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GENUS XXII. SCUTELLARIA. 



Dldyiiamia Angiosperiiila. Sex: Syst.- 



Deriv. From Scutella, a little saucer ; alluding to the form 

 of the calyx. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx divided into two lips, both entire, upper one 

 bearing on its back a hollow scale-like protuberance : corolla tub© 

 elongated, lips nearly closed, upper one concave, lower lobed : 

 stamens in pairs, anthers of the' lower pair 1-celled : nuts raised 

 on a short oblique or curved stalk. — ^Herbs, rarely shrubs ; 

 flowers solitary in the axil of each leaf, either all in distant axill- 

 ary pairs, or forming terminal spikes or racemes. 



(1) S. DISCOLOR, (Colehr.) 



Ident. Colehr. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 6&.— Dec. prod. XII. 

 p. 417. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 210. 



Syn. S. Indica, Don. flor. Nep. 



Spec Char. Stem rooting at the base, leafy, ascending, rather 

 naked above : leaves petioled, ovate-obtuse, crenated, rounded or 

 cuneate at the base, strongly nerved and purple beneath ; floral 

 leaves minute : racemes elongated, somewhat branched at the base : 

 flowers scattered, secund, pale-blue, violet. 



Parwar Ghaut. Mahableshwur. Canara. Khasia bilk. Flow- 

 ering nearly all the year. 



(2) S. CoLEBROOKIANA. {Wall.) 



Ident. Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 67.— Dec. prod. XII. p. 418. 



Spec Char. Stem erect,, branched, slightly pubescent : leaves- 

 petioled, ovate-rotund, obtuse, .crenated, lowest ones cordate at the 

 base, upper ones deltoid, round-truncate at the base, a!l slightly 

 pubescent on both sides, floral ones minute : racemes simple, loose : 

 flowers opposite, secund: flower-bearing calyx shorter than the 

 pedicel, pubescent, fructiferous one increased, glabrate ; lower lip of 

 the corolla very broad. 



Peninsula. 



(5) S. vioiACEA. (Heyne.) 



Ident. Wall, PI. As. Rar. I. p, 66,— Dec. prod, XII. p. 418. 

 Sjfn. S, Wightiana, Benth. in Wall. I. c. p. 67.— S, Indica, 

 Roxh. (not Linn,) 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon, t, 1449, 



