86 LABIAT^, 



glabroiLS aud minutely punctatc on botli sides, briglit sliining green abovc, 

 paler and often stained vvith purj>le beneath. Eacemes terminal, 3-4 inchcs 

 long, flowers opposite, the pairs ^-^ inch distant. Bracts rhomboidal, 1 to l^ 

 line long, -| line broad, lilce the pedicels and the calyx very minutely puberul- 

 ous, grecn. Pedicels 2 lines long, grecn. Calyx ^ inch long, green, the shield 

 on its upper lip subquadratc with rounded angles, about ^ inch long and 

 broad. Corolhi 1 to ^ inch long, pubescent with gland-tipxjcd hairs, the upper 

 lip ^ inch long, blue with a viohiceous tinge, thc lowcr lip transverse, broadly 

 rounded, and slightly emarginate in front, § inch broad, white, slightly tinted 

 with bhie ; the tulie is white, with a pale greenish tinge." 



" S. formosana is closely allicd to S. javanica, Junghuhn, but that is a 

 taller plant, attaining a height of 3 feet." 



The species above mentioncd is recorded from Formosa ; but we have 

 never seen thc plant iu thc island. It is somewhat near to S. ruhropunctata* 

 in the punctate lcaves, but difters from it in the much larger leaves and looser 

 racemes. 



^■' Scutellaria rubropunctata Hava-ja sp. nov. llerbi basi levitt-r pnjcumbens sursiim erecta 

 partibus erectis 20-40 cm. longis depresso-villosis rectis a basi usquc ad apicem foliatis. lolia 

 opposita membranacea triangularia vel triangulari-ovata 2J cm. longa 11-2 cm. lata apice obtusa 

 basi late truncata vel acuta rarius leviter cordata margine praeter basin serrata, serris trian- 

 gularibus ascendentibus supra brevissime parcissime hirsuta subtus tenuiter velutinosa subtus minu- 

 tissime rubro-punctata, petiolis l.',-2'.cm. longis hirsutis. Kacemi ad apicem caulis vel ramorum 

 terminales 5 cm. longi subsessiles, lloribus oppositis, bracteis minutis obli^iue spathulatis 21 mm. 

 longis 11 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi cuncato-attenuatis utraque pagine glabris margine cilio- 

 latis, pedicellis 1 mm. longis hirsutis. Calyx oblique campanulatus 11 mm. longus 2mm. latus 

 extus hirsutus intus glaber aiqualiter labiatus, labris brevissimis latissimis, labro posteriore dorso 

 scutello instructo, scutello rotundato 1', iiim. longo. Corolla erecta 13 mm. longa, tubo 10 mm. 

 longo basi anteriore gibboso, limbo 2-labiato, labro superiore o-Iobato, lobo niedio cuculliformi, lobis 

 lateralibus erectis oblique triangularibus 3 mm. latis 2 mm. longis apice obtusissimLs, labro inferiore 

 subrotundato C mm. longo. Stamina 4 didynama, anterioribus brevioribus, sub labro superiorc 

 ascendentia, antheris glabris cordatis, loculis subparallelis margine ciliolatis. Stylus apice 2-fidus, 

 r.amo posteriore obsoleto. Ovarium glabrum 4-partitum, partibus obovoideis, gynopJioris \ mni. 

 lougis ; discus infra gynophorium situs \ min altus anteriore in glaudam tumens. 



Hau. Loo-clioo : Okinawa, leg. Y. TAsniBO, No. 8 et 7. 



Near S. formomna N. E. 1'r.owN, biit differcnt from it by the mucli smaller leaves and denser 

 racemes. 



