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TAB. 4268.

SCUTELLARIA INCARNATA. Flesh-coloured Skull-cap.

Nat. Ord. LABIATE.- DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA.

Generic Character 

demum usque ad basin fissa, superius supra squama dilatata supra concava auctum, ad maturationen deciduum, inferius persistens. Corolla tubo longe exserto, intus nudo, recto v. sæpius extra calycem recurvo-adscendente, superne in faucem dilatato, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore apice integro v. emarginato, inferiore patenti-dilatato convexo, apice emarginato, lobis lateralibus nunc liberis patenti- bus, sæpius cum labio superiore coalitis, rarissime cum inferiore. Stamina 4, sub galea adscendentia, didynama, inferioribus longioribus. Antheræ per paria approximatæ, ciliatæ, staminum inferiorum dimidiatæ, superiorum biloculares, cordatæ, loculis subdivaricatis, dorso oppositis. Styli lobus superior brevissimus, inferior apice stigmatifer. Ovarium gynophoro incurvo elevatum, obliquum. Achenia sicca, nuda, tuberculosa, glabra v. tomento adpresso pubescentia.-Herbæ annuæ v. perennes, rarius frutices. Inflorescentia nunc tetragono-spicata, foliis floralibus membranaceis subimbricatis coloratis; nunc racemosa, floralibus parvis; nunc axillaris, foliis floralibus caulinis subconformibus. Pedunculi in axillis solitarii uniflori breves, sæpius oppositi, at in sect. Heteranthesia cum foliis floralibus sparsi! Bractea subnullæ. Corollæ cærulea v. flavida, rarius purpurascentes v. coccinei. Benth. SCUTELLARIA incarnata; erecta ramosa, foliis ovatis ovato-lanceolatisque grosse serratis acuminatis subtus pubescentibus, racemis terminalibus plurifloris bracteis lineari-lanceolatis pedicello longioribus, calycis appendice calyce longiore, corollæ tubo elongato superne dilatato, lobo superiore vix fisso. SCUTELLARIA incarnata. Vent. Choix des Pl. tab. 39 (upper figure var. B.minor). Benth. Lab. p. 429. var. B. From the rich collection of the Exeter Nursery of Messrs. Veitch, who received the seeds from Professor W. Jameson of Quito, gathered on the western declivities of the Andes.* I was led on the first investigation of the plant to consider it the same with the S. coccinea of Humboldt, but a stricter com- parison with the description in the Nov. Gen. et Sp. Am. Merid., soon convinced me of this error; and I now refer it with little hesitation to S. incarnata of Ventenat. I am, however, disposed to think that author has confounded the S. coccinea, or some * It is no. 301 of that gentleman's distributed collections. NOVEMBER 1ST, 1846. Thrifty Whiskers 66 other species, with this; and that his var. B. alone is our plant. The very different colour and shape of the flowers would suffice to distinguish them. In his specific character, Ventenat calls the flowers "incarnates"; and in his description he speaks of them as d'un beau rouge". If this latter colour applies to the lower figure, and the flesh-colour to the upper one, it would tend to confirm my opinion, that the latter is a representation of our present plant; the former being another species which we think we possess, and trust to be able to figure in this Magazine, in the next month's Number. S. incarnata differs from that in its narrower and more membranous leaves, borne on short foot- stalks, in the larger appendage to the calyx, deep-rose (rather than flesh-colour), with a shorter tube of the corolla, more dilated upwards, and in the almost entire upper lobe of the limb. It is a greenhouse plant, and being readily increased by cuttings, will doubtless be a great ornament to our flower- borders, if an entire bed is devoted to it. Flowers in July and August. Racemes

Botanical Description Stem a foot to a foot and a half high, erect, slender,

branches opposite. Leaves opposite, on short petioles, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, membranaceous, coarsely serrated, penninerved, paler and downy beneath. terminal, many-flowered, the lower flowers opposite and some- times leafy, the rest alternate, bracteated; bracteas small, but longer than the pedicels, linear-lanceolate. Pedicels shorter than the calyx, which is slightly downy, two-lipped, bearing a red appendage or crest on the back, larger than the calyx. Corolla deep purplish rose-colour, glabrous; the tube slightly curved at the base, dilated upwards, two-lipped, lower lip entire, ovate, upper fornicate, three-lobed (the lateral lobes entire, united with the superior one, which is scarcely emarginate). Stamens in- cluded. Ovaries four, small, glabrous, seated on a large fleshy gland or gynobase, which is downy in front. Style included, slender, curved at the base; stigma bifid.

Figures

Fig. 1. Corolla laid open. 2. Calyx. 3. Pistil:-magnified.