LABIATE. LVIII. SCUTELLABIA. 



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pilose. 11. H. Native of New Jersey, at Princetown, Torrey. 

 S. ovalifolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 136. ? 



Pilose Skullcap. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 to 3 

 feet. ? 



36 S. viLL6sA(Elliott, hot. car. 2. p. 90.) stem erect, branch- 

 ed, villous ; leaves large, lanceolate, acute at both ends, coarsely 

 toothed, villous beneath, rather hispid above ; racemes panicled, 

 crowded with flowers. I/. H. Native of Georgia, between 

 the rivers Oakmalgu and Flint, Elliott. 



Villous Skullcap. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



37 S. ISTEGRIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 836.) stems erect, almost sim- 



Ele, pubescent ; leaves remote, on short petioles, oblong-lanceo- 

 ite or linear, obtuse, quite entire, or the lower leaves are tooth- 

 ed, nearly glabrous ; floral leaves exceeding the calyxes ; ra- 

 cemes a little branched, loose ; flowers opposite, secund ; calyx 

 pubescent ; corolla almost glabrous, having the top of the tube 

 and the throat widely dilated. 1J. . H. Native from Pennsyl- 

 vania and New York, to Carolina and Georgia, in dry or humid 

 places. S. polymorpha, Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 38. S. hyssopi- 

 folia, Lin. spec. p. 836. S. Caroliniana, Lam. diet. 7. p. 706. 

 ill. t. 515. f. 3. S. ovalifolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 136. ? Pluckn. 

 phyt. t. 313. f. 4. Habit of S. pilota, but the leaves and flowers 

 are very different. Leaves purplish beneath : upper ones 1 to 

 1-J inch long, glabrous or pubescent. Corollas large, blue, 8-9 

 lines long, the lower lip marked with deeper spots. 



far. /3, hispida (Benth. lab. p. 435.) stems hispid ; corollas 

 villous. TL. H. Native of New Orleans. 



Entire-leaved Skullcap. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



38 S. LrxEA'Ris (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 66. lab. 

 p. 435.) stems procumbent : leaves nearly sessile, oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, almost entire, with subrevolute margins, canescent be- 

 neath ; floral leaves ovate, concave, rather longer than the ca- 

 lyxes ; racemes simple, dense ; flowers opposite, subsecund ; 

 calyxes pilose; corollas almost glabrous. Ti . H. Native of 

 Kamaon. Stems numerous from a thick woody base, pilosely 

 pubescent. Leaves 6-9 lines long, almost glabrous above. 

 Corollas cream-coloured, nearly an inch long : lips broad, pur- 

 plish. Genitals a little exserted. 



Linear-leaved Skullcap. PI. procumbent, -J foot. 



39 ? S. VISCI'DCLA (Bunge, enum. pi. chin. p. 52.) stems de- 

 cumbent : leaves sessile, linear-oblong, obtuse, quite entire, flat, 

 green on both surfaces, viscid ; floral leaves ovate, concave, rather 

 longer than the calyxes ; calyxes pilose ; corollas nearly glabrous. 

 y. . H. Native of the North of China, in gravelly places be- 

 tween Jui-lin and Zsimin-i, Bunge. Habit of S. linearis ; but 

 differs in the leaves being green on both surfaces, and viscid, 

 and a little broader. Corollas cream-coloured. Perhaps this 

 species, with S. linearis, should have been placed in section 

 Lupulinaria. 



J'iscid Skullcap. PI. decumbent. 



40 S. MACRA'XTHA (Fisch. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 5. p. 52. 

 t. 488. Benth. lab. p. 436.) stems procumbent at the base, 

 ascending, almost glabrous ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 quite entire, rounded at the base, nearly glabrous, ciliated ; 

 floral leaves longer than the calyxes : racemes simple ; flowers 

 opposite, secund : calyxes pilose ; corolla ample, pubescent out- 

 side, the tube dilated above. 1. H. Native of Dahuria, 

 North of China. S. grandiflora, Bunge, but not of Sims. 

 Scutellaria, &c., Gmel. sib. 3. p. 228. no. 50. Stems usually 

 purplish, having the angles usually ciliated, the rest glabrous. 

 Leaves deep green above, glabrous, or with a few short hairs, 

 paler beneath, and quite glabrous. Corolla an inch long, blue. 

 This species connects sections Stachymorpka and Galericulata, 

 but has the habit of the latter. 



Long-flowered Skullcap. 

 to f foot. 



Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1827. PI. 



SECT. IV. GALERICCLA'TA (from galericulus, a narrow- 

 brimmed hat ; in reference to the form of the calyx.) Arth. 

 Hamilt. mon. p. 31. Benth. lab. p. 436. 3. Axillares, 

 Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 18. Floral leaves green, similar to the 

 cauline leaves, but gradually smaller. Flowers opposite, secund, 

 axillary, or the upper ones are somewhat racemose. 



41 S. ANODSTTFOLIA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 412.) nearly 

 glabrous ; stems erect, almost simple ; lower leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, toothed : superior ones nearly sessile, oblong-linear, quite 

 entire, all roundly cuneated at the base ; floral leaves similar to 

 the rest: upper ones sterile; flowers axillary, opposite, secund; 

 calyxes shorter than the pedicels. I/. H. Native of North- 

 west America, along the river Kooskoosky, Pursh ; at Fort 

 Vancouver, on the Columbia, Douglas. Herb glabrous, or 

 finely pubescent. Corolla 8 lines long, blue. ? 



Neuron-leaved Skullcap. PI. 4 foot. 



42 S. SCORDIFOLIA (Fisch, ind. sem. hort. petrop. p. 62. 

 Trev. in nov. act. bonn. 13. p. 185.) glabrous; stems branched; 

 leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, 

 or remotely serrated, rounded or cuneated at the base ; floral 

 leaves similar to the rest ; flowers axillary, opposite, secund. 

 li . H. Native of the Altaic mountains, and at Lake Baikal, and 

 of Kamtschatka. S. Adamsii, Spreng. syst. 2. p, 701. ? Arth. 

 Hamilt. mon. p. 34. t. 2. f. 3. Scutellaria, c., Gmel. sib. 3. 

 p. 229. no. 51. t. 47. ? Cassida, &c., Amm. stirp. 43. t. 55. 

 A species intermediate between S. angvstifolia and S. galericu- 

 lata. Corollas blue, longer than those of S. angustifblia. 



Var. /3, Adamsii (Benth. lab. p. 437.) leaves less toothed ; 

 floral leaves smaller ; flowers subracemose. 11 . H. 



Scordium-Uaced Skullcap. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 | foot. 



43 S. GALERICCLA'TA (Lin. spec. p. 835.) stems branched, 

 divaricate ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 roundly cordate at the base, crenated : floral leaves similar ; 

 flowers axillary, opposite, secund, on short pedicels, y,. H. 

 Native of Europe, Asia, and North America, in humid places, by 

 the sides of ditches, ponds, rivers ; almost in every part of Eu- 

 rope ; plentiful in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 523. Hook, fl. 

 lond. vol. 2. with a figure. Curt. lond. 3. t. 36. Fl. dan. t. 

 637. S. epilobiifolia, Arth. Hamilt. mon. p. 32. Riv. mon. t. 

 77. f. 1. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 30. Mor. hist. sec. 11. t. 20. 

 f. 6. ord. 3. Cassida galericulata, Scop. earn. no. 741 . Hall, helv. 

 no. 28. Moench. meth. p. 413. Plant very variable in stature 

 and pubescence, but readily distinguished by the form of the leaves 

 and flowers. Corolla 7-8 lines long, blue, whitish underneath. 

 The plant was formerly considered a cure for certain fevers. 



Hooded or Common Skullcap. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. PI. 

 J to 1 foot. 



44 S. HAST-EFOLIA (Lin. spec. p. 835.) stems ascending, nearly 

 simple, glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, quite entire, truncate at the base, and hastately sub-lobate : 

 floral ones similar to the rest ; flowers opposite, secund, subrace- 

 mose ; calyxes pubescent ; corolla elongated, with a dilated 

 throat : galea shorter than the lower lip. If. . H. Native of 

 France, Austria, and Germany, Sweden ; and Caucasus, at the 

 river Kuma. Cassida hasufolia, Scop. fl. earn. 1. p. 439. Riv. 

 mon. irr. t. 77. f. 2. This differs from S.galericulala in the leaves 

 being hastate at the base, in the corollas being a little longer, and 

 more approximate into a terminal raceme. Corollas blue. 



Halbert-leated Skull-cap. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. PI. 

 I foot. 



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