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angles, usually branched; leaves oblong, lance-shaped, rounded at base, 
narrow tapering at apex, the borders toothed, on leaf-stalks. Flowers in 
a terminal spike of several whorls of pale red or purple flowers. Moist 
fields. June-Aug. 
3. §. arvensis, L. (Fig. 5, pl. 135.) Firetp Wounpwort. Stem de- 
cumbent, branched, hairy, } to 1 ft. long. Leaves egg-shaped, rather blunt 
at apex, heart-shaped at base. Flowers in the axils, whorls few flowered. 
Corolla purple. Waste places; naturalized in places about eastern sea- 
ports. (Regarded by Fernald as a Var. of S. tenuifolia.) July-Oct. 
4. §. arenicola, Britton. Harry Hepce Nertie. Stem 12 to 24 in. 
high, very hairy. Leaves lance-shaped or linear, very hairy on both sides. 
Flowers in a dense, partly interrupted spike. Corolla inconspicuous. 
Sandy soil, New York, westward. 
5. §. palustris, L. (Fig. 4, pl. 135.) Hence Nerrie. Stem erect, 1 
to 4 ft. high, the whole plant hairy. Leaves lance-shaped, rounded at base, 
without leaf-stalks, tapering toward the apex. Flowers in a spike, of 
whorls of purple or pale red flowers. Moist soil, western New York, 
westward and southward. June-Sept. 
6. S. aspera, Michx. (Fig. 6, pl. 135.) RovucH Hence NEeErTi.e. 
Stem 2 to 4 ft. high, the angles beset with stiff hairs which turn down- 
ward. Leaves egg-shaped, mostly heart-shaped at base, on short leaf- 
stalks, smooth or hairy. Flowers in terminal spikes of whorls of red- 
purple blooms. Stamens hairy. Wet grounds. Common. 
22. BETONICA, L. 
Herbs, resembling Stachys, the corolla beardless. Lower leaves in a 
cluster on long leaf-stalks, egg-shaped, heart-shaped at base, upper leaves 
egg-shaped or lance-shaped, with no leaf-stalks or short ones. Whole plant 
hairy. Flowers purple in terminal spike. 
B. officinalis, L. (Vig. 10, pl. 134.) Brrrony. Escaped from gar- 
dens. Flowers purple in a terminal spike. Waste places. July-Sept. 
{Corolla 2-lipped; stamens 4, shorter than the upper lip of the corolla, 
lower longest, the upper lip arching over the stamens. 
Calyx deeply 2-lipped 
23. PRUNELLA, L. 
Our only species a low, often prostrate herb, with opposite egg-shaped 
leaves on long leaf-stalks and with a eylindriec head of purple flowers, 
plentifully interspersed with green bracts. Calyx deeply 2-lipped, the 
lower lip of 2 very acute lance-shaped teeth, the upper of 3 triangular 
or blunt teeth. Corolla arching over the stamens. 
P. vulgaris, L. (Fig. 7, pl. 135.) Setr-neaL, A common weed about 
door yards and in waste places. May-Oct. 
24. SCUTELLARIA, L. 
Herbs, with opposite leaves and with flowers at the leaf-axils, or termi- 
nal forming spikes, Calyx 2-lipped, the upper one with a erest or pro- 
tuberance upon its back. Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip vaulted, the lower 
