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126 BEAUTIFUL FLOWEBS OF KASHMIR [Plate 53
Scutellaria linearis. Benth.
A dwarf, slightly hairy plant. Eootstock stout, woody.
Stems numerous, 4-8 in. high, tufted, slender, rounded, prostrate
and ascending. Leaves almost stalkless, linear, i-li by
xVi in., entire, margins bent back. Kacemes i-1 in. long,
hairy, often glandular. Bracts egg-shaped, entire, i-J in. long.
Flowers f-1 in. long, pale purple, tip of lower lip yellow.
Corolla f-1 in. long, throat much inflated, tube nearly straight.
Nutlets slightly hairy.
Locality. Temperate region.
Distribution.
Afghanistan.
Murree, Kashmir to Kumaon, 3,000-8,000 ft.,
Scutellaria repens, Ham.
(Eepens means creeping.)
A more or less hairy herb. Stems long, stout, curved,
brittle, obtusely 4-angled branches crowded, curved, ascending.
;
Leaves i-lj in. long, stalked, egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, entire
or toothed stalk
; J-l in. Bacemes 6-10 in. long, stout or
slender, glandular, curved. Bracts i-J- in. long, egg-shaped,
entire or crenate. Flowers i-i in. long, dull yellow, sometimes
tinged with purple stalks very short. Corolla J in.
;
long, sharply recurved, much narrowed at the base ;
throat
inflated ; lips almost alike.
Locality. Subtropical region.
Distribution. From Kashmir to Sikkim, 1,000-5,000 ft.,
Ava.
Pig. 4. Scutellaria galericulata, Linn. Scull-cap,
Hooded Willow Herb.
(G-alericulata means being provided with a yalericulum, a cap,
alluding to the shape of the corolla.)
A perennial marsh plant, growing in small clusters or groups.
Stems 2-3 ft. high, creeping below, then erect, 4-angled.
Leaves li-2| in. long, short-stalked, egg-lance-shaped, heartshaped,
blunt, crenate, or upper entire. Flowers blue, in
pairs, all turned one way, axillary, softly and loosely hairy,
whitish below. Corolla f in. long, white inside, much longer
than the calyx and gaping, with a short turned-back tube, and
the throat long, with hollow upper lip, the lower lip being
notched.