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10. SCUTELLARIA, L. Sxuuicap. 
Calyx, with two entire lips and a gibbous projection on the back, closed after flower- 
ing. Corolla, with an elongated and curved ascending tube, a dilated throat, an erect 
arched or galeate upper lip, with which the lateral lobes appear to be connected; the 
anterior lobe appearing to form the whole lower lip.—Herbs, not aromatic; with single 
axillary, rather conspicuous flowers. 
1. S&. angustifolia, Pursh. A span toa foot high; leaves about an inch long; the 
radical ones often roundish or even cordate; corolla blue or violet, an inch long, with a 
slender tube; lower lobe villous inside.—Ours is mainly 
Var. canescens, Gr. A form with soft, hoary pubescence, and the tube of the 
corolla bent so as to throw the upper part backward. 
2. S&S. Californica, Gr. Puberulent; stems 8 to 20 inches high, slender; leaves 
from lanceolate-oblong to oval-ovate; the lower an inch or more long, often serrate; upper 
gradually reduced to half an inch or less; lips of the yellowish corolla about equal. 
3. S&S. tuberosa, Benth. Soft, pubescent or villous; stems slender, erect and short, 
or trailing a foot in length; the filiform subterranean shoots bearing tubers; leaves mostly 
ovate, coarsely and obtusely few-toothed or entire, 5 to 18 lines long; corolla deep blue 
or violet. 
11. BRUNELLA, Tourn. S£L¥-HEAL, 
Calyx-lips closed in fruit. Corolla with ascending tube, open lips, and slightly-con- 
tracted orifice; upper lip arched and entire; lower 3-lobed, its middle lobe drooping, 
rounded, concave, denticulate.—Low perennials, the flowers crowded in a terminal ob- 
long or cylindraceous head or spike. 
1. B. vulgaris, L. A span toa foot or more in height; leaves ovate or oblong, slen- 
der-petioled; corolla violet, purple, or rarely white; calyx purplish. 
12. STACHYS, L. 
Corolla with cylindrical tube not dilated at the throat; the upper lip erect and concave 
or arched; the lower spreading, its middle lobe larger. Stamens ascending under the 
upper lip; filaments naked; anthers approximate in pairs, 2-celled.—Herbs, not aro- 
matic, with flowers clustered, capitate, or scattered, often spicate at the end of the 
branches; flowers sessile or nearly so. 
* Corolla white or whitish; the upper lip bearded or woolly on the back; herbage tomentose 
or soft hairy. 
1. S&S. ajugoides, Benth. A span to a foot high; silky-villous with whitish hairs; 
leaves oblong, very obtuse, crenately serrate, 1 to 3 inches long, the upper sessile; flow- 
ers about 3 in the axils of the distant upper leaves, and loosely leafy-spicate at the sum. 
amit.—Moist ground. 
