246 OKDER 91. L^BIAT^E. 



Tall. Verticils iu a terminal raceme. Calyx nearly regular JNo. 1 



GLECHOMA. Low, diffuse. Flowers axillary. Calyx curved, oblique No. 2 



1 N. ca.ta.ria. L. Catnip. Erect, hoary-tomentous ; Ivs. petiohite, cordate, deltoid- 



ovate, coarsely crenate-serrate ; flowers spiked, the whorls slightly peduncled. 2i 

 About old buildings, &c. 2 3f. July. . The delight of cats. 



2 N. Gleclioma B. GUl-over-the-Oround. Leaves reniform, crenate ; corolla 3 times 



longer than the calyx (10"), bluish purple, anthers forming 2 little crosses, if Creep- 

 ing in grass, about walls, &c. 3' If. May. Europe. 



29. DRACOCEPHALUM, L. DRAGON-HEAD. Calyx subequal^ob- 

 liquc, 5-cleft, upper segment larger. Cor. bilabiate, upper lip vaulted, einar- 

 ginate, throat inflated, lower lip spreading, 3-cleft, middle lobe much larger, 

 rounded or subdivided. Sta. 4, distinct, ascending, the upper pair longer. @ 



D. parvlflorum N. Plant some downy, slender : leaves petiolate, lanceolate, deeplv 

 nerrate ; flowers small, bluish, spicate. N. New York, and W. : rare. 18'. July. 



30. CEDRONELLA, Moench. Cal. subcampanulate, 5-toothed. Cor 

 tube exserted, throat dilated, upper lip straight, flattish, einarginate or cleft 

 lower 3-fid, middle lobe largest. Stam. 4, ascending, the upper longer, an- 

 ther-cells parallel. Flowers spicate, bracted. Summer. 



1 C. cordate. N. Pubescent, producing runners ; leaves cordate, petiolate, bluntly 



crenate; spikes unilateral, corolla pale blue, 1'. 11 Rocks, O., Va. : rare. If. June. 



2 C. MEXICANA. Erect, with cordate-lanceolate, dentate leaves ; flowers in a spike of 



close whorls, purple, large. Mexico. 2 <tf. (Gardoquia (Lind.)) 



31. BRUNELLA, Tourn. SELF-IIEAL. BLUE-CURLS. Cal. about 10- 

 ribbed, upper lip dilated, truncate, with 8 short teeth, lower lip with 2 lan- 

 ceolate teeth. Filam. forked, one point of the fork bearing the anther. 11 



R. vnlgarig L. Stem simple ; leaves oblong-ovate, toothed, petiolate ; flowers blue, 

 in a large oblong-ovoid spike of dense verticils with runiform bracta. Low grounds, 

 very common, varying from S 7 to 2f. All Summer. 



32. SCUTELLARIA, L. SKULL-CAP. Cal. campanulate, lips entire, 

 upper one appendaged on the back and closed after flowering. Cor. upper 

 lip vaulted, lower dilated, convex, tube much exserted, ascending, throat 

 dilated. Stani. ascending beneath the upper lip, anthers approximate in 

 pairs, acheuia tubercular. U 



$ Flowers large (1 to 13" long), racemed at top of the stem, with bracts., .(a) 



a Bracts ovate, abrupt at base. Lips of corolla short. Petioles long. . .Nos. 1, 2, 3 

 a Bracts lance-oblong, acute at bass. Leaves notched, petiolate.. .(6) 



b Galea of the corolla longer than the lower lip Nos. 4, 5 



b Galea of the corolla not longer than the Hp Nos. fi, 1 



a Bracts leaf-like, longer than the calyx. Leaves entire, subsessile . . Nos. 8 10 



Flowers large or small, opposite, solitary, in the axils of the leaves Nos. 1113 



| Flowers small (3" long), in slender, axillary, one-sided racemes No. 14 



1 S. versicolor N. Glandular-hairy, erect, branched ; leaves broad-ovate, cordate, 



crenate, veiny ; racemes long, many-flowered ; bracts ovate, entire, subsessile ; co- 

 rolla 6 7", lips blue, subequal, lateral lobes distinct. Pa., and W. States. lj 4f. 



2 S. rugosa Wood. Hairs and leaves ae in No. 1, but the stem is weak, ascendimc, 



bracts petiolate, and the lower lip of the (8'') corolla pendent and twice lor.ger thnn 

 the upper. Kooky shores. Harper's Ferry, Va., and S-W. 18'. 



