MINT FAMILY. 708 
ALABAMA: Prairie region. Borders of fields and grassy banks. Hale County, 
Gallion, associated with Xylopleurum speciosum in the black prairies. Flowers pink, 
the bracts rose-colored; June, July. Mobile County, adventive from the Southwest; 
waste places. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Nova Hispania.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BLEPHILIA Raf. Journ. Phys. 89:98. 1819. 
Two species, perennial, Atlantic North America. 
Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. Journ. Phys. 89:98. 1819. CILIATED BLEPHILIA, 
Monarda ciliata L. Sp. Pl. 1:23. 1753. 
4 oe Sk. 1:30. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 415. Chap. Fl. 321. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
‘Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York west to Wisconsin, south to the Ohio 
Valley to Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Dry borders of woods, open copses. 
Lauderdale, Franklin, Madison (Huntsville), and Cullman counties. Flowers mauve 
color; June, July. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
NEPETA L. Sp. Pl. 2:570; 1753. 
Temperate and warmer regions of the Old World. 
Nepeta cataria L. Sp. Pl. 2:570., 1753. CATNIP. 
an Sk. 2:71. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 416. Chap. F1.321. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1: 377. 
EUROPE, WESTERN ASIA. 
Introduced and naturalized throughout Atlantic North America. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Clay County, Shinbone Valley. Talladega County, 
Chandler’s Spring, September, 1892. Perennial. 
Economic uses: Leaves and tops, under the name of “catnip” or ‘‘ cataria,” are 
an obsolete medicinal material. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europa.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SCUTELLARIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:598. 1753. SkuLucap. 
About 100 species, chiefly perennials, temperate regions of the globe. Within the 
Tropics in the mountains. North America, 23; Atlantic, 13; Pacific, 7. 
Scutellaria lateriflora L. Sp. Pl. 2:598. 1753. Map-poG SKULLCAP. 
Ell. Sk. 2:92. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 417. Chap. FI.324. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt.1: 
378. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Canadian Provinces from Anticosti to Oregon; 
New England (Mount Desert Island), west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the 
Gulf from Florida to Texas, and in New Mexico. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Wet thickets along streams. Mobile County, banks 
of Mobile River. Flowers pale blue. Plant 2 to 3 feet high. Perennial. Not 
common. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Canada, Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Scutellaria cordifolia Muhl. Cat.56. 1813. HEART-LEAF SKULLOAP. 
Scutellaria versicolor Nutt. Gen. 2:38. 1818. 
Ell. Sk.2:91. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 417. Chap. F1.322. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt.1: 
378. : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 
and the Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Tennessee, and along the 
mountains to South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Shady borders of woods. Madison 
County, Huntsville. Jackson County, Gurley, 1,000 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa 
County (Z. 4. Smith). Corolla sky-blue, white in the tube. Flowersin June. Per- 
ennial. 
‘Type locality: ‘Car. Pens. * * * Missis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Scutellaria cordifolia minor (Chap.). 
Scutellaria versicolor minor Chap. F1.323. 1860. 
