Vol.. III.] MINT FAMILY. 



7. Scutellaria Drummondii Benth. 

 Drummond's Skullcap. (Fig. 3081.) 



Scutellaria Drummondii Benth. Lab. Gen. & 

 Sp. 441. 1834. 



Annual, or perhaps biennial, from a rather 

 deep straight root, villous-puberulent or pu- 

 bescent, the branches t/-%' long. Leaves 

 ovate, oblong, or obovate, entire, or the lower 

 sparingly crenulate, 4 // -i2 // long, obtuse or 

 acutish, narrowed at the base, the upper ses- 

 sile, the lower petioled, the uppermost gradu- 

 ally smaller; flowers solitary in the axils, 

 short- peduncled ; fruiting calyx about 2" long ; 

 corolla blue, or the tube nearly white, 4 // -5 // 

 long, pubescent, the lower lip violet, spotted, 

 longer than the upper; gynobase short. 



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Kansas (according to Smyth), Texas and Mex- 

 ico. April-June. 



8. 



Scutellaria resinosa Torr. Resin- 

 ous Skullcap. (Fig. 3082.) 



Scutellaria resinosa Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 232. 



1827. 

 Scutellaria Wrightii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 



370. 1872. 



Perennial from a thick woody root, minutely 

 canescent or puberulent and usually resiniferous; 

 stems rather slender, rigid, tufted, leafy, ascend- 

 ing, 6'-io / high. Leaves ovate, oval, or oblong, 

 sessile, or the lower short-petioled, entire, obtuse 

 at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, 3 // -6 // 

 long; flowers solitary in the axils; fruiting calyx 

 nearly 3" long; corolla violet or nearly white, 

 very pubescent, 6 // -8 // long, its tube narrow and 

 lips nearly equal; gynobase short. 



On dry plains, Nebraska and Kansas to Texas. 

 May-Aug. 



9. Scutellaria parvula Michx. 

 Small Skullcap. (Fig. 3083.) 



Scutellaria parvula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: u. 



1803. 



Scutellaria ambigua Nutt. Gen. 2: 37. 1S18. 



Glabrous, or sparingly puberulent, some- 

 times slightly glandular, perennial by slen- 

 der tuberous-thickened rootstocks; stems 

 erect or ascending, very slender, usually 

 branched, 3 / -i2 / tall. Leaves ovate, oval or 

 lanceolate, or the lower nearly orbicular, en- 

 tire and sessile, or the lower sparingly den- 

 tate and petioled, 3 // -i2 // long; flowers soli- 

 tary in the axils; fruiting calyx about 1" 

 long; corolla 2 // -4 // long, violet, pubescent; 

 gynobase short. 



In moist sandy soil, Quebec to Ontario and 

 Minnespta, south to New Jersey, Florida, Ne- 

 braska and Texas. April-July. 



