenated, rounded at the base, rather hispid above, and clothed 

 with soft pubescence beneath ; floral leaves ovate, imbricate be- 

 fore the expansion of the flowers ; racemes simple ; flowers 

 secund, scattered ; corolla 6 times as long as the calyx. If. . ? 

 G. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Herb many-stemmed ; 

 branches terete. Leaves an inch long, pubescent : floral leaves 

 rather large. Corolla an inch long, with a slender tube. 



Tube-flowered Skullcap. PI. 1 foot. ? 



13 S. ULIGINOSA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 427.) stems 

 ascending or erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 coarsely crenated, rounded or subcordate at the base, almost 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; floral leaves small, loose ; racemes 

 simple; flowers subsecund, scattered; corolla 5 times as long 

 as the calyx. I/.? G. Native of Brazil, in boggy parts of 

 woods in the province of St. Paul, St. Hil. Branches terete. 

 Leaves twice the size of those of S. tubiflbra, sometimes gla- 

 brous, and sometimes rather pilose ; the upper surfaces hispid. 

 Floral leaves oblong, rather shorter than the calyxes, glabrous. 

 Corolla scarcely 5 an inch long, blue, with a white palate and 

 slender tube. 



Bog Skullcap. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



14 S. BREVIFLORA (Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 427.) glabrous ; stems 

 erect ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, bluntly and sinuately 

 toothed, roundly truncate at the base ; floral leaves lanceolate- 

 linear, rather longer than the calyxes ; racemes elongated, sim- 

 ple, loose ; flowers secund, scattered ; corolla about 3 times as 

 long as the calyx, which is glabrous. 1. G. Native of Peru, 

 Pavon. Intermediate between S. multiflbra and S. uliginbsa. 

 Leaves 1^ to 2 inches long. Corolla glabrous, bluish, 4-5 lines 

 long, with a spreading limb. 



Short-flowered Skullcap. PI. Ij foot. 



15 S. PURPURA'SCENS (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1013.) stems 

 erectish, humble, finely pubescent, or almost glabrous ; leaves 

 petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, sinuately crenated, very broadly 

 truncate at the base, rounded or subcordate, rather hispid above, 

 glabrous beneath, or on both surfaces ; floral leaves minute, de- 

 ciduous ; racemes loose ; flowers secund, scattered, or the lower 

 ones are opposite ; calyxes shorter than the pedicels, large, and 

 nearly glabrous in the fructiferous state. 1. G. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Bahia ; and of Caraccas ; also of the 

 West Indies, in Guadeloupe and St. Vincent. S. Feb'sberti, 

 Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 11. p. 77. Herb slender, 



