LABIATE. LVIII. SCUTELLARIA. LIX. PERILOMIA. 



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crenated, roundly truncate at the base : floral leaves oblong, all 

 villous on both surfaces ; flowers axillary, opposite, secund ; co- 

 rolla villous, more than 4 times as long as the calyx. %. H. 

 Native of North California, Douglas. Stems simple, rising from 

 a tuberous root. Leaves 4-5 lines long : floral ones shorter than 

 the flowers, but exceeding the calyxes. Corolla size of that of 

 S. galericulata, with a slender tube. 



7u6erous-rooted Skullcap. PI. 1-3 inches. 



58 S. C.ERU'LEA (Moc. et Sesse, ex Benth. lab. p. 442.) stem 

 nearly simple, pubescent ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-rhom- 

 boid, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base : floral leaves nearly 

 similar to the others but narrower, the uppermost ones lanceolate, 

 almost quite entire, all pubescent above ; flowers opposite, secund, 

 axillary, or the uppermost ones are sub-racemose, nearly ses- 

 sile ; corolla 6 times longer than the calyx. 1{ . F. Native of 

 Mexico. Stems ascending. Lower leaves small : middle ones 

 an inch long. Corolla 8-9 lines long, pubescent, blue. 



far. ft. Leaves pubescent on both surfaces. !(.. F. Mexico, 

 near Tlalpuxahua. 



Blue-fLowered Skullcap. PI. i to 1 foot. 



59 S. MOCINIA'SA (Benth. lab. p. 442.) branches ascending, ? 

 villous at the base ; leaves petiolate, ovate, somewhat sinuately 

 crenated, green on both surfaces, rather hispid above, and almost 

 glabrous beneath : lower floral leaves similar to the rest : upper- 

 most ones small and oblong ; flowers opposite, secund ; corolla 

 6 times longer than the calyx, which is pedicellate. 3/ . F. Na- 

 tive of New Spain. Branches rather woody at the base. Leaves 

 an inch long. Corolla showy, scarlet, 1 J inch long, nearly glabrous. 



Mofino's Skullcap. PI. ? 



60 S. MALV.EFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 325.) 

 stem branched, pubescent ; leaves roundish, ovate, obtuse, 

 coarsely serrate-crenated, beset with adpressed hairs above, and 

 glabrous beneath ; flowers opposite, pedicellate, sub-spicate. T{. 

 G. Native of New Granada, in bushy, mountain places, near St. 

 Anna, in the province of Mariquito. Leaves petiolate, 8-10 lines 

 long. Calyx pubescent. Corolla blue. ? This species with the 

 two following probably belong to the genus Perilomia. 



Mallow-flowered Skull-cap. PI. 



61 S. CUMAXE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) shrubby ; leaves 

 ovate, or ovate-orbicular, obtuse, rounded at the base or cune- 

 ated, crenated, clothed with hairy pubescence on both surfaces, 

 canescent beneath ; flowers opposite, pedicellate. ^ . G. Na- 

 tive of America, in dry places near Cumana and Bordones. 

 Leaves 8-1 "2 lines long. Pedicels and calyxes pubescent. Co- 

 rolla 5 times as long as the calyx, pubescent. 



Cumana Skullcap. Shrub. 



62 S. VOLU'BILIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) twining ; leaves ellip- 

 tic, rounded at both ends, crenated, pubescent above, but clothed 

 with soft pilose tomentum beneath and hoary ; flowers opposite, 

 pedicellate. If. ? ^. S. Native of New Granada, in woods, near 

 Loxa and Gonzanama. Leaves petiolate, reticulately 5-nerved, 

 14-16 lines long. Stem pilose. Calyx pilosely pubescent. Co- 

 rolla downy, red. ? 



Twining Skullcap. PL twining. 



SECT. V. MASCHALOSTACHYS (from ^a^aXtj, maschale, 

 an axil, and in-a^ve, stachys, a spike ; in reference to the 

 axillary spikes.) Benth. lab. p. 443. 4. Lateriflora, Benth. 

 in hot. reg. vol. 18. Floral leaves green, similar to the lower 

 cauline leaves : upper ones small, bractea-formed. Flowers op- 

 posite, secund, disposed, in axillary and terminal racemes. 



63 S. RE'PENS (Hamilt. in D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 110.) 

 clothed with hoary pubescence, clammy above ; branches scan- 

 dent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, rounded at the base, sub- 



cordate : uppermost ones acute, rather cuneated at the base : 

 floral leaves ovate, obtuse, rather exceeding the calyxes ; ra- 

 cemes numerous, axillary, and terminal, short, loose ; flowers 

 opposite, secund. Tj . ^\ G. Native of the East Indies, in Nipaul, 

 Kamaon, Ava, &c. S. cana, Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 67. S. 

 Wallichiana, Arth. Hamilt. mon. 28. t. 2. f. 1. Leaves 1| inch 

 long. Corolla 7-8 lines long, yellow. . 

 Creeping Skullcap. Shrub climbing. 



64 S. SCA'NDENS (Hamilt. in D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 110.) 

 stem scandent ; branches glabrous, very acutely tetragonal ; 

 leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, crenated, 

 roundedly cordate at the base, glabrous : floral leaves broad- 

 ovate, acuminated, hardly exceeding the calyxes ; racemes axil- 

 lary and terminal, pubescent ; flowers opposite, secund. fj . / *^. G . 

 Native of Nipaul and Kamaon. S. angulosa, Benth. in Wall. pi. 

 asiat. rar. l.p. 67. S. celtidifblia, Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 27. 

 Branches often glaucescent. Corolla an inch long, hairy. 



Climbing Skullcap. Shrub climbing. 



65 S. LATERIFLORA (Lin. spec. p. 835.) glabrous ; stems 

 erect, fleshy ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 rounded at the base : upper floral leaves hardly exceeding the 

 calyxes ; racemes axillary and terminal, flowers opposite, se- 

 cund. 11 . H. Native of North America, on margins of ponds, 

 lakes, and ditches, from New York to the North-west coast, and 

 from Canada to Carolina. Cassida lateriflora, Moanch. meth. 

 Plant glabrous. Stem much branched. Corolla blue, hardly 3 

 lines long. Achenia tubercled. 



Lateral-flamered Skullcap. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1752. PI. 

 1 foot. 



Cult. Most of the species of Scutellaria are very pretty while 

 in blossom, and are therefore well fitted for decorating the fronts 

 of flower borders, being short in stature. They will grow in any 

 common soil, and are readily increased by division and by seed. 

 Those species marked greenhouse and frame require protection 

 in winter, but answer well when planted out into the open ground 

 during the summer months. The shrubby kinds will be readily 

 increased by young cuttings. 



LIX. PERILO'MIA (from irtpi, peri, around, and \u/ut, 

 loma, a fringe ; in allusion to the membranaceously winged ache- 

 nia.) H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 'a. p. 326. Benth. lab. p. 445. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 bilabiate ; lips entire, closed after the falling of the corolla, 

 at length cleft even to the base : the upper lip furnished with a 

 short scale, deciduous: lower lip permanent. Corolla with an ex- 

 serted, recurvedly ascending tube, which is naked inside, a rather 

 dilated throat, and a short bilabiate limb, having the upper lip 

 erectish, emarginately bifid, and the lower lip trifid ; the lateral 

 lobes short and spreading a little, and the middle lobe larger, 

 spreading, and emarginate. Stamens 4, ascending, didynamous, 

 the lower ones the longest ; anthers approximate by pairs, gla- 

 brous, those of the lower stamens dimidiate, and those of the 

 upper stamens 2-celled. Upper lobe of style very short ; lower 

 one stigmatiferous at apex. Ovarium nearly sessile, on a thick 

 disk, which is usually increased into an obtuse tooth. Achenia 

 dry, with membranaceously winged margins. Herbs or shrubs. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary. Floral leaves almost similar to the 

 cauline ones. This genus differs from Scutellaria, in the form 

 of the corolla and winged achenia. 



1 P. SCUTELLARIOI'DES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 327. 

 t. 157.) glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, rounded at the base or 

 subcordate, those of the panicle, branches, and floral ones small ; 

 racemes slender ; flowers secund ; corolla scarcely 3 times as 

 long as the calyx, which is glabrous. Tf. . S. Native of Peru, 

 Jos. de Jussieu. Stems apparently scandent. Leaves 1^ inch 



