Vol,. III.] MINT FAMILY, 



7. Scutellaria Drummondii Benth. 

 Drummond's Skullcap. (Fig. 3081.) 



Sciilellaria Drummondii Beuth. Lab. Gen. & 

 Sp. 44 1- iS:,4- 



Annual, or perhaps biennial, from a rallier 

 deep straight root, villous-pubcrulent or pu- 

 bescent, the branches 3'-S' loug. Leaves 

 ovate, oblong, or obovatc, entire, or the lower 

 sparinglj' crenulate, 4"-i2" long, obtuse or 

 acutish, uarrowed at the base, the upper ses- 

 sile, the lower petioled, the uppermost gradu- 

 ally smaller; flowers solitary in the axils, 

 short- peduncled; fruiting calyx about 2" long; 

 corolla blue, or the tube nearly white, 4"-5" 

 long, pubescent, the lower lip violet, spotted, 

 longer than the upper; gynobase short. 



Kansas (according to Smyth), Texas and Mex- 

 ico. April-June. 



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8. Scutellaria resinosa Torr. Resin- 

 ous Skullcap. (Fig. 30S2.) 



Scutellaria resinosa Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2; 232. 



1827. 

 Scutellaria Wrighiii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 



370. 1872. 



Perennial from a thick woody root, minutely 

 canescent or puberuleut and usually resiniferous; 

 stems rather slender, rigid, tufted, leafy, ascend- 

 ing, 6'-io' high. Leaves ovate, oval, or oblong, 

 sessile, or the lower sbort-petioled, entire, obtuse 

 at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, 3"-6" 

 long; flowers solitary in the axils; fruiting calyx 

 nearly 3" long; corolla violet or nearly white, 

 very pubescent, 6"-S" long, its tube narrow and 

 lips nearly equal; gynobase short. 



On dry plains, Nebraska and Kansas to Texas. 

 May-Aug. 



9. Scutellaria parvula Michx. 

 Small Skullcap. (Fig. 3083.) 



Scutellaria parvula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 11. 

 1803. 



Scutellaria ambigua Nutt. Gen. 2: 37. 1818. 



Glabrous, or sparingly puberulent, some- 

 times slightly glandular, perennial b)- slen- 

 der tuberous-thickened rootstocks; stems 

 erect or ascending, very slender, usually 

 branched, 3'-i2' tall. Leaves ovate, oval or 

 lanceolate, or the lower nearly orbicular, en- 

 tire and sessile, or the lower sparingly den- 

 tate and petioled, 3"-i2''' long; flowers soli- 

 tary in the axils; fruiting calyx about 1" 

 long; corolla 2"-4" long, violet, pubescent; 

 gynobase short. 



In moist sandy soil, Quebec to Ontario and 

 Minnesota, south to New Jersey, Florida, Ne- 

 braska and Texas. April-July. 



