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and a pair of broad, heart-shaped bracteas beneath each 
whorl. 
DipyNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. 
CoROLLIFLOR2. LAMIACE®. 
SCUTELLARIA. (Sxkutt-cap.) 
Generic Character. Calyx broad, with a concave tooth on the 
upper side, its two equal lips closing after flowering. Tube of the 
corolla much longer than the calyx, upper lip straight and entire, 
lower one divided into three. 
SCUTELLARIA GALERICULATA. (Plate XVIII. Fig. 71.) 
Common Skull-cap. A very pretty genus, having two species 
of delicate plants, which must be sought for in watery places. 
The first and most common is found on banks of rivers and 
lakes, especially in stony places. It is eight or ten inches 
high, the leaves long, narrow, cut at the edge, and smaller 
ones mixed with the flowers which are rather large, bright 
blue and downy, the tube being long, and projecting much 
beyond the small calyx. When the corolla has fallen off, 
the four seeds at the bottom of the cup or calyx would be 
exposed to the weather; but the latter continues to grow, 
so that it fills up the opening, thus effectually securing the 
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