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small, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, hood-like, notched, lower spread- 
ing, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, in unequal pairs, ascending under the 
upper lip ; anthers hairy. 
Leaves lanceolate, in. broad. 
Flowers § in. long. 
Stems nearly terete. Flowers dark blue . . . 1. S. grossa. 
Branches 4-angled. Flowers pale yellow or nearly 
white 2. S. angulosa. 
Flowers | in. long, dull yellow . . , . . 3. S. repens. 
Leaves linear, in. broad. Flowers pale purple with yellow 
tips 4. S. linearis. 
1. Scutellaria grossa, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 669. Pubescent; 
stems slender, ascending, 1-2 ft., nearly terete. Leaves stalked, 
cordate or truncate, triangular or lanceolate, 1-3 x J-2 in., coarsely 
crenate, acute or obtuse. Flowers J in. long, dark blue, lip partly 
white. 
Simla, Mushobra; June-October. — W. Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft. 
2. Scutellaria angulosa, Benth . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 669. Pubescent 
or thinly hairy ; branches long, diffuse, acutely 4-angled. Leaves 
stalked, ovate or lanceolate, 1-2 in., coarsely crenate, acute ; lower 
surface often purple. Eacemes glandular. Flowers J-l in. long, 
pale yellow or nearly white, tip tinged with purple. 
Simla, common ; April, May. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-9000 ft. 
3. Scutellaria repens, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Bid. iv. 669. Pubes- 
cent ; branches long, diffuse, ascending, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 
stalked, ovate, J-1J in., lower ones usually toothed, upper entire. 
Eacemes glandular. Flowers J— J in. long, dull yellow, sometimes 
tinged with purple. 
Valleys below Simla, in stony places; April-July. — Temperate Himalaya, 
1000-0000 ft. 
4. Scutellaria linearis, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 669. Pubescent ; 
stems numerous, tufted, slender, terete, 6-18 in., procumbent or 
ascending. Leaves nearly sessile, linear, x T y-1 in., entire; 
margins recurved. Eacemes hairy, often glandular. Flowers J-l 
in. long, pale purple, tip of lower lip yellow. 
Simla, Naldera ; April-June. — W. Himalaya, 3000-8000 ft. 
19. BRUNELLA. Etymology obscure. — Most temperate 
regions. 
Brunella vulgaris, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 670. A thinly hairy, 
erect or ascending herb, 4-12 in. Leaves stalked, ovate or oblong, 
1-2 in., entire or toothed, acute or obtuse. Flowers J-J in. long, 
violet-purple, in whorls of 6 crowded in erect, terminal spikes 
1-2 in. long and bearing a pair of sessile leaves at the base ; floral 
