MINT FAMILY. Labiatse. 



The flowers, stems, and under sides of 

 Scutellaria the leaves covered with soft white down ; 

 CTtTiolet flower nearly one inch long. Leaves 

 July-August ova te or narrow-ovate, stemmed, and some 

 slightly heart-shaped at the base. 2-4 feet 

 high. River- banks from Ontario to 111., and south 

 among the mountains to N. Car. 



Flowers half an inch long or a trifle 

 Scutellaria more. Leaves distant, oval or long ovate, 

 Li^ht violet vein y round-toothed, the longer-stemmed 

 May-July lower ones sometimes slightly heart- 

 shaped, the upper on short, margined 

 stems. Plant-stem with spreading hairs. Dry or sandy 

 ground, or woods. 12-30 inches high. Southern N. Y. 

 and Pa., south, and west to Mich. The var. Tiirsuta is a 

 larger, more hairy form with coarse leaves. Va., Ky. 



Flower bright light violet, and an inch 

 Scutellaria long, in a striking terminal cluster. Leaves 

 in egrifo la o bi on g lance-shaped, or narrower, mostly 

 June-August toothless, obtuse, short-stemmed, and 

 downy together with the plant-stem. 6- 

 20 inches high. Dry ground, borders of fields, woods. 

 The seaboard States from R. I. south. A handsome 

 species. 



A low species with flowers inch long, 

 Scutellaria borne on very short stems at the junction 



parvula of i ea f. st em with plant-stem. Leaves op- 



Violet . 



May-July posite- growing, toothless, round to lance- 



ovate or slightly heart-shaped, about J an 

 inch long. Stem spreading, 3-10 inches high. Sandy 

 banks and moist places, from N. Y. and N. J., south, 

 and west to S. Dak., Minn., Neb., and Tex. The var. 

 ambigua is minutely fine-hairy or smooth. Me., Wis. 

 to Ky., and Tex. 



Flowers f inch long, growing in the 

 Scutellaria same position as those of the foregoing 

 galericulata spec i es . Leaves ovate lance-shaped, the 

 Blue-violet .,, ,. ,,, 



July-August lower sometimes with a slight heart-shaped 



base, toothed, and acute. Stem smooth 

 and slender. 1-2 feet high. Common in wet shady places 

 and along streams, especially in the north and west. 

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