278 LABIATE. IScutellarla. 



or curved stalk. — Herbs or rarely shrubs. Flowers solitary, either opposite 

 and axillary, or in terminal spikes or racemes. 



A rather large genus, widely distributed over the temperate and some of the warmer re- 

 gions of the globe. 



1. S. indica, Linn.,- BentJi. in DC. Frod. xii. 417. A procumbent, 

 pubescent, or hairy perennial, with shortly ascending flowering stems. Leaves 

 stalked, orbicidar, creiiate, cordate at the base, from less than ^ to near 1 in. 

 long, seldom vaiying to broadly ovate. Flowers opposite, in a simple short 

 terminal 1 -sided raceme. Appendage of the calyx broad and membranous. 

 Corolla blue, 6 or 7 lines long ; the tube dilated upwards. 



In ravines and to the tops of the hills, Champion and others. Ap])arently common in 

 S. China ; also in Java, and northwards to Loochoo and Japan ; indeed the larger-flowered S. 

 jajjonica, Morr. and Dene., is probably only a variety of the same species. Notwithstanding 

 its name, it is not known from India. 



9. A]SriSOMELES, Br. 



Calyx 5 -nerved, 5 -toothed. Corolla-tube the length of the calyx, upper 

 lip erect and entire, lower lip longer, spreading, 3-lobed ; the middle lobe 4- 

 notched or 2-cleft. Stamens 4, in pairs, projecting from the upper lip of the 

 corolla. Anthers of the upper stamens 1-celled, of the lower 2-celled, all the 

 cells parallel and transverse. Nuts smooth. — Coarse herbs. Flowers in loose 

 cymes or in dense false-whorls, axillary or in terminal racemes. 



A small genus, limited to tropical Asia and Australia, or scarcely extending into East 

 Africa. 



1. A. ovata, Br. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 455 ; WigJit, Ic. t. 865. An 

 erect, coarse, softly hairy or pubescent perennial, rarely nearly glabrous, 2 or 

 3 ft. high, with a strong unpleasant smell. Leaves usually ovate, crenate, 

 about 2 in. long. Flowers pui'plish, numerous, in dense false-whorls ; the 

 lower ones axillary ; the upper forming a long terminal raceme or spike. 

 Calyx 3 to 5 lines long, with lanceolate teeth. 



In the Happy Valley, Champion, oi Little Hongkong, TFi/fc;rr/; also Wright. Common 

 in India, from Ceylon and the Peninsula to the Archipelago, and northward to the Himalaya 

 and S. China. 



10. LEOTq-URUS, Liim. 



Calyx 5 -nerved, truncate at the top, with 5 subulate or prickly teeth. Co- 

 roUa-tube rarely exceeding the calyx ; the upper lip erect or oblong or hooded, 

 the lower more or less spreading, 3-lobed, the middle lobe obcordate. Stamens 

 4, in pairs, ascending under the upper lip. Anthers 2-ceUed, with parallel 

 transverse cells. Nuts smooth, truncate at the top. — Herbs. Leaves often 

 deeply cut. Flowers in dense false-whorls. 



A small European or Asiatic genus, of which one species is spread as a weed over many 

 other parts ot the world. 



1. Ij. sibiricus, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Frod. xii. 501; Sw. Brit. Fl. 

 Card. t. 204. An erect branching glabrous or slightly pubescent annual or 

 biennial, 2 to 5 or 6 feet high. Leaves stalked, the lowest ovate, with a few 

 broad lobes, the others deeply divided into 3 or more deeply cut oblong-linear 

 lobes, or the uppermost sometimes narrow and entire. Flowers red, nu- 



