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LXIIT. LABIATE. 



^Scutellaria, 



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20. Scutellaria Linn, Skull-cap. 



CaL broadly ovate, having a conspicuous concave tootli or 

 scale ou the upper side ; its 2 nearly equal entire lips clos(3d 

 after flowering. Co7\ with the tube much exserted : upper lip 

 straight, arched ; lower one trifid. Filaments simple : anthers 

 of the two lower stamens 1 -celled, of the two upper 2-ceUed. 

 Style bifid, upper lobe very short. — I^Tamed from scutella^ a 

 little dish ov cup^ which , the calyx with its appendage or ear 

 somewhat resembles. 



1. S.gale7nculdta L. (common S.} ; stem branched divaricated 

 leaves crenate oblong or ovate-lanceolate rounded or cordate at 

 the base, flowers axillary solitary opposite secund, calyx downy 

 without irlands. i?. B. t. 523. 



Banks of rivers and lakes, especially 

 Stem 8 or 10 inches to 1 foot high. 



in stony places. 

 Floivers rather 



^. 7,8. 

 large, blue, 



usually downy. 



2. S. ?ninor L. (lesser^ S.) ; glabrous, leaves shortly stalked 

 obtuse mostly quite entire, lowest ones broadly ovate, interme- 

 diate ones ovate lanceolate cordate and soinev/hat hastate at 

 the base, upper and floral ones lanceolate rounded at the base 

 flowers (small) solitary axillary opposite unilateral, corolla 

 nearly glabrous with the throat dilated, calyx downy without 



E. B. t. 524. 



glands. 



Moist heathy places and by the sides of lakes, chiefly in the western 

 and middle counties of England, very rare on the east coast. Wales, 

 West coast of Scotland, rare ; bog between Luss and Helensbur'di, 

 Dumbartonshire, If.. 7—10.^ — Stem 4 — 6 inches hiirli. Lower 



leaves sometimes with one or two teeth at the base, and hence sub- 

 hastate ; upper ones much narrower and quite entire. Flowers pale- 

 reddish, almost white. Lower lip spotted. 



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1. Plng 



OiiD. LXIV. VERBENACE^ Juss. 



Calyx tubular or campanulate, persistent, 

 petalous ; tube elongated; limb irregular 4 — 5-Iobed. 



or 2 : anthers 2-celled. 



4 didynamous, 



2 — 4-seeded. 



Style 1, terminal. 



Corolla niono- 



Stamens 

 Ovary 2 — 4-celIed, 



Cap- 



Stigma bifid or entire. 



sule separating at length into 2—4 achenes, or indehiscent, or a 

 berry with 1—4 nucules. Albumen 0. Radicle inferior. — 

 Trees or shrubs or herbaeeous plants. Leaves generally oppo- 

 site. -^-TIiq Teak of the East Indies^ of which the timber is 



extensively employed there for ship-building, belongs to this 

 Natural Family. 



U, 2.11p] 

 4e touch. 



