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celled, ciliate; anthers of the lower pair of stamens 1-celled, also ciliate. 

 Nutlets papillose or tuberculate. [Latin, a dish, from the appendage to the 

 fruiting calyx.] About 100 species of wide distribution. Type species: 

 Scutellaria peregrina L. 



1. Scutellaria havanensis Jacq. Enum. 25. 1760. 



Scutellaria cubensis A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 158. 1850. 

 Scutellaria longiflora Small, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3: 437. 1905. 



Perennial ; stems very slender, often branched near the base, erect or 

 ascending, 3 dm. high or less, pubescent or puberulent. Leaves ovate or ovate- 

 orbicular, short-petioled, 3-9 mm. long, puberuleut on both sides, few-toothed 

 or entire; flowers solitary in the axils on ascending peduncles 3-7 mm. long; 

 flowering calyx about 1.5 mm. long; corolla dark blue, about 1.5 cm. long, the 

 middle lobe of the upper lip emarginate, the lower lip 3-lobed; fruiting calyx 

 about 3 mm. long. 



Rocky places, red-lands and pine-lands, Great Bahama, Eleuthera, Cat Island, 

 and Great Exuma : Florida ; Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Porto Rico. SKULLCAP. 



Scutellaria pitrpurasccns Sw. mentioned by Hitchcock as occurring on Eleuthera 

 was not found in his collections ; the record is probably based on the above species. 



3. LEONURUS L. Sp. PI. 584. 1753. 



Tall herbs, with palmately cleft, parted or dentate leaves, and small white 

 or pink flowers verticillate in dense axillary clusters. Calyx tubular-campanu- 

 late, 5-uerved, nearly regular and equally 5-toothed, the teeth rigid, subulate or 

 aristate. Corolla-limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect, entire; lower lip spreading 

 or deflexed, 3-lobed, the middle lobe broad, obcordate or emarginate. Anthers 

 2-celled, the ?acs mostly parallel. Nutlets 3-sided, smooth. [Greek, lion's- 

 tail.] About 10 species, of Europe and Asia. Type species : Leonurus Cardiaca L. 



1. Leonurus sibiricus L. Sp. PI. 584. 1753. 



Biennial, puberulent or glabrate ; stem 6-18 dm. high. Leaves long- 

 petioled, 3-parted into ovate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, cleft and incised 

 segments, the lobes lanceolate or linear, acute, the uppermost linear or lanceo- 

 late ; clusters dense, usually all axillary ; calyx campanulate, 6 mm. long, gla- 

 brous or minutely puberulent ; corolla purple or red, densely puberulent without, 

 8-12 mm. long, its tube naked within; anther-sacs divergent. 



Waste places, New Providence and Harbor Island : Bermuda ; Delaware and 

 Maryland : West Indies ; continental tropical America. Naturalized from the Old 

 W T orld tropics. LION'S TAIL. PIPE-SHANK. 



4. LEONOTIS R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2, 3: 409. 1811. 



Annual or perennial caulescent herbs or shrubby plants, the leaves opposite, 

 broad, toothed, petioled, the flowers in dense whorls, short-pedicelled. Calyx- 

 tube 10-nerved, oblique at the mouth, its lobes 8-10, unequal, bristle-tipped. 

 Corolla yellow, orange or scarlet, 2-lipped, the tube dilated above, curved; 

 upper lip erect, rather long; lower lip with 3 lobes, the middle lobe scarcely 

 longer than the lateral. Stamens 4; filaments all anther-bearing; anthers 2- 

 celled; sacs diverging. Nutlets 3-angled, smooth. [Greek, lion's-ear.] About 

 12 species, natives of Africa. Type species: Leonotis Leonitis (L.) R. Br. 



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