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fcparate fmall pot5, and plunged into a very moderate 

 hoc-bed, fhading chcm from the fun till they have 

 taken new root ; after which they mufl: be frradually 

 hardened to bear the open air, into which They may 

 be removed the latter end of June, placing them in a 

 fheltered fituation, where they may remain till Sep- 

 tember, wlien they Ihould be removed into fhelter be- 

 fore any morning frofts come on, and in winter they 

 mufl be placed in a flove, kept moderately warm, 

 where they will thrive and produce flowers the follow- 

 ing fummer. 



SCUTELLARIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 653. Caffida. 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 181. tab. 84. Skull-cap 5 in 

 French, La Toque, 



The Characters are. 



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Jhort tubuloiis empalement of 



on which feems dofed ; it is of the , 

 fhort crooked tube, long comprejfed 



fcaly 



ifid upper Up, the middle fegn 



twoftdi 



of 



four ft. 



The under lip is 



ed by fmall fummits, and a four-pointed germen fupport- 

 ing a flender ftyle fituated with the ftamina, crowned hy a 

 fingle recurved ftigma ; the empalement afterward becomes 

 a helmet-floaped capfule, including the four feeds which are 

 roundifh. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: feftion of 

 Linn^eus's fourteenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have two long and two fhorter 

 ftamina, and are fucceeded by naked feeds fitting in 



the empalement. 



The Species are, 

 I. Scutellaria (Peregrina) foliis fubcordatis ferratis, 

 fpicis elongatis fecundis. Hort. Clifi^ 317. Skull-cap 



almoft heart-fhaped fawed leaves, and fpikes of 



fruitful flowers. Cafllda. Cql. Ecph 



cap 



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2. 



q^tuse- 

 que ferratis, fpicis viUofa ipibricau^ 



Prod. Leyd. 3H. Skull^dfwilh'wootty^ oltuf^^ heart' 

 Jhaped^ leaves whick m bluntly fawed'^ and imbricated 

 Jpf^?A of flmers. Caffida Creti^a fruticofa, catari* 

 folio Hpre albo. Tourn. Cpr. t ^ ^y^% Cretan' Shll- 

 cap, with a Cat-mint leafanda'vifhiiefipw^. .1 ^r, v -, 

 Scutellaria (^///^;»tf) foliis cordatp:qblo^ 

 nfiinatis ferratis, fpicis fubnudis. lAn. Sp. Plant. 600. 



almoft naked fpikes of fit 



heart-fhaped, fawed 



Caffida Ori- 



entalis altifllma, urticas folio. Tourn. Cor. 

 Eaftert^ Skull-cap with a Nettle leaf 



Heft 



4, Scutellaria (Ow»/^//j) foliis incifis, fubtustomen- 

 tofis, fpicis rotundatotetragonis. Hort. Upfal. 173. 

 ShdUcap with cut leaves which are woolly on their under 



fide, and romd four-cornered fp. 



Caffida 



ifolia\ 



if and 



ijli 



Eaft- 



terioribus obfolete ferratis, fuperioribus integerrimis. 

 Lin. Sp, Plant. ^(^^7 Skull-cap with oval leaves fitting 

 clofe to the ftalks, the under of which are fometimes fawed, 

 andjhe upper enttA'C^fTid^ fplio meliffe, flore pur- 

 ' pureo, longipre. Bperh, Ind. ajt, i. 177. Skull-cap 



with aBamuJeaf, and a longer pur'^e flower. . * 



6. Scutellaria {Jjupulina) foliis cordati5incifo-ferratis 



-. iurinque glabris, fpica rotundato-tetragona. Hort. 



^ Upfal. 173. Skull-cap with fawed cut haves wpich are 



Jmooth ohfhoth fides, and a roundifh four-cornered fpike 



\cf flowers^ Qz^xdz, Alpina fupina," magno'flore, 



;;:Tourn. Inft. R.. H. 182. Low Alpine Skull-cap with a 



large flower. 



There are fome other fpecies of this genus, which 

 ^^e plants of little beauty, fo are feldom admitted in- 

 to gardens^ for which reafon they are not enumerated 



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The firft fort grows naturally in Italy. Mr. Ray ob- 



fervedit. about Leghorn and Florence, in the hedges 

 and uncultivated places in plenty : this hath a.percn- 

 nial root.' The ftalk is four-cornered", hairy, and 



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rifes two feet high ; it is garnifhed with Icnves placed 

 oppofue, which are ahnall Iieart-n.iapccl and r.wcj n. 

 their edges, rhe flowers grow in lung fruitful ibike^ 

 at the top of tne ftalks ; they aie of a purple colou; 

 in fome, and in others they are white ; tliefe apt^ear 

 in June, and after they decay, the emoalement wjijch 

 reprefents a helmet, contains four roundilh {ccds 

 which ripen in Auguft. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Crete ; this hath 

 a ligneous ftalk which rifes about two feet hiah 

 fending out (lender fide branches, garnifhed with ob' 

 tufe heart-ftiaped leaves, which are bluntly fawed on 

 their edges •, they are hoary on their under fide and 

 of a light green on their upper. The flowers are dif 

 pofed in pretty long fpikes at the top of the ftalks ■ 

 they are white, and have fmall leaves growincr be'- 

 tween them. This flowers in July, and the feeds ri- 

 pen in autumn. 



The third fort grows naturally in the Levant • this 

 hath a perennial root. The ftalks rife from three to 

 four feet high, fending out a few flender branches 

 from their fides •, they are garniflied with oblon 

 heart-lhaped leaves, ending in acute points, which are 

 fawed on their edges. The flowers are difpofed in 

 naked fpikes at the top of the ftalks ; they are pur- 

 ple, and have longer tubes than any of the other 

 forts. This flowers about the fame time as the 

 former. 



The fourth fort grows naturally in the Levant -, this 

 is a perennial plant, with flirubby ftalks which fpread 

 on the ground, and divide into fmall branches which 

 are garniftied with cut leaves placed oppofue •, they 

 are almoft triangular, of a light green on their upper 

 fide, and downy on their under, ftanding upon flen- 

 der foot-ftalks. The flowers are difpofed in fhort four- 

 cornered fpikes at the end of the branches ; they are 

 of a bright yellow colour, and are fucceeded by gray 

 feeds which ripen in the empalement. This plant be- 

 gins to flower the latter end of May, and there is com- 

 monly a fucceffion of flowers on the fame plant up- 

 ward of two months. . ' 





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The fifth fort grows naturally in North America -, it 

 has a perennial roqt» from which come forth feveral 

 four-cornered flalks, which rife two feet high, fend- 

 ing out many fide branches. The lower leaves are 

 lieart-fliaped and fawed on their edges, ftanding up- 



• on pretty long foot-ftalks j the upper leaves arc oval 

 and entire. The flowers are difpofed in very long 

 loofe fpikes at the end of the branches ; they are of 

 a purple colour, and appear the latter end of June j 

 thefe are fucceeded by feeds which ripen in September. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally on the Alps and Apen- 

 nines. The ftalks of this are fhrubby and trailing ; 

 the leaves are cut on their edges, and fmooth on 

 both fides ; the flowers are difpofed at the top of the 

 ftalks in roundifh four-cornered fpikes ; in one they 

 are white, and in another variety they are blue ; they 

 are larger than the flowers of any other known fpecies, 

 fo make a pretty appearance in gardens. This flowers 

 in June, July, and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in 

 autumrj, ; : ^ 



Thefe plants are all of them propagated by feeds. If 

 thefe are fqwn in autumn , foon after they are ripe, 

 they will more certainly fuccecd, than when they arc 

 fown in the fpring, for fometimes thefe mifcarry, and, 



• if they fucceed, the plants feldom come up the fame 

 feafon. The feeds may cither be fown where the 

 plants are to remain, or in a border to be afterward 

 removed ; but, as the fourth fort does not bear tranf- 

 planting well, unlefs they are removed young, the 

 feeds of that had better be fown where the plants are 



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to ftand. 



be on a drv warm border 



poor earth, where the plants will live much longer, 

 an4 make a better appearance than on a rich foil, 

 though they feldom continue more than two or three 

 years. When the plants come up, they will require 

 no other care but to thin them, and keep them clean 

 from weeds. 

 "When the other forts come up, and are fit to remove, 



. they may be tranfplanted into a nurfery-bed at five or 



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