488 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



182. (Fig. 174.) SCUTELLARIA. Skullcap. 

 Fl. ex. 30. 



Hoodwort, Madweed, E. Helmkraut, Schildkraut, G. Scutellaire, 

 Fr. 



The leafy parts of Scutellaria lateriflora L., Labiatse. 



Deep, somewhat olive green. 



Fragrant; somewhat heavy. 



Sweetish and somewhat bitter. 



Vertical walls of epidermal cells wavy; delicate wavy cuticular 

 markings; stomata on lower surface only. Simple many celled tri- 

 chomes with warty cuticular markings. Large many celled glandular 

 trichomes and smaller glands with two secreting cells. Some oval 

 pollen grains. 



