SCUTELLARIA ARABICA, Nob.
SCUTEL LARIA , Linn. — Benth., in D. C., Prodr.,\ol. 12, p. 4.12.
SEc-fio STACHYMACRIS, Arth. Ham. — Benth.;1rc . p. 417.
SCUTELLARIA ARABICA, Nob.
Scutellaria peregriha, pro parte (nempe quoad stirpem Arabicam), Benth. 1. c., p. 420. (Non Linn.)
Gaule herbaceo ramisque floridis erectis, strictis, minutissinae puberulis (oculo nudo quasi glabris).
Foliis glabellis v. parce puberulis, subnitidis, lævigatis, viridibus, petiolatis ; inferioribus ovatis v. sub-
cordatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, acutis* crenato-v. serrato-dentatis ; floralibus (exceptis infimis) parvis,
breve petiolatis, ovato-v. oblongo-lanceolatis v. subrhombeis, integerrimis, acuminulatis. elongatis, laxissimis. Calyce glanduloso-puberulo simulque sparse hirsuto; appendice subroRtaucnedmois-
ovato. Corolla calyce subquater longiore, extus undique æqualiter glanduloso-puberula et villosula;
lroobtuisn ldaitse,r atulibbeursc uolvoastios-,o obblsoonlgeitsis, sliombeo sitneflilmatoo -psuubbreorutulinsd.o subduplo minoribus. Nuculis minimis, sub-
Planta perennis, subpedalis, Scutellarice peregrines auctorum simillima, caulibus ramis foliisque ooulo nudo quasi glabris,
revera tarnen pilis brevissimis simplicibus incurvis plus minusve copiosis puberula simulque glandulis punctiformibus (oeulo
nudo inconspicuis) nunc sessilibus nunc stipitulatis conspersa. Radix......Caules erecti, virgati, strieti, graciles, acute tetragoni,
decussatim ramosi, foliati, sæpissime violacei v. atropurpurei; internodia plerumque foliis longiora. R ami simplices, erecti, si-
mulac caplis florigeni (plerumque jam ab infimis axillis), elongati (demum haud raro subpedales), cauli similes at tenuiores.
Folia viridia, tenuia, subnitida, non rugosa, parce puberula (v. demum sabglabrescentia), petiolata, uninervia, plus minusve
nervosa; floralia (excepta infima) cæteris dissimilia. Folia inferiora (sive cauliua, siveramealia) ovatav. ovato-lanceolata v. sub-
cordata, serrato-v. crenato-dentata, acuta, Iongiuscule petiolata (petiolo tarnen plerumque lamina triplo plusve brèviori), 1-2
pollices longa. Folia floralia gradatim ab infimis ad summa minora et brevius petiolata; infima conformia foliis summ is cau-
lis et ramorum at minora; cætera integerrima, acuminulata, plerumque ovato-v. oblongo-lanceoiata, interdum rhomboidea 5
superiora floribus breviora, minima. F lores axillares, solitarii, secundi, erecti, pedunculati, in racemos interrüptos simplices
elongatos (demum haud raro semi-pedales) foliosos caulem e tramos terminantes digesti. Peduwculi breves (calycé sub anthesi
subæquilongi), erecti, crassiusculi, teretes, villosuli e tglanduloso-puberuli, apice articulati, supra basin bibracteolati. Brac-
TEOLÆ minimæ, alternae, subulato-filiformes. Calyx porrectus, breve bilabiatus, obsolete nervatus, extus glanduloso-puberu-
lus simulque villosus, intus glandulis brevissime stipitulatis parcis adspersus, sub anthesi herbacens campanulatus et vix 2
lineas longus. Labia æqualia, rotundata, mutica, subringentia. Labium superius integerrimum, appendice subrotundo-ovato,
obtusissimo, reticulato, facie convexo, dorso concavo. Labium inferius margine juxta basin utrinque in denticulum acutum
productum. Calyx- fructifbr generis more clausus, accretus (appendice demum -2 lineas lato et circiter 3 lineas longo), char-
taceus, bivalvis. Corolla 5-6 lineas longa, arrecta, atroviolacea, ringens, extus glanduloso-puberula simulque pilis brevibus
simplicibus patentibus v. deflexis eglandulosis hirtella. Tubus gracilis, subangulatus, basi intra calycem ascendens, fauce dila-
tatus, mtus ad nervosa basi ad staminum insertionem hirtellus, cætero faueeque.glaber. Labia subæquilonga. Labium supe-
iius cucullatum, compressiusculum, porrectum, subdecurvuin, lobis lateralibus labii inferioris incumbens, obtuse bilobiilatum
labio in tenon paululo longius. Labium inferius tripartitùm; segmenta lateralia ovato-oblonga, obtusa, subporrecta, margini-
bus revoluta ; segmenturn medium patens v. subdeflexum, replicatum, subrotundum, integerrimum, duplo quam segmenta
lateralia latius et paululo productius. Stamina didynama, 2 longiora labium superius paululo excedentia, 2 breviora faucem
yix superantia. Filamenta filiformia, secus apicem decurva, margine posteriori a basi ad i /3 dense eiliolata, cætero glabra,
apice breve subulata. Filamenta staminum longiorum sub apice marginis posterions in denticulum producta. Antheræ generis
more sub verticales, per paria approximatæ. Antheræ staminum longiorum reguläres (nempe dithecæ), cordato-subrotundæ,
profunde emarginatæ, lobulis apice barbulatis, cætero glabræ; connexivum breve, crassum, subglobosum. Antheræ staminum
longiörum subdimidiatæ ; theca abortiva gibbosa, barbata; theca pollinifera elliptica, glabra. Pistillum corollæ tubo subæqui