MINT FAMILY. Labiates. 



Scutellaria 

 canescens 

 Light violet 

 July-August 



Scutellaria 

 pilosa 



Light violet 

 May July 



Scutellaria 

 integrifolia 

 Light violet 

 June-August 



The flowers, stems, and under sides of 

 the leaves covered with soft white down ; 

 flower nearly one inch long. Leaves 

 ovate 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 

 more. Leaves distant, oval or long ovate, 

 veiny, round-toothed, the longer-stemmed 

 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. 



Flower bright light violet, and an inch 

 long, in a striking terminal cluster. Leaves 

 oblong lance-shaped, or narrower, mostly 

 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, 

 borne on very short stems at the junction 

 of leaf-stem with plant-stem. Leaves op- 

 posite-growing, toothless, round to lance- 

 ovate or slightly heart-shaped, about ^ an 

 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, 



Flowers | inch long, growing in the 

 same position as those of the foregoing 

 species. Leaves ovate lance-shaped, the 

 lower sometimes with a slight heart-shaped 

 base, toothed, and acute. Stem smooth 

 1-2 feet high. Common in wet shad}^ places 



and along streams, especially in the north, west to N. 



Dak. 



Scutellaria 

 parvula 

 Violet 

 May-July 



inch long. 



Scutellaria 

 galericulata 

 Blue=-violet 

 July-August 



and slender 



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