670 cxn. LABiATJS. (J. D. Hooker.) , [Scutellaria. 



DC. Prodr. xii. 423 ; dwarf, puberulous, steins prostrate and ascending, 

 leaves snbsessile linear obtnse, margins recnrved qnite entire, racemes very 

 sbort glandnlar-pnlDescent, bracts ovate entire, coroUa |-1 in., throat mnch 

 inflated. Wall. Cat. 2137. 



Tempehate Wbstebit Himaiata ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 3-8000 ft. — 

 DiSTEiB. Affghanistan. 



RooUtocle stont, woody j stems very numerons, 4-8 in., terete. Leaves \-\\ in., 

 rarely oblong-lanceolate. Racemes J-l in.; pedicels very short; bracts ^-^ in. 

 Corolla purple, tnbe nearly straight. Nutlets pnbernlous. 



**** Flowers all axillary. 



13. S. rivularis, Wall. PL As. Bar.i. 66, aai Cat. 2140; dwarf, 

 glabrons, stems snbsimple leafy, leaves lower sbortly petioled, npper sessile 

 ovate or lanceolate obtnse entire or crenate, base acute dilated or cordate, 

 flowers axillary snbsessile or spicate, coroUa i-^ in. nearly straisrht. JBenth. 

 Lah. 437, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 426 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1460. S. peregrina, 

 Moxh. Mart. Beng. 45, and Fl. Ind. iii. 24. S. barbata, Don Prodr. 109. 

 S. sqnamnlosa; A. Sam. Monogr. Scutell. 35. S. minor, /3 indica, Senth. in 

 DC. I. c. 427. 



Cektbal HrsiALATA ; Nepal, Wallich. Ehasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft. ; Griffith, 

 &c. Tenasseeim ; at Moulmein, Farish. NrLonrEl and Aif amaxlat Mts. ; Wight, 

 &c. — DiSTEiB. China. 



Stem creeping below, ascending 6-8 in. and leafy, or drawn out to 13-15 in., snb- 

 terete. Leaves very variable, \-X in., close set, passing into the floral or bracts. 

 Spikes 3-6 in., bracts quite entire ovate or lanceolate. Calyx and corolla (blue) 

 glabrons or pubescent. Nutlets granular. — Very near S. minor, L. 



14. S. gralericulata, X?nn. ; pnbemlons, erect, leaves shortly petioled 

 ovate-lanceolate obtnse or snbacnte, base cordate crenate or npper entire, 

 flowers axillary, bracts all leafy mnch exceeding the calyx, pedicels very 

 short, coroUa f in. Senth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 425 ; Soiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 690 Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 1. 1256, f. 2. 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; Kashmir, alt. 5-8000 ft. — Disteib. Europe, 

 from the Caucasus westward, N. Africa, Central and N. Asia, N. America. 



Stem below creeping, then erect, 2r-Z ft. Leaves 1J-2J in., crenatures rather 

 remote, upper often entire. 



33. BRITlVEXiXiA, Linn. (FRtTKELLA, Linn.) 



Perennial herbs. Whorls in dense heads ; bracts orbicular ; flowers 

 pnrplish, rarely whit-e. Calyx reticulate, 2-lipped, closed in fruit, npper lip 

 flat, 3-toothed, lower 2-lobed ; throat naked. Corolla ascending, tnbe annu- 

 late at the base within ; upper Up erect, concave ; lower spreading, side 

 lobes deflexed, midlobe concave. Stamens 4, exserted, filaments 2-fid, lower 

 arm antheriferons ; anthers conniving, ceUa diverging. Dish erect, sym- 

 metrical. Style-lobes subulate. Nutlets oblong, smooth. — Species 3, N. 

 and S. temp, regions. 



B. vulg'aris, Zinn. ; leaves petioled ovate or oblong entire toothed or 

 pinnatifid. Don Prodr. 109 ; Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 66, and in 

 DO. Prodr. xU. 410 ; Wall. Cat. 2132 ; Wight Ic. t. 1448 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 691. 



Temperate Himalaya and Westeen Tibet ; from Kashmir to Bhotan j alt. 



