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8. BRUNEL'LA. Blue- curls. 



B. vnlga'ris. Common B. Stem simple, ascending 8-18'. Leaves oblong-ovate, 

 stalked, toothed. Whorls close together, forming an oblong, dense spike. 

 Corolla blue, upper lip truncate, with 3 awns. 



9. SCUTELLA'RIA/ Skullcap. 



Calyx campanulate, lips entire, with an appendage on the back and 

 closed after flowering. Corolla with a long, ascending tube, the upper lip 

 vaulted, nearly entire, middle lobe of the lower lip wide, spreading. Sta- 

 mens approximate in pairs, ascending beneath upper lip. Bitter herbs, not 

 aromatic. Flowers generally blue. May-August. 

 Flowers large (7-13" long), racemed above, with bracts.... a 



Flowers large or small, opposite, solitary in the axils of the leaves 8-10 



S Flowers small (3" long), in slender, axillary, 1-sided racemes 11 



a Bracts ovate, abrupt at base. Lips of the corolla short 1,2 



a Bracts lance-oblong, acute at base. Leaves notched, petiolate b 



a Bracts leaf-like, longer than the calyx. Leaves entire, subsessiie 7 



b Helmet (upper lip) of the corolla longer than the lower 3, 4 



b Helmet of the corolla not longer than the lip 5, 6 



) S. ^ersic'olor. Variegated S. Floral leaves sessile, broad-ovate, not cordate 

 Corolla lower lip scarcely longer than the upper, blue above. M. W. 



4 S. saxati'lis. Rock S. Weak, branched, ascending. Upper leaves oval, obtuse. 



Corolla lower lip twice longer than the upper, blue above, tube pale. Rocks. 

 W. S. 



3 S. canes'cens. Hoary S. Tall, downy. Leaves petiolate, oblong or ovate 



Flowers canescent, tube gradually enlarged. M. W. c. 



4 S. villo'sa. Woolly S. Stem woolly. Corolla tube slender, enlarged only at 



the throat. Helmet much larger than the lip. S. 



5 S. serra'ta. Saw-lf. S. Nearly smooth. Leaves acuminate, both ends. W. S. 

 <S S. pilo'sa. Hairy S, Plant hairy. Leaves rhomb.-ovate, obtuse. M. S. 



7 S. integrifo'lia. Entire-leaved S. Erect. Leaves ovate-lance., entire, sub- 

 sessile. M. 



S S. nervo'sa. Nerve-lf f. Lvs. broad-ovate, 3-5-veined. Stem 8-15'. M. W 

 J S.par'vula. Pigmy S. Lvs. oblong, ovate, obtuse, entire, sessile. Stem 3-6'. M. W. 

 i( '>. galericula'ta. Common S. Leaves lance-cordate, crenate-serrate. Flowers 1' 



long. c. 



11 S. lateriflo'ra. Mad-dog S. Branching, smoothish. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrate, petiolate. Racemes lateral, leafy, a 

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