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10. SCUTELLARIA, L. Skullcap. 



Calyx, with two entire lips and a gibbous projection on tlie back, closed after flower- 

 ing. Corolla, with an elongated and curved ascending tube, a dilated throat, an erect 

 arched or galeate upper lip, with which the lateral lobes appear to be connected; the 

 anterior lobe appearing to form the whole lower lip. — Herbs, not aromatic; with single 

 axillary, rather conspicuous flowers. 



1. S. angustifolia, Pursh. A span to a foot high; leaves about an inch long; the 

 radical ones often roundish o^ even cordate; corolla blue or violet, an inch long, with a 

 Blender tube; lower lobe villous inside. — Ours is mainly 



Var. cauescens, Gr. A form with soft, hoary pubescence, and the tube of the 

 corolla bent so as to throw the upper part backward. 



2. S. Californica, Gr. Puberulent; stems 8 to 20 inches high, slender; leaves 

 from lanceolate-oblong to oval-ovate; the lower an inch or more long, often serrate; upper 

 gradually reduced to half an inch or less; lips of the yellowish corolla about equal. 



3. S. tuberosa, Benth. Soft, pubescent or villous; stems slender, erect and short, 

 or trailing a foot in length; the filiform subterranean shoots bearing tubers; leaves mostly 

 ovate, coarsely and obtusely few-toothed or entire, 5 to 18 lines long; corolla deep blue 

 or violet. 



11. BRUNBLLA, Tourn. Self-heal. 



Calyx-lips closed in fruit. Corolla with ascending tube, open lips, and slightly-con- 

 tracted orifice; upper lip arched and entire; lower 3-lobed, its middle lobe drooping, 

 rounded, concave, denticulate. — Low perennials, the flowers ^crowded in a terminal ob- 

 long or cylindraceous head or spike. 



1. B. vulgaris, L. A span to a foot or more in height; leaves ovate or oblong, slen- 

 der-petioled; corolla violet, purple, or rarely white; calyx purplish. 



12. STACHYS, L. 



Corolla with cylindrical tube not dilated at the throat; the upper lip erect and concave 

 or arched; the lower spreading, its middle lobe larger. Stamens ascending under the 

 upper lip; filaments naked; anthers approximate in pairs, 2-celled. — Herbs, not aro- 

 matic, with flowers clustered, capitate, or scattered, often spicate at the end of the 

 branches; flowers sessile or nearly so. 



* Corolla white or loldtish; the xip'per lip bearded or woolly on the hack; herharje tomentose 



or soft hairT/. 

 1. S. ajugoides, Benth. A span to a foot high; silky-villous with whitish hairs; 

 leaves oblong, very obtuse, crenately serrate, 1 to 3 inches long, the upper sessile; flow- 

 ers about 3 in the axils of the distant upper leaves, and loosely leafy-spicate at the sum< 

 mit.— Moist ground. 



