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LABIATJE. (MINT FAMILY.) 
cending under the upper lip; anthers approximate in pairs, cili- 
ate ; those of the lower stamens halved, of the upper, 2-celled and 
heart-shaped. — Bitter herbs (perennial), not aromatic, with axil¬ 
lary or else spiked or racemed flowers ; the short peduncles chiefly 
opposite, 1-flowered, often 1-sided. (Name from scutella , a dish, 
in allusion to the form of the calyx.) 
* Flowers (blue) in terminal racemes; the floral leaves , at least all 
but the lower , being very small. 
1. S. versicolor, Nutt. Tall and upright, hairy; leaves broad¬ 
ly ovate , deeply heart-shaped , long-petioled, crenate, very veiny and ru¬ 
gose ; the floral broadly ovate and sessile, rather longer than the 
hairy calyx, crowded. — Copses, Ohio and southward. July. — Flow¬ 
ers large ; upper lip blue, the lower white. 
2. S. canescens, Nutt. Tall and rather slender; leaves ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate , acute, crenate , the upper narrowed , but the lower 
rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base , petioled, nearly smooth 
above, tohitish and mostly hoary like the stem with a minute down 
underneath ; the floral oblong, longer than the hoary calyx. — Copses 
and meadows, Penn, to Ohio and westward. July. — Plant 2° -3? 
high : the hoary racemes panicled. 
3. S. serrata, Andrews. Rather slender, upright; leaves 
ovate , serrate , acute or pointed at both ends, all tapering into the petiole , 
green and nearly smooth (as well as the stem) on both sides, the floral 
lanceolate, the upper shorter than the slightly hairy calyx; raceme 
mostly simple, loose, leafy at the base; upper lip of the corolla in¬ 
curved.— Woods, S. Penn.? and southward. July.— Near the last, 
but smooth. 
4. S. sax&tilis, Riddell. Nearly smooth; stems ascending, 
slender, branched; leaves ovate-heart-shaped , long-petioled , strongly 
crenate , obtuse , thin; the upper floral ovate-oblong, shorter than the 
somewhat downy calyx; racemes loose, simple or panicled, leafy at 
the base ; upper lip of the corolla almost straight. — Hills and shaded 
banks, Ohio and southward. June. — Plant 6'-18' high. 
5. S. piloSSl, Miehx. Stem upright, nearly simple (l°-2° 
high), hairy; leaves rhombic-ovate , crenate , obtuse , more or less hairy, 
remote; the lowest rounded and often heart-shaped; the others 
wedge-shaped at the base, short-petioled; the upper floral spatulate, 
shorter than the hairy calyx j raceme small. — Dry copses, S. New 
York, Penn., and southward. June, July. 
S- integrifdlia, L. Downy all over with a minute hoari¬ 
ness; stem upright, nearly simple ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear , 
mostly entire , obtuse, remote, the upper very short-petioled, the floral 
longer than the calyx ; raceme often branched ; corolla much enlarg- 
