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the valves bent in ; opening at the lop : the 

 seeds very manv, small : the receptacle roundish, 

 insinuating itself into each cell. 



Tlie species cultivated are: I. S. fnitcscem, 

 Shiubhy Figwori; 2. S. trifol'iatfi, Tiiree-leavcd 

 Figwort ; 3. S. sumhiidfoUa, Elder-leaved Fig- 

 wort ; 4. ,S'. l/tcida, vShining-leaved Figwort. 



The first has the stem perennial, (or becoming 

 woody,) four-cornered, acute-angled, brachiate 

 below : the leaves ovate, toothed, shining, 

 smooth, small, opposite: the lower obovate; the 

 npper oblong ; the raceme terminating, leafy, 

 with quite entire bractes, and opposite trilid pe- 

 <luncles. the length of the bractes : corollas small, 

 very dark purple, with the lateral segments white, 

 and the lowest very small. A native of Portugal. 

 The second species has the stem simple or 

 sparingly branched, erect, smooth, four-cor- 

 nered, striated : the leaves cordate, smooth and 

 even, shining, veined, obtuse, unequally and 

 obtusely double-toothed, petioled ; the lower 

 ones often eared at the base : the raceme inter- 

 rupted : the peduncles alternate : the flowers 

 pedicelled, in racemelets. According to Pluke- 

 net, they are beautifully variegated with red and 

 yellow. It is a native of Corsica and Africa, 

 and is biennial or peiennial. 



In the third the stem is erect, four-cornered 

 from the decurrcnt petioles : the leaves pinnate, 

 with five or seven leaflets, (besides the smaller 

 ones placed between them) cordate, wrinkled, 

 smooth above, serrate, with the end one larger : 

 the raceme terminating, composed of very short, 

 subdiehotomous, axillary peduncles in pairs : 

 flowers large, purple with the lower lip greenish. 

 It is a native of Portugal, flowering from July 

 to September, and perennial. 



The fourth species, according to Miller, is a 

 biennial plant, with stalks fifteen inches high, 

 thick, smooth, and having scarcely anv corners: 

 leaves pinnate, narrow, of a lucid green, thick, 

 isucculcnt, and divided into niany leaflets, which 

 are again divided (bipinnate): flowers in loose 

 bunches on the sides and at the top of the stalk, 

 of a dark brown colour with a mixture of green. 

 It is a native of the kingdom of Naples. 



Culture. — ^Thcse plants may be increased by 

 seeds, which should be sown in autumn in the 

 borders or other places where the plants are to 

 remain. The plants should be kept free from 

 weeds ; when the roots continue several years, 

 unless destroyed by severe frosts. It is there- 

 fore a good practice to have some in pots pro- 

 tected by a frame and glasses: and as the young 

 plants flower the strongest, a proper succession 

 should be sown annually. They may also be 

 sometimes raised from the parted roots ; and the 

 shrubby sorts bv cuttings in the summer. 



Thev aflord ornament in the clumps. Sec. 

 Vol. II, 



SCULL-CAP. See Scuthllaria. 

 SCUTELLARIA, a genus coiitainins; p1a:\ts 

 of the hardy herbaceous perennial kind. "" 



It belongs to the class and order Dicli/narnia 

 Giimiiospcrmta, and ranks in ihe natural order 

 of FciiicillatcB. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianth, very short, tubular: mouth 

 almost entire ; after iiowering closed with a lid r- 

 the corolla one-petalled, ringent : tube very short, 

 bent backwards: throat long, compressed: upper 

 lip concave, trifid ; middle iTttle segment concave 

 emarginafe; side ones fiat, sharpish, lyina; under 

 the middle one; lower lip wider, emarginate: 

 the stamina have four filaments, concealed be- 

 neath the upper lip, of which two are lon-er; 

 anthers small: the pistilkim is a four-parted 

 germ: style filiform, situation and length of the 

 stamens: stigma simple, curved in, acuminate: 

 there is no pericarpium : calyx closed by a lid, 

 helmet-shaped, doing the office of a capsule, 

 three-sided, opening by the lower margin : the 

 seeds four, roundish. 



The species are: 1. S. integri folia. Entire- 

 leaved Skull-cap; 2. S. peregriiia, Florentine 

 Skull-cap; 3. S. althsima, Tall Skull-cap. 



The first has the stems two feet high, sending 

 out many side branches: the lower leaves heart- 

 shafied and serrate, standing upon pretty lon<r 

 foot-stalks; upper leaves ovate and entire: the 

 flowers in very long loose spikes at the end of 

 the branches; they are of a purple colour, and 

 appear at the end of June. It is a native of 

 North America. 



The second species has the stem hairy, two 

 feet high : the flowers are purple or white. It is 

 a native of Italy, Sec. 



I'he third has the stems three or four feet 

 high, sending out a few slender branches: the 

 flowers are purple, with longer tubes than those 

 of any of the other sorts. It is a native of the 

 Levant. 



Culture. — These are all raised from seed, 

 which should he sown in the autumn or sprino;, 

 but the former is the better season, in the places 

 where they are to remain, or in a border to be 

 removed afterwards. When the plants are up 

 they should he properly thinned out and kept 

 free from weeds. 



They afiord variety in the borders, clumps, 

 and other parts of pleasure-grounds. 



SEA CABBAGE. See Bbassica and 

 Crambe. 



SEA DAFFODIL. See Pancratium. 



SEA GRAPE. See Coccoloba. 



SEA HOLLY. SeeERVNGiuM. 



SEA LAUREL. See Phyllanthus. 



SEA ONION. SeeSciLLA. 



SEA PEA. See Pisum. 



