/. Soutellaria (Rivin.) L. Skullcap. 
ees perennial herbs with entire or serrate leaves. Flowers 
in short axillary racemes, or most often solitary in the axils. Calyx 
campanulate, strongly two-lipped, the lips rounded, entire falling ap 
at maturity, the upper bearing an erect protuberance{wnic enlarges in fruit. 
Corolla strongly funnelform, dilated in the throat, the limb short, 2-lipped, 
the upper lip arching, the lower deflexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4; anthers of 
the lower pair l-cheambered. WNutlets attached to a conical gynobase, roughened. 
O Flowers solitary in the axils 
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2 Leaves mostly entire; corolla violacecuse 
A 220-35 CM e long A 
S. stifolia 
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4, Leaves mostly serrate; corolla -blue,, o Gsloriculata : 
G 16-20 mm. long “ od Be Mite minis 
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O Flowers in short axillary racemes 
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J. S. lateriflora 
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A Se angustifolia Pursh. Rootstocks slender, creeping, : 
producing thickened underground tuberetike stolons; stems 15-30 om. tall,” 
Slender, usually with 2 or 3 shorter branches, or branched from the base, 
puberulent with mimite curved hairs; leaf-blades 1.5-3 om. long, the lowers =f 
most frequently ovate or rotund, the remainder oblong or oblong=lanceolate, 
very obtuse, glabrate, entire, on petioles 1-3 mme long; flowers axillary on 
Neetohde doe ne eae rene onlyx 5 um. long at anthesis, hirtallous, the 
seutellum 1.5 mm. tall, fruiting calyx 6 mm. long, the scutellum 5-365 mm. 
tall; corolla a beautiful violet-blue, puberulent, 2.5-3 om. long, the tube 
abruptly dilated above the middle, the throat 7-10 m.- wide, the lips 7-8 
mme long, subequal; nutlets limm. in diameter, black, warty with rather acute 
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Bool: pines along streams or in moist rocky ground, The type 
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) ralericulata Le : . 
—— (Be 4 . Perennial with Slender, creeping 
rootstocks, the stems erect, 15-60 cm. tall, slender, mostly unbranehed, the 
angles hirtellous; leaves soft, often with a purplish tinge, 3-5 om. long, 
10-25 mme broad, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, mostly acute, lightly 
truncate or cordate at the base, the lower surface softly pubescent, the 
margins serrate, borne on petioles 1-4 mm. long; flowers solitary in the upper 
axils,often displayed on one side of the axis; calyces 4 mm. long at anthesis, 
puberulent, the scutellum 1 mm. tall, fruiting calyx 6 mm. long, the scutellum 
3 mie tall; corolla blue, the palate whitish, pubescent, 16-18 mm. lon ‘. 
arcuate-ascending, the upper lip and laterals of the lower lip compressed, 
c-2e5 mme long, the middle lobe Spreading, 7-8 mm. broad, undulate; nutlets 
1.8 mme,unevenly papillose with rounded papillae. 
In boggy ground or swamps at low elevations. 
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