Scutellaria .] 
cvm. labiate. 
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11 . SCUTELLARIA, Linn. 
Herbs (or undershrubs). Flowers in long narrow racemes. 
Calyx campanulate, 2-lipped closed after flowering; tube with a 
dorsal plate or pouch, 2-partite, upper segment deciduous m fruit 
Corolla 2-lipped; tube long usually abruptly recurved beyond 
calyx and ascending dilate above, lower lip wide, 3-lobed, upper 
hooded usually blue. Stamens 4, upper pair shorter, ascending 
under the upper lip, lower stamens i-celled. Nutlets obovoid 
papillose. Species 90, Europe, India, China, Malaya. 
(1) S. discolor Colebr. Wall. PL /Is. Rar. i. 66. 
Slender creeping, ascending herb, 6 to 12 in. tall, little or not 
branched pubescent. Leaves elliptic or ovate blunt crenate cordate 
or round at base, 1-5 to 2 in. long, 75 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 
1 to 3 in. long. Raceme terminal, 2 to 8 in. long, pubescent, 
flowers distant opposite or alternate; pedicels *i in. long. Calyx 
•12 in. long. Corolla bright violet blue, ;5 to -6 m. long Hab. 
Mountains; not common, 4000 ft. altitude, Pahang, Felorn. 
Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Haniff); Sira Rimau (Yapp). Kedah 
Peak. ’ Distrib. India and Java. 
Leaves hairy, broad ovate serrate 
Leaves narrow oblong-lanceolate 
tomentose 
serrate, white- 
12 . ANISOMELES, R. Br. 
Coarse-branched, strong-smelling herbs or almost shrubby. 
Flowers medium size in axillary whorls. Calyx ovoid or tubular 
equally 5-toothed. Corolla-tube short, lower lip broad, spreading, 
midlobe notched. Upper lip erect entire. Stamens exsert. 
Species 8, Indo-Malaya, Australia. 
(1) A. ovata 
(2) A. malabarica 
(1) A. ovata R. Br. Ait. Hort. Kew , ed. 2, iii. 364; Prain, l.c. 
7I5 Stout plant 2 to 3 ft. or more tall, usually tomentose, but 
variable (never quite glabrous); stems 4-angled. Leaves thick 
herbaceous ovate acute, truncate, cuneate or cordate at base, 
crenate serrate, 1-5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide, or larger; petioles 
•6 in long. Flowers in distant, dense whorls, 1 in. through, 
crowded at the top into a spike, hairy. Calyx *25 in. long teeth 
lanceolate-acute, hairy. Corolla -6 in. long, pink. Hab. Waste 
ground, not very common, Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca (Cuming). 
Selangor, Kwala Selangor; Kwala Lumpur. Penang, by e 
coast (Curtis). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. Use: An excellent 
bee plant easily grown and very popular with hive bees. 
(2) A. malabarica R. Br. Bot. Mag. t. 2071; Pram, l.c 716 
Erect shrubby plant densely white-tomentose, 4 to 6 ft. tall, 
stems 4-angled. Leaves thick herbaceous tomentose, white beneath, 
oblong-lanceolate acute, base cuneate, edge serrate, 2 5 to 4 
