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SCUTELLARIA 



SCUTELLARIA 



1. alpina, Linn. A hardy spreading perennial, about 

 10 in. high, with ovate, serrately dentate Ivs. and large, 

 purple and white or somewhat yellowish fls. in dense, 

 terminal racemes. July, Aug. Eu. R.H. 1889:12. A 

 handsome rock or low border perennial. Var. alba, 

 Hort., a white-fld. form offered in the trade. Var. 

 caerulea, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. lupullna, 

 Benth. (S. lupulina, Linn. S. lupulina bi color, Hort.), is 

 a form with yellow fls. Var. rosea, Hort., is offered in 

 the trade, 



2. orientals, Linn. (S. grandifldra, Sims, not Adams. 

 S. pulchella, Bunge). A hardy perennial, procumbent: 

 Ivs. long-petioled, ovate, dentate, tomentose: fls. pur- 

 plish, with a yellow throat or almost entirely yellow. 

 Altai Mts. B.M. 635. 



Section II. HETERANTHESIA. 

 All American species. 



3. Ventenatii, Hook. Perennial: sts. erect, branched, 

 everywhere soft-slender-pubescent: Ivs. long-petioled, 

 rather thick, cordate-ovate, rather obtuse, coarsely ser- 

 rate: racemes terminal, elongated, subsecund or sub- 

 distichous: calyx small; corolla scarlet, about 1 in. long, 

 the upper lip deeply 4-cut. Colombia. B.M. 4271. 

 G.C. III. 35:376. 



Section III. STACHYMACRIS. 

 A. Lvs. subsessile or short-petioled, sub- 

 entire, lanceolate or linear 11. baicalensis 



AA. Lvs. petioled, crenate or serrate, ovate 



to subrotundate. 



B. Base of the Ivs. narrowed, blades usu- 

 ally ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late. 



c. Margins serrate 9. montana 



cc. Margins entire 10. brevifolia 



BB. Base of at least some of the Ivs. trun- 

 cate or cordate. 

 c. Floral Ivs. sessile or shorter than 



the calyx. 

 D. Sts. procumbent or low, scarcely 



1 ft. high. 



E. Surface of If. vilhus above and 

 below: Ivs. small, subrotun- 

 date 4. indica 



EE. S u rfa ce of If. hispidulous 



above: Ivs. ovate 5. violacea 



DD. Sts. erect, more than 1 ft. high. . 6. altissima 

 cc. Floral Ivs. petiolate, equaling or 

 exceeding the calyx. 



D. Corolla purple to violet 7. 



DD. Corolla white .8. 



peregnna 

 albida 



4. indica, Linn. St. procumbent at base: branches 

 ascending, 6 in. to 1 ft. high: Ivs. small, petiolate, rotun- 

 date, crenate, base cordate, both surfaces minutely 

 pubescent: raceme dense, subsimple, 3-4 in. long: fls. 

 opposite, secund; calyx pubescent; corolla bluish, 

 rather glabrous, the lower lip very broad. China and 

 Japan. Var. jap6nica, Hort. (S. japonica, Morr. & 

 Decne.), grows about 6 in. high: Ivs. ovate, gray-green: 

 fls. blue or lilac; corolla pubescent. Japan. P.M. 10: 

 123. F.S. 2:80. H.U. 5, p. 105. G.M. 57:791. 



5. violacea, Heyne. Herb, 6-12 in. high: st. erect 

 or ascending, pubescent: Ivs. petioled, cordate-ovate, 

 1-3 in. long, crenate, pubescent or glabrous beneath: 

 racemes 4-5 in. long, lax, subsimple: fls. opposite, 

 secund; calyx pubescent; corolla ^in. diam., violet. 

 India and Ceylon. B.M. 8320. G.W. 14, p. 620. 



6. altissima, Linn. St. erect, branched: Ivs. petioled, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, crenate, base broad-cordate, 

 scarcely rugose : racemes elongated, somewhat branched, 

 villous: fls. opposite, secund; calyx villous; corolla 

 creamy yellow, 4 times as long as the calyx. S. E. Eu. 

 and Caucasus. 



7. peregrina, Linn. Sts. procumbent: branches 

 elongated, glabrous or pubescent near the ends: Ivs. 

 petioled, ovate, obtuse, crenate, base rotund-truncate, 



glabrous or slightly pubescent: racemes elongated, lax: 

 fls. subsessile, opposite, secund; calyx large, somewhat 

 pilose; corolla violet, pubescent outside. S. Eu. and the 

 Orient. The sts. and Ivs. are frequently glabrous and 

 dark purplish or reddish. 



8. albida, Linn. Branches elongated, pubescent : Ivs. 

 1J^ in. long, petioled, broad-ovate, coarsely crenate, 

 base rotundate-truncate or the lowest cordate : racemes 

 often more than 1 ft. long, lax: fls. opposite, secund, sub- 

 sessile; calyx pilose; corolla J-^in. long, dirty white, vil- 

 lous outside. S. E. Eu. and Cent. Asia. 



9. montana, Chapm. Perennial, tomentose-pubes- 

 cent: st. simple, erect, 1-1 H ft. high: Ivs. ovate or 

 oblong-ovate, coarsely and sharply serrate, lowest sub- 

 cordate, upper acute at both ends, petioled: raceme 

 simple, few-fld.: fls. opposite; corolla large, 1M~1H in. 

 long, blue. Mountains of Ga. 



10. brevifdlia, Gray. A half-hardy, compact peren- 

 nial, Y<Z-\ ft. high: Ivs. numerous, oblong, narrow, 

 about J^in. long: fls. dark purple, about %in. long. 

 Blooming season long; summer. Dry limestone banks, 

 Texas. 



Subsection ANGUSTIFOLLE. 



11. baicalensis, Georgi (S. macrdntha, Fisch.). A 

 hardy perennial herb, almost glabrous: st. half erect, 

 about 1 ft. high: Ivs. lanceolate, obtuse, ciliate: fls. 

 blue, in many simple racemes; calyx-hood incurved. 

 July, Aug. E. Asia. Var. coelestina, Hort., has large 

 spikes of bright blue fls. July. G.W. 9, p. 61. 



Section IV. GALERICULARIA. 

 A. Fls. scarlet or red, irregularly arranged 

 in axillary and terminal racemes: lax 



herbs or shrubs 18. Mociniana 



AA. F Is. blue or violet. 



B. Infl. composed of axillary racemes: 



lax, strongly branched herbs 17. lateriflora 



BB. Infl. composed of solitary axillary fls. 

 or the uppermost fls. subracemose. 

 c. Margins of Ivs., at least the lower, 

 crenate or dentate or the base has- 

 tate 13. galericulata 



cc. Margins of Ivs. all entire. 



D. Blades oblong-lanceolate or lin- 

 ear 12 angustifolia 



DD. Blades ovate 



E. Lvs. petiolate, remote 16. antirrhinoides 



EE. Lvs. subsessile, approximate. 

 F. Plants without moniliform 



tubers 14. resinosa 



FF. Plarits with moniliform tu- 

 bers 15. Brittonii 



Subsection GENUINE. 



12. angustifdlia, Pursh. A hardy perennial, about 6 

 in. high, with Ivs. J^-l in. long, narrowed at the base, 

 and violet-blue fls. %-l in. long, with the corolla-tube 

 slender. Moist ground, N. W. U. S. 



13. galericulata. Linn. Hardy, perennial by filiform 

 stolons, 1-3 ft. high: Ivs. ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 about 2 in. long: fls. solitary in the axils of the upper 

 Ivs., about 1 in. long. June-Sept. In moist ground 

 throughout the U. S. and Eu. B.B. 3:83; (ed. 2) 3:109. 



14. resinosa, Torr. (S. Wnghtii, Gray). Plants 

 minutely glandular-pubescent: sts. herbaceous, low, 

 erect and much-branched: Ivs. about J^in. long, ovate 

 or spatulate-oblong, very obtuse, both surfaces green, 

 entire, base rotundate or subcuneate not cordate, 

 resinous-glandular: fls. axillary, opposite, secund; calyx 

 glandular-pubescent; corolla blue, densely villous. 

 Kans. to Texas and westward to Ariz. B.B. (ed. 2) 

 3:108. 



15. Brittonii, Porter. Glandular- or viscid-pubescent, 

 branching from the base, 4-8 in. high: Ivs. oblong or 

 oval, sessile and entire or the lowest short-petioled and 

 slightly crenulate: fls. solitary in the axils; corolla blue 



