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PLATE TO.—PIectranthua Eunstleri Prain. 1, flo-wering stem,—A/ natural size; 2, flower; 3
corolla, laid open, showing staminal insertion; 4, ovarj and style; 6, nuUet; 6, t i e s'ame, opeLod'
.v.-,:-.. . seed,—«// enlarged. '
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PLATE 71 A.
74. SCUTELLARIA AUDAMAIIICA Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Benj. lis. 2. 307 (1890).
Is^alural order Labiataj.
A glabrous herb; stems woody and subterete below, 4-anglQd above and grooved,
20—25 cm. liigh, rather numerous from a woody rootstock with clustered rootlets, erect,
simple or branched, rigid; hav^s few, long-petioled, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, crenate-deatate
except at the entire tapering cuneate base, lamina 4—4-5 cm. long, 1—1-5 cm.
across, crenatures 7—8 on each side, petioles 3 - 4 cm. long; flowers opposite or in
whorls of threes except the uppermost scattered, in racemes 8—10 cm. long, bracts 3 mm.
long equalling the pedicels; calt/x 3 mm, long; corolla blue with centre of lip white,
16 mm. long; nutlets pale-brown, scabrid, 1 mm. long.
ANDAMANS : South Island, on rocks in stream-beds a few feet above sea-level, Prain !
King's Collectors ! E. M. Man !
This species is somewhat nearly allied to 5. discolor Colebr. of which it has quite
the coiolla and has also, near ihe top of the spike, the scattered flowers. In foHacre
It, on the other hand, imitates S. oblonga Benth., a species growing at elevations of 5,000
feet in Ceylon. It has, however, a calyx which in ripe fmit is only one-third the size of
that of S. oblonffa and which is not longer even then than its pedicel, whereas the ripe
calyx of S. oblonga considerably excefids its pedicel in length. The plant now described
has proved a welcome addition to I n d i j i horticulture; its neat compact habit and its
dark green leaves with a purplish tinge beneath render it useful, particularly in planting
rockwork.
PLATE 71 A.—Plant of Scutellaria andamanica Praia, from South Andamaa,—«/ natural iiu. 1,
flower with hraot x 2 ; 2, half of ooroUa, showing stamiaal iusertioa X 2 ; 3, portion of style and
Btigma X 4 ; 4, oalys in fruit x 2 ; 5, nutleta x 10.
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P L A T E 7IB.
75. SCUTELLAKTA PETIOLATA Scmsl ^ Last cx Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Bang lix. 2.
308 (1890).
Natural order Labiatas.
Glabrous, stems slender, round, 13—25 cm. long., hardly as thick as crow-quills,
tufted from a woody rootstock 1 cm. thick; leaves petioled, ovate acute, base truncate
entire, margins with 2—3 shallow crenations on each side, anterior third entire, petioles
• 7 5 - 3 cm. long, lamina 2—3 em. long, 1-5—3 cm. across; both surfaces quite glabrous-
/lowers in long, narrow racemes, bracts ovate, entire, petioled, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. across'
5 7
hardly leafy, only the lo-.vest exceeding pedicels and calyx ; pedicels 2 mm. long ; calyx
4 mm. long, 3 mm. wide ; corolla-inhe 22 mm. long, limb 5 mm. across, upper lip
notched 4 mm. long, lower 6 mm.; nutlets elliptic, 2 mm. long, granulate. Journ. Linn.
Soc. xxviii. 326 (1891).
BILUCHISTAN : Quelta district, Buthié's Collectors 1 Lace 4008 !
PLATE 71B.—Specimen of Scutellaria petiolata Hemel. Sf
braot X 2 ; 7, half of corolla showing stamind insertion x 2 ;
:ace, from Biluchistan. 6, flower with
fruiting calyx x 2 ; 9, nuUets x 6.
PLATE 71C.
76. SCDTELLAEIA KINGIAKA Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Bcng. lix. 2. 308 (1890).
Natural order Labiatse.
Stems puberulous, slender, decumbent, 15—18 cm. long, several together from a
creeping slender rootstock; leaves pubescent, petioled, ovate-orbicular, obtuse, crenate
except the rounded base, lamina 18 mm. long, 14 mm. wide, crenatures few (8—11)
rather wide, petioles 5—6 mm. long; flowers axillary, few, shortly pedicelled; calyx
puberulous, twice as long as pedicels, 4 mm. long, 3 mm. wide at mouth; corolla puberulous,
white, 30 mm. long, the tube 22 mm. long, the limb 5 mm. wide; filaments
glabrous; nutlets not seen,
TIBET: Kang-ma, 60 miles north of Phari on the banks of the Pe-na-mong Chu,
Einifg Collector !
This very beautiful species has only once been collected; it flowers in August.
PLATS 71C. Scutellaria Kingiana Prain. Speoiroen from Kang-ma in Southern Tihet—of natural
«im; 10, flower—o/ natwnl «ss; II, half of corolla, showing staminal insertion x 2; 12, portion of
style and stigma x 4; 13, lateral half of corolla, showing gynophore, ovary and base of style x 2;
14, calyx—left band, posterior; right hand, anterior, internal faces of calyx x 2.
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PLATE 72A.
77. MOLUCELLA OTOSTEGIOIDES Prain in Journ. .45. Soc. Beng. lix. 2. 311 (1890;.
Nahwal order Labiat«.
An erect perennial with slender, green, glabrous, 4-angIed branches; leaves 4 cm.
long; narrowed at the base, lanceolate, acute but hardly pungent at the tip, entire, nerveless
; flowers in distant many-flowered axillary whorls, bracts 3-partite, subulate, all spinescent;
caXyx obliquely campanulate, 9—ll-toothed and 2-lipped, the limb prolonged behiml
as an erect spineacent tooth and spreading in front as a 3-partite Hp with smaller radiat.
ing marginal lateral spines, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, tube 8 mm. long exceeding
t h e bracts, the upper half externally distinctly reticulate-veined, throat naked, upper lip
6 mm. long, lower 3 mm. long, 4 mm. across; coro^ia-tube included, 7 mm. long, obliquely
annulate within, upper lip erect, concave, entire, villous externally, lower 3-liu, midlobe
obcordate; stamens 4 ascending, exserted, anterior longer, anthers conniveat 2-locular; style
2-lobed, arms subequal; ovary and rutlets truncate.
AS.N. BOV. BOX. GARD. CALI;., YOL, I X.