668 (3XII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Scutellaria. 



opposite eecund, corolla J-f in., nutlets scabrid. Senfh. in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 417 ; Dalz. ^ Gihs. Bomb. Fl. 210. S. iadioa, Blume Bijd. 839; Wall. 

 Cat. 2134 ; Don Prodr. 109 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 152. S. heteropoda, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 972. 



Sttbteopical Himaiata; from Kumaon to Assam, alt. 1-6000 ft. Khasia 

 Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. Tbnasserim, Parish. Maiabae Ghats ; Concan and Canara, 

 Ritchie, &c.— Disteib. Burma, Java. 



Stem ascending from a creeping rootstock, 1-2 ft., rarely branched, often naked 

 above. Leaves 2-5 by |-3 in., rarely orbicular ; petiole 1-3 in. Racemes 6-10 in. ; 

 pedicels ^ in. ; bracts linear or oblong, all or all but the lowest shorter than the 

 pedicel. 



4. S. violacea, Seyne mss.\ Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 66, 

 Xa6. 429, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 418; pubescent tomentose or glabrate, 

 leaves long-petioled ovate-cordate subacute coarsely crenate or sinuate- 

 toothed, flowers opposite secund. Wall. Cat. 2136 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1449, and 

 III. 176 bis, i. 7. Thwaites Enum. 239. S. indica, Moxb. Sort. Beng. 45, 

 and Fl. Ind. iii. 24. 



DKCCAif Peninstoa; Mts. from the Nilghiris, alt. 5-7000 ft., southwards. 

 Cetion, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Habit of & discolor, but at once distinguished by the opposite flowers. Corolla 

 1 in. long, " white or tinged with rose," Wight. Nutlets hispid. The following 

 forms do not seem to me to constitute definitely marked varieties. 



Vae. ColebrooJciana; leaves more deltoid thicker softly tomentose on both 

 surfaces, calyx larger. S. Colebrookiana, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 67, and in 

 DC.l.c; Wall. Cat. 2135. 



Vae. hispidior, Benth. in DC. I. c; stouter, more rigid, leaves thick, bracts some- 

 times equalling the pedicels. S. robusta, Benth. in DC. I. c. S. Wightiana, Benth. 

 in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 67 ; Wall. Cat. 2708. S. nodulosa, A. Ham. Monogr. 

 Scutell. 26. — Ceylon and Nilghiris. 



Vae. floribunda ; branched, inflorescence compound, flowers rather smaller. S. 

 floribnnda, Benth. in DC. I. c. — Ceylon. 



Vae. sikkimensis ; often tall, rambling and much branched. — Sikkim, J. D. M. 



5. S. oblonga, Benth. in Bat. Reg. x. 1. 1493 in note, Lah. 429, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 418 ; pubescent or glabrate, erect or decumbent, leaves 

 petioled oblong- or linear-lanceolate obtuse or acute or acuminate serrate or 

 sinuate-tootbed, flowers opposite, corolla \ in. Thwaites Fnum. 240. 



Cetion ; Central Province, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Stem often woody below, 6-24 in., simple or branched, leafy. Leaves 1-2^ by 

 J-1 in., base acute, rarely rounded, never cordate, pale beneath. Racemes rarely 

 6 in. J pedicels ^ in., longer thau the bracts. Corolla blue. Nutlets minutely 

 granulate. 



6 P. S. incurva, Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 67; "stem ascending branched 

 pubescent, leaves subsessile elliptio-oblong acute remotely serrate almost - 

 glabrous, floral minute, flowers opposite secund, pedicels thrice as long as 

 the calyx, corolla-tube slender incurved, lips deeply split, upper broad hooded, 

 lower shorter." Benth. in. DC. Prodr. xii. 418; Wall. Cat. 2138. 



BvEUA ; at Taongdong, Wallich. 



The above is Bentham's description of the solitary imperfect specimen in the 

 Wallichian Herbarium. The habitat is beyond the British boundary. 



*** Flowers in long narrow racemes, bracts longer than the pedicel and 

 calyx hut hardly leafy. 



