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dilated, the tube much exceeding the calyx. Stamens 4, ascending beneath 
the upper lip. Style usually 2-cleft. 
Flowers solitary in the axils (opposite). 
Leaves with leaf-stalks. 
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Leaves without leaf-stalks. 
Borders deeply dentate. 
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Flowers not solitary or some of them in terminal groups. é 
In long narrow spikes from the axils, more or less one-sided . S. Jateriflora 
Flowers few, largely terminal. 
Leaves on leaf-stems, borders toothed . . . . . . . S. pilosa 
Leaves not on leaf-stems; borders entire. Leaves linear S. integrifoha 
1. §. lateriflora, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 136.) Map-poag Skuricap. Leaves 
opposite, on leaf-stalks, egg-shaped, rounded at base, tapering toward 
apex, borders coarsely toothed. Flowers in opposite narrow spikes from 
the axils, the flowers turning mostly to one side, numerous, small, blue 
varying to nearly white. Waste places. Common. July-Sept. 
2. §. serrata, Andr. (Fig. 3, pl. 136.) Snowy Skuricap. Stem 1 
to 2 ft. high, erect. Leaves large, egg-shaped, on leaf-stalks, notched at 
margins, the upper reduced to floral bracts without leaf-stalks. Flowers 
in the terminal axils, opposite; corolla blue. Woods, southern New 
York, Penna., and southward. May-June. 
3. §. pilosa, Michx. (Fig. 6, pl. 136.) Hatry Sxkuxicap. Stem slen- 
der, 1 to 23 ft. high. Leaves opposite on leaf-stalks, oval or egg-shaped, 
notched at margins; the whole plant hairy or downy. Flowers in terminal 
pairs, the cluster short, corolla blue. Dry woods, southern New York and 
Penna., southward and westward. May-July. 
4. §,. integrifolia, L. (Fig. 7, pl. 136.) Hyssop Sxuxicap. Stem 
34 to 2 ft. high, downy. Leaves opposite linear to oblong, 1 to 2 in. long, 
or with very short leaf-stalks. Flowers in a loose terminal cluster; co- 
rolla blue at summit varying to nearly white at base. Sandy woods, New 
England and southward. May-July. 
5. §. parvula, Michx. (Fig. 5, pl. 136.) Smart Skuticap. Stem 
3 to 12 in. high, somewhat branched, smoothed or slightly downy. Leaves 
opposite, broadly egg-shaped, rounded at base, attached directly to stem, 
blunt at apex, } to 1 in. long, nearly as wide as long. Flowers solitary in 
the axils, opposite, blue to violet. Moist sandy soil, eastern part of our 
area. April-July. 
6. §. galericulata, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 136.) Hoopep Sxkuricap. Stem 
1 to 3 ft. high, simple or branched. Leaves opposite, lance-shaped with 
heart-shaped base dentate at margins, without leaf-stalk or the lower with 
short leaf-stalks. Flowers in the axils, few; corolla blue. Swamps and 
wet places, Maine to New Jersey. June-Sept. 
7. §. nervosa, Pursh. (Fig. 4, pl. 136.) Vernep SxuLitcap. Stem 
4 to 2 ft. high. Leaves opposite, egg-shaped, the lower on short leaf- 
stalks, the upper directly attached to stem, coarsely toothed. Flowers in 
the axils only, opposite, blue. Moist woods. May-Aug. 
8. S.incana, Muhl. (Fig. 8, pl, 136.) Downy Sxuttcap. Leaves 
