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this and the next three species suggest a skullcap, hence the 

 popular name. In wet places, almost throughout North Amer- 

 ica. August. Fig. yj'j. 



778. Marsh Skullcap. Scutellaria galericulata. A usually 

 branched, erect, hairy perennial, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves lance- 

 oblong, stalkless, toothed, scarcely narrowed to a broad base, 

 1-2^/2 in. long, sometimes a few of the lower ones stalked. 

 Flowers nearly solitary or in few-flowered clusters. Corolla 

 blue, about i in. long. In wet places. Newfoundland to No. 

 Carolina and westward. July-September. Fig. 778. 



779. Hyssop Skullcap. Scutellaria integrifolia. A slender 

 erect perennial, somewhat hairy, 6-20 in. high. Leaves oval 

 or lance-oval, 1-2 in. long, without teeth , narrowed to a 

 stalkless base. Flowers few in a mostly terminal cluster, the 

 corolla blue, about i in. long. In woods, or thickets, Mass. to 

 Florida, and westward ; variable. June-August. Fig. 779. 



780. Downy Skullcap. Scutellaria incana. {S. canesccns.) 

 A finely white-hairy, usually branched perennial, 2-4 ft. high. 

 Leaves stalked, lance-oblong, 3-4 in. long, sharply toothed, • 

 pointed both ends, or sometimes broad at the base. Flowers 

 in open terminal clusters, or a few among the upper leaves, 

 the corolla about ji in. long, violet-blue. In moist shade, 

 Ontario to Florida, and westward. July. Fig. 780. There are 

 two closely related species, differing in the degree or kind of 

 hairiness. 



