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15. SCUTELLA'RIA, L. SKULL-CAP. 



1. S. galericula'ta, L. Flowers blue, f of an inch long, 

 solitary in the axils of the upper leaves. Stem nearly smooth, 

 1-2 feet high. Wet places. 



2. S. par'vula, Michx. Flowers blue, of an inch long, solitary 

 in the upper axils. Stem minutely downy, 3-6 inches high. 

 Lowest leaves round-ovate, the upper narrower, all entire. Dry 

 banks. 



3. S. lateriflo'ra, L. Flowers blue, of an inch long, in 1- 

 sided racemes. Stem upright, much branched, 1-2 feet high. 



Wet places. 



16. MARRU'BIUM, L. HOBEHOUND. 



M. VTllga're, L. Leaves round-ovate, crenate- toothed. Calyx 

 with 5 long and 5 short teeth, recurved. Escaped from gardens 

 in some places. 



17. GAL.EOP'SIS, L. HEMP-NETTLE. 



G. Tetra'hit, L. (COMMON HEMP-NETTLE. ) Stem bristly- 

 hairy, swollen below the joints. Leaves ovate, coarsely serrate. 

 Corolla often with a purple spot on the lower lip. Waste places 



and fields. 



18. STACH'YS, L. HEDGE-NETTLE. 



S. palustris, L., var. as'pera, Gray. Stem 2-3 feet high, 4- 

 angled, the angles beset with stiff reflexed hairs or bristles. 

 Wet grounds. 



19. LEONU'RTJS, L. MOTHEBWOBT. 



L. Cardi'aca, L. (COMMON MOTHERWORT.) Stem tall. Leaves 

 long-petioled, the lower palmately lobed, the upper 3-cleft. 

 Upper lip of the corolla bearded. Near dwellings. 



ORDER LXI. B ORB AGIN A'CEJE. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 



Herbs, with a deeply 4-lobed ovary, forming 4 seed-like nut- 

 lets, as in the last Order, but the corolla is regularly 5-lobed, with 

 5 stamens inserted upon its tube. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



* Corolla u'itkout any scales in the throat. 



I. E'chium. Corolla with a funnel-form tube and a spreading border of 5 

 somewhat unequal lobes. Stamens exstrted, unequal. Flowers bright 

 blue with a purplish tinge, in racerned clusters. Plant bristly. 



