LABIATE. LVIII. SCUTELLARIA. 



793 



flaccid. Floral leaves minute. Corolla half an inch long, 

 pubescent, purplish. 



Purplish-Bowered Skullcap. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. A foot. 



16 S. AGRE'STIS (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 428.) stems 

 erectish, finely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, ob- 

 tuse, sinuately crenated, cordate at the base, rather hispid above, 

 and nearly glabrous beneath ; floral leaves minute, almost want- 

 ing ; racemes short, simple ; flowers scarcely secund, scattered. 

 1J. . G. Native of Brazil, at San Miguel da Jetiquinhonha, in 

 the province of Bahia. Herb much branched at the base. 

 Branches, petioles, and nerves of leaves, canescent from fine to- 

 mentum. Leaves | to 1 inch long, green on both surfaces. 

 Corolla blue, about 4 lines long. Nearly allied to the pre- 

 ceding. 



Field Skullcap. PI. \ to foot. 



17 S. DI'SCOLOR (Colebr. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 66.) 

 stems rooting at the base, leafy, ascending, almost naked above ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, roundly cuneated at 

 the base : lower leaves cordate : floral ones minute ; racemes 

 elongated, somewhat branched at the base ; flowers secund, 

 scattered. If.. F. Native of Nipaul and Silhet. S. Indica, 

 D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 109. but not of Lin. Leaves \\ to 2 

 inches long, pubescent on both surfaces, usually purplish be- 

 neath. Corolla hardly downy outside, violaceous, an inch 

 long. 



TWcofoured-leaved Skullcap. PI. 1 to \\ foot. 



, ttachys, a spike ; 



SECT. III. STACHT'MACRIS (from 



and juacpoc, macros, long ; in reference to the long spikes or ra- 

 cemes of flowers.) Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 17. Benth. lab. 428. 

 $ 2. Racemosse, * * floribus oppositis, Benth. in hot. reg. vol. 18. 

 Floral leaves green, small, different in form from the cauline 

 leaves. Flowers racemose, secund, opposite. 



18 S. I KDICA (Lin. spec. p. 833. but not of D. Don.) stems 

 procumbent at the base ; branches ascending, villous ; leaves 

 small, petiolate, roundish, crenated, cordate at the base, clothed 

 with soft pubescence on both surfaces ; floral leaves minute ; 

 racemes almost simple, dense ; flowers opposite, secund ; flori- 

 ferous calyxes pubescent, shorter than the pedicels ; lower lip of 

 corolla very broad. Tt. G. Native of China, near Macao, Sir 

 G. Staunton ; Japan, Thunb. ; Java, in hedges about Tugu, in 

 the province of Buitenzorg, Blume. Pluck, aim. t. 441. f. 1.? 

 Leaves scarcely \ an inch long, form of those of Ground-ivy. 

 Corolla smoothish, white, ex Thunb. Anthers of upper stamens 

 bearded. 



Indian Skullcap. PI. | to 1 foot. 



19 S. JAPOMCA (Morren, et Decaisne, in ann. sc. nat. par. 

 1834. 2. p. 315.) stems prostrate at the base ; branches ascend- 

 ing, quadrifariously puberulous ; leaves ovate, obtuse, coarsely 

 crenated, rounded at the base, glabrous, petiolate ; floral leaves 

 becoming gradually smaller ; flowers opposite, loose ; calyx 

 rather pilose ; corolla pubescent, blue. 1i . H. Native of 

 Japan, Siebold. 



Japan Skullcap. PI. ascending. 



20 S. COLEBROOKIA'NA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 67.) stem 

 erect, branched, finely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 roundish, obtuse, crenated : lower leaves cordate at the base : 

 upper leaves deltoid, roundly truncate at the base, all finely pu- 

 bescent on both surfaces : floral leaves minute ; raceme simple, 

 loose ; flowers opposite, secund ; floriferous calyxes pubescent, 

 shorter than the pedicels, but increased and glabrous in the 

 fructiferous state ; lower lip of corolla very broad, y. . G. 

 Native of the Peninsula of India. Allied to S. tiolacea ; but 



VOL. IV. 



the stem is firmer and more branched, and the form of the 

 leaves is different. Leaves scarcely an inch long, 

 Colebrooke't Skullcap. PI. i to 1 foot. 



21 S. VIOLA'CEA (Heyne, ex Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 60. 

 Benth. lab. p. 429.) stern erect or ascending, pubescent ; leaves 

 petiolate, cordate-ovate, crenated, rather hispid above, and pu- 

 bescent beneath, or glabrous ; floral leaves sessile, ovate, shorter 

 than the pedicels ; raceme loose, nearly simple ; flowers oppo- 

 site, secund. Tf. . G. Native of the Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, 

 &c. S. I'ndica, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 45. but not of Lin. Stem 

 a little branched, hispid, or pubescent, rarely almost glabrous. 

 Corolla -j an inch long, violaceous. 



Var. ft, hispidior (Benth. lab. p. 429.) plant more hispid. If. . 

 G. S. Wightiana, Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 67. S. 

 nodulosa, Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 26. ? 



Violaceous- fiowered Skullcap. PL ^ to 1 foot. 



22 S. OBLONG A (Benth. in hot. reg. vol. 1 8. lab. p. 429.) 

 stems ascending, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, oblong-elliptic, 

 acutish, subserrated at apex, rounded at the base, and quite en- 

 tire, almost glabrous ; floral leaves ovate, minute ; raceme loose, 

 almost simple ; flowers opposite, secund ; calyxes equalling the 

 pedicels : fructiferous ones large, nearly glabrous ; lower lip of 

 corolla very broad. %. S. Native of Ceylon, Macrae. Very 

 nearly allied to S. tiolacea, but differs in stature, inflorescence, 

 and flowers. Leaves scarcely an inch long. 



Oblong-leaved Skullcap. PI. procumbent. T 



23 S. INCU'HVA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 67. Benth. lab- 

 p. 430.) stems ascending, branched, pubescent; leaves almost 

 sessile, oblong-elliptic, acute, remotely serrated, nearly glabrous : 

 floral leaves minute ; racemes terminal, simple ; flowers oppo- 

 site, secund ; pedicels 3 times as long as the calyxes ; tube of 

 corolla slender, incurved ; lips of corolla deeply cleft : the upper 

 lip large, cucullate, the lower one shorter. I/ . S. Native near 

 Ava, on Mount Taong Dong. 



/ncurwd-flowered Skullcap. PI. ascending. 



24 S. GROSSA (Wall. 1. c, Benth. 1. c-) stems procumbent at 

 the base ; branches ascending, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 acuminated, crenated, roundly truncate at the base, almost gla- 

 brous ; floral leaves petiolate : lower ones almost similar to the 

 cauline leaves : upper ones scarcely exceeding the calyxes ; ra- 

 cemes loose, simple ; flowers opposite, secund ; corollas elon- 

 gated, slender. 1. S. Native of the mountains of Kamaon 

 and Syen, c. Stem rather woody at the base. Leaves 1 to 

 1 1 inch long, pubescent on the nerves. Corolla 9 lines long, 

 hardly pubescent. 



Coarse Skullcap. PI. procumbent. 



25 S. COLB'MS,JE (All. pedem. 1. p. 40. t. 84. f. 2.) stems 

 erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, 

 broadly-cordate or truncate at the base, scarcely wrinkled, finely 

 pubescent : floral leaves ovate, shorter than the fructiferous 

 calyxes ; raceme elongated, loose, branched a little, pilose ; flow- 

 ers opposite, secund ; pedicels shorter than the fructiferous ca- 

 lyxes, which are large and pilose ; corolla 6 times longer than 

 the calyx. I/ . H. Native of the South of Europe, in woods 

 and in fields ; as near Paris, North of Sicily ; Italy, from Pied- 

 mont to Naples ; Hungary, Dalmatia, Island of Cyprus, and near 

 Constantinople. Sweet, fl. gard. 1. t. 52. S. peregrlna, Sibth. 

 et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 66. t. 582. but not of Lin. S. altissima, 

 Arth. Hamilt. mon. 18. and many other authors, and probably 

 of Lin. Cassida racemosa, Moench. meth. 414. ? S. pallida, 



Guss. fl. sic. prod. 2. p. 137.? but not of Bieb Column. 



ecphr. 1. p. 187. t. 189. Leaves 2 inches long. Corolla dark 

 purple, pubescent, almost an inch long : lips white. 



Columnas Skullcap. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1806. PI. to 

 3 feet. 



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