-ti 



88 



r 



DlDYNAiMiA GYxMNOSPERMlA. 



:.3[ 



wW 



dentatis; calycis la 



inaeqiialibus^ su 



bus 



periore trimcato 



atj)ase; lip 



of tlie 



cal 



/ 



qual, the up 



tato 

 deal 



caule 



c*- 



dscen 



'W 



per one truncated and 

 awnedj stem ascend- 



1R2. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 176. 



Walt 



Mich. 2. p. 11. Pursh 2. p. 412. 



Stem branching near the base, perennial, creeping, square, pubescent 

 alone the angles, hairy at the summit. Leaves ovate, a little denticulate 

 near the base, a little hairy, particularly along the margin, on long hairy 

 petioles. Flowers in cylindrical, compact spikcs,axillary and terminal, a 

 pair of leaves at the base of each spike. Brai:teas reniform, rounded, 



frlneed, and coloured on the margin. Cnhjx hairy on the ang es and along 

 the marghi of the teeth and of the upper lip. The upper lip 3-awned. 

 The teeth of the lower lip very acU- and just as long as the upper. Co- 



rolla rather more than twice as long as the calyx, violet, varying, sonie- 



The upper lip rounded and emargmate, the 



times 



lower 3-lobed and minutely toothed. Filaments shorter than the corolla, 

 forked at tlie sununil, bearing an anther upon one fork. Stifle about as 



long as the stamens. Stigmas 2 acute. , „ -.r . ■ 



Our plant appears to be but a variety of the P. Vulgaris, it is 



however very much diffused and is found with us generally m woods and 



not a/ound habitations. 

 Grows in stiff clay soils. 



Tlowers May. Jul 



y 



9 



$ 



SCUTELLARIA. Gen. Pl. 



Ccdyx ore integro 



? 



Ca lyx 



with 



post 



florescentiain mouth entire, c 



the 

 losed 



clauso, operculato. 

 Corollce tubus elonga- 

 tus. 



and covered with a 



4 



lid 



after 



flowerin« 



» 



Tube of the corolla 



long. 



L Integrifolia. 



dense 



puoes- 



9 



Densely pubescent; 



foliis inferiori- | lower leaves ovate, 



attenuate at 



s. 



cens 



oribus, ovatis, crena- i crenate 



tts 



basi 



^upei'ioribus 



attenuatis, base, upper ones linc- 



lineari- ar lanceolate^ obtuse 



,« 



