MINT FAMILY. Labiatse. 



The flowers, stems, and under sides of 



Scutellaria the leaves covered with soft white down ; 



canescens flower nearly one inch long. Leaves 



Light violet ° 



July-August ovate or narrow-ovate, stemmed, and some 



slightly heart-shaped at the base. 2-4 feet 



high. River -banks from Ontario to 111., and south 



among the mountains to N. Car. 



Flowers half an inch long or a trifle 



Scutellaria more. Leaves distant, oval or long ovate, 



pilosa veiny, round-toothed, the longer-stemmed 



Light violet . .. ° . 



May-July lower ones sometimes slightly heart- 



shaped, the upper on short, margined 

 stems. Plant-stem with spreading hairs. Dry or sandy 

 ground, or woods. 12-30 inches high. Southern N. Y. 

 and Pa., south, and west to Mich. 



Flower bright light violet, and an inch 

 Scutellaria long, in a striking terminal cluster. Leaves 



in egrifo to oblong lance-shaped, or narrower, mostly 

 Light violet , f r ' * 



June-August toothless, obtuse, short-stemmed, and 

 downy together with the plant-stem. 6- 

 20 inches high. Dry ground, borders of fields, woods. 

 The seaboard States from R. I. south. A handsome 

 species. 



A low species with flowers \ inch long, 

 Scutellaria borne on very short stems at the junction 

 parvula of i ea f-stem with plant-stem. Leaves op- 



May-July posite-growing, toothless, round to lance- 



ovate or slightly heart-shaped, about £ an 

 inch long. Stem spreading, 3-10 inches high. Sandy 

 banks and moist places, from N. Y. and N. J., south, 

 and west to S. Dak., Minn., Neb., and Tex. 



Flowers f inch long, growing in the 

 Scutellaria same position as those of the foregoing 

 galericulata spe cies. Leaves ovate lance-shaped, the 

 July- A ugust *° wer sometimes with a slight heart-shaped 

 base, toothed, and acute. Stem smooth 

 and slender. 1-2 feet high. Common in wet shady places 

 and along streams, especially in the north, west to N. 

 Dak. 



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