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LABIATE. LVIII. SCUTELLARIA. 



26 S. TOURNEFORTI (Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. lab. p. 431.) 

 quite glabrous ; stems erect, branched ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 or ovate-lanceolate, coarsely crenated : lower ones broadly sub- 

 cordate at the base : superior ones roundish, truncate : floral 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, rather shorter than the fructiferous ca- 

 lyxes ; racemes elongated, loose, glabrous ; flowers opposite, 

 secund ; calyxes longer than the pedicels : fructiferous ones 

 large, glabrous ; corolla 6 times longer than the calyx, y. . Hi 

 Native of Persia ; and at the Caspian Sea, near Lenkoran. 

 This is very nearly allied to S. commututa, but differs in the 

 cordate leaves, and larger, glabrous corollas. 



Tournefort's Skullcap. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



27 S. COMMUTA'TA (Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. p. 136.) stems erect, 

 branched, nearly glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, crenated, broadly cordate at the base, scarcely wrinkled, 

 glabrous ; floral leaves ovate, rather shorter than the fructifer- 

 ous calyxes; racemes elongated, loose, a little branched, glabrous ; 

 flowers opposite, secund ; calyxes longer than the pedicels, large 

 and glabrous in the fructiferous state ; corolla 4 times longer 

 than the calyx. If. H. Native of the South-east of Europe, 

 and Middle Asia, in groves ; as of Hungary, Dalmatia, Tauria, 

 and Caucasus. S. peregrina, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 2. p. 

 154. t. 125. but not of Lin. S. altissima, Lin. spec. p. 836.? 

 Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. Nearly allied to S. Columnce ; but 

 differs from it in smoothness, and in the corollas being half the 

 size. Corollas purple. There are several plants in the gardens 

 similar to this ; one with dark purple, pubescent, dense flowers, 

 S. altissima, Hort. ; another with bluish purple flowers, having 

 the lower lip whitish, S. columnce, Hort. ; and a third with the 

 flowers altogether blue, S. peregrina, Hort. 



Changed Skullcap. Fl. June, Oct. CIt. 1683. PI. 2 feet. 



28 S. PEREGRI'NA (Lin. spec. p. 836.) stems procumbent ; 

 branches elongated, glabrous or pubescent at top ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, roundly truncate at the base, gla- 

 brous; floral leaves bractea-formed, petiolate, ovate-oblong, acute 

 at both ends, quite entire, pubescent ; racemes elongated, loose; 

 flowers nearly sessile, opposite, secund ; calyxes large, rather 

 pilose ; corolla pubescent outside. I/ . H. Native of Tauria 

 and Sicily. S. rubicunda, Horn. hort. hafn. Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 702. Stems dark purple, or reddish. Whorls almost an 

 inch distant. Corolla violaceous, hardly 5 lines long. 



Foreign Skullcap. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1823. PI. 2 feet. 



29 S. A'LBIDA (Lin. mant. p. 248.) branches divaricate, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, crenated, roundly 

 truncate at the base, or the lower ones are cordate, finely pubes- 

 cent ; floral leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, acute at both ends, 

 quite entire, pilose, exceeding the calyxes ; racemes elongated, 

 loose ; flowers nearly sessile, opposite, secund ; calyxes very 

 pilose; corolla villous outside. 1. H. Native of the South- 

 east of Europe, and Middle Asia, in mountain woods ; as of 

 the Bithynian Olympus ; near Constantinople, Candia, Mount 

 Lebanon, South of Tauria, Siberia, &c. Arth. Hamilt. mon. 

 21. t. 1. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 65. t. 581. S. Cre- 

 tica, Mill. diet. S. nigrescens, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 702. S. 

 pallida, Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 65. but not of Gussone. Sab. hort. 

 rom. 3. t. 29. Rachis of raceme villous. Corolla half an inch 

 long, dirty white. 



Jffo^/j-flowered Skullcap. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1771. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



30 S. HI'RTA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 6. p. 66. t. 583.) 

 very hairy ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, roundly 

 truncate at the base, or cordate, hairy on both surfaces, scarcely 

 wrinkled ; floral leaves petiolate, oblong, about equal in length 

 to the calyxes ; racemes loose ; flowers nearly sessile, opposite, 

 secund ; fructiferous calyxes inflated, very pilose ; corolla vil- 



lous outside. I/ . H. Native of Candia, and Mount Lebanon. 

 Stem branched. Corollas almost of S. Columnce- 



Hairy Skullcap. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 foot. 



31 S. SALVLEFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 433.) stems ascending, his- 

 pid ; leaves petiolate, ovate, subcordate at the base, much wrin- 

 kled, hispid ; floral leaves bractea-formed, petiolate, oblong, 

 wrinkled, about equal in length to the calyxes ; racemes loose ; 

 flowers opposite, secund; calyxes villous. 7. H. Native of 

 Greece. Corollas pubescent, size of those of S. peregrina, or a 

 little larger. 



Sage-leaved Skullcap. PI. \ foot. 



32 S. VERSI'COLOR (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 38.) stems erect, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, broadly-ovate, crenated, 

 deeply cordate at the base, pubescent on both surfaces, wrin- 

 kled ; floral leaves sessile, broad-ovate, quite entire, rather 

 longer than the calyxes ; raceme simple, or a little branched, 

 elongated, many-flowered ; flowers opposite, subsecund ; calyxes 

 hairy. %. H. Native of the flats and open woods of Ohio 

 and Arkansas, Nuttall ; at Lexington, in Kentucky, Torrey ; 

 Louisiana, Drummond. S. cordifolia, Muhl, cat. The whole 

 plant pubescent, the racemes viscid. Leaves 2-4 inches long. 

 Corolla pubescent, with a slender tube, a dilated blue throat, 

 and a white lower lip. 



Far. ft, bracleala (Benth. lab. p. 433.) floral leaves larger, 

 and coloured a little. T. H. Native of Texas, at Rio 

 Brazos. 



Parly-coloured-fiowered Skullcap. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



33 S. CANE'SCENS (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 38. ? Benth. lab. 

 p. 433.) stems tall, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenated, narrowed at the base, 

 rounded, or the lower ones are cordate, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, hoary beneath : floral leaves oblong, exceeding the ca- 

 lyxes ; racemes loose, panicled, canescent ; flowers opposite, 

 secund ; calyxes clothed with hoary tomentum ; corolla pubes- 

 cent outside. 1{. H. Native of Canada, Ohio, Kentucky, 

 Upper Louisiana, &c., in open woods. S. serrata, Spreng. syst. 

 2. p. 703. and many other authors, but not of Andr. S. pubes- 

 cens, Muhl, cat.? S. incana, Spreng. in Steud. nom. p. 757.? 

 Leaves 2-3 inches long. Corolla blue, 8-9 lines long. 



Canescent Skullcap. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



34 S. SERRA'TA (Andr. bot. rep. t. 494.) stem tall, branched, 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acutish, crenately serrated, 

 cuneated at the base, quite entire, nearly glabrous on both sur- 

 faces ; floral leaves oblong-lanceolate : upper ones scarcely 

 longer than the pedicels ; racemes loose, nearly simple ; flowers 

 opposite, secund ; calyxes strigosely pubescent ; corollas large, 

 pubescent outside. I/. H. Native of North America, An- 

 drews ; near Fredericstown, Herb, monac. Leaves purplish 

 above, and pale beneath. Racemes glabrous or pubescent. 

 Corolla blue, beyond an inch long. 



Serrated-leaved Skullcap. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 4 feet. 



35 S. PILOSA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 11.) stem erect, 

 almost simple, pubescent ; leaves remote, on short petioles, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated : lower ones rounded at the base : supe- 

 rior ones cuneated, or narrowed, pubescent on both surfaces, or 

 pilose ; floral leaves obovate-lanceolate, about equal in length to 

 the calyxes ; racemes loose, a little branched, panicled ; flowers 

 opposite, secund ; calyxes villous ; corollas pubescent outside : 

 throat a little dilated. 7. H. Native of Pennsylvania; at 

 West Chester, Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, &c., in shady woods. 

 S. Caroliniana, Walt. fl. car. p. 163. S. elliptica, Muhl, cat. ? 

 Leaves 1| inch long. Corolla blue, 8-9 lines long, pubes- 

 cent. 



Var. /3, pubescens ; plant clothed with fine pubescence, not 



