194 MINT FAMILY 



Flowers Pubplish ob Whitish page 



leaves entibe 



Leaves needlelike, fls. in dense spikes Pycnothymus 197 



Leaves needlelike, fls. in small clusters . . . . Conradina 197 

 Leaves not needlelike Clinopodium 198 



LEAVES USUALLY TOOTHED 



Flowers in spike-like raceme Physostegia 195 



Flowers clustered, in raceme, stamens 2 Salvia 196 



Flowers clustered, in raceme, stamens 4 Stachys 195 



Flowers in dense heads or clusters Mesosphaerum 199 



Flowers solitary in leaf -axils Micromeria 198 



Teucrium Nashii. Germander. Flowers pinkish, about V2 

 in. long, upper lip very short, many, in spike-like inflores- 

 cence. Stamens 4, Stems 2-5 ft. tall. Leaves narrowly 

 oblong, 2-6 in. long, paler beneath, toothed. Damp places. 

 Blooming from spring to fall. Fla. to Miss. 



Trichostema dichotomum. Blue curls. Flowers blue, small, 

 nearly equally 5-lobed, 1-3 together terminating branches. 

 Stamens 4, blue, long. Plants 1-4 ft. tall, branched, balsamic 

 scented. Leaves oblong, 1-3 in. long, entire. Dry soil. 

 Blooming in summer and fall. Fla. to Texas, Ky., and Me. 



Skullcap (Genus Scutellaria) 



This genus is easily identified by the crest, or protuber- 

 ance, on the upper part of the two-lipped calyx, which 

 closes while the seeds are ripening but later gapes like an 

 open mouth. The upper lobe finally falls, leaving the 

 lower lobe holding the small nutlets. 



Several of our species have handsome flowers, and are 

 attractive in cultivation. 



Scutellaria arenicola. Flowers blue, 1 in. long, in terminal 

 racemes, upper lip arched. Calyx 2-lipped, crested. Stamens 

 4. Plants 6-20 in. tall. Leaves oval or elliptic, 1 in. long 

 or less, toothed. Dry soil. Blooming from spring to fall. Fla. 



Scutellaria integrifolia. Flowers similar to above species. 

 Lower leaves broad, stalked, toothed, upper leaves narrow, 

 entire. Dry soil. Fla. to Texas, Ohio, and Mass. 



