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314. RAMONA. 



Half shrubs or woody herbs; flowers numerous, in terminal or 

 axillary heads or spikes; calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip 3-toothed 

 or entire, the lower deeply 2-cleft; corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 spreading, 2-lobed or emarginate, the lower spreading, 3-lobed; 

 stamens 2, exserted; nutlets smooth. 



Ramona incana (Benth.) Dougl. Stems woody, usually tufted, 20-60 cm. 

 high, whitish and somewhat woolly pubescent throughout; leaves numerous, 

 entire, spatulate to obovate, obtuse or notched, 2 cm. long; flowers capitate- 

 glomerate in the upper axils; bracts scarious, obovate to oval, pubescent and 

 ciliate, usually purplish; calyx scarious, bilabiate, the broad retuse upper lip 

 longer than the teeth of the lower lip; corolla 15 mm. long, purple. Gravelly 

 soil near Spokane and common in the sagebrush region. 



315. SCUTELLARIA. Skullcap. 



Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes woody, not aromatic; 

 flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or solitary in the axils of 

 leaves or bracts; calyx bell-shaped in flower, 2-lipped, with a 

 gibbous protuberance on the upper side, splitting to the base at 

 maturity, the upper lip at length usually falling away; corolla 

 with an elongated curved ascending tube, dilated at the throat, 

 2-lipped, the upper erect, arched or galeate; stamens 4, ascending 

 under the upper corolla-lip, the lower pair longer. 



Flowers small, in axillary or terminal racemes. 5. lateriflora. 



Flowers larger, solitary in the leaf axils. 



Lower lip of corolla not villous; leaves serrate. 5. galericulala. 



Lower lip of corolla villous within; leaves entire or nearly 



so. S. angnslifolia. 



Scutellaria lateriflora L. Perennial, glabrous; stems erect, branched, 

 20-60 cm. high; leaves thin, lanceolate-ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, 

 coarsely serrate, rounded at base, 3-8 cm. long, petioled; flowers blue, in 

 axillary or sometimes terminal, one-sided racemes; corolla 5-8 mm. long, the 

 lips short, subequal; nutlets smooth. In moist copses, rare in our limits. 



Scutellaria galericulata L. Perennial, glabrous or slightly pubescent; 

 stems erect, 20-80 cm. high, simple or loosely branched; leaves oblong to 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrate, subcordate at base, 2-6 cm. long, short- 

 pet ioled; flowers solitary in the axils; pedicels shorter than the calyx; corolla 

 blue, pubcrulent, the lower lip longer than the upper; nutlets muriculate. In 

 wet meadows. 



Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh. Perennial, with rather stout somewhat 

 moniliform rootstocks, 15-20 cm. high, puberulent or glabrous; stems simple 

 or little branched; cauline leaves broadly linear or oblong, obtuse, entire, 

 narrowed at base, sessile or nearly so, 1-2 cm. long; radical ovate, on longer 



ioles, sometimes toothed; flowers solitary in the axils; pedicels as long as the 

 :; corolla violet-blue, 25 mm. long, puberulent outside; lower lip villous 



hin; nutlets minutely granulate. Moist soil, especially in stony places, 

 common. 



