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SCUTELLARIA* alpina. 
Alpine Scutellaria. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Lasıarz Juss. Tribus Nepetes Bentham. (Introduction 
to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) 
SCUTELLARIA Linn.—Calyx ovato-campanulatus, suprà in squa- 
mam concavam, dorsalem, appendiciformem productus : ore bilabiatus, labiis 
integris post anthesin clausis. Corolla tubo longè exserto, bilabiata, labio 
superiori erecto fornicato incumbente, inferiori breviore suberecto 3-fido. 
Stamina 4, sub labio superiore ascendentia. Anthere ciliate, staminum 
superiorum dimidiate, inferiorum cordatee, biloculares, loculis divaricatis. 
Styli lobus superior brevissimus. Ovarium gynophoro incurvo elevatum. 
Achenia sicca, levia, nuda.— Bentham, suprà, fol. 1292. 
S. alpina ; foliis cordatis inciso-serratis crenatis, spicis imbricatis rotundato- 
tetragonis, bracteis flore duplö brevioribus. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 171. 4 
S. alpina. Linn. sp. pl. 839. Allioni pedom. n. 142. 1.26. f. 3. Sweet's 
Brit. flower-garden, t. 90. 
Cassida procumbens, foliis ovatis crenatis, spicis raris foliosis. Hall. ft. helv. 
n. 281. 
S. variegata, Hort. 
A beautiful little herbaceous plant, flowering from June 
till the beginning of September. It thrives best in a peat 
border, among American plants, where it forms a neat 
bright green patch, about 5 or 6 inches high, and spread- 
ing as much as 2 feet: when covered with its lively purple 
and yellow blossoms, it becomes a remarkable object. Com- 
mon Garden soil suits it very well. It is readily increased 
by division of its roots. 
A native of the mountains of Switzerland ; according to 
* So named from scutella, a little cup; in allusion to the form of its 
calyx, which resembles a cup with its handle. It was formerly called 
Cassida, because the calyx, when inverted, is like a helmet with the visor up. 
