Order 89.— LARIATE PLANTS. 259 



8. BRUNEL'LA. Blue-curls. 



B. vulga'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 campamilate, lips entire, with an appendage on the hack and 

 closed after flowering. Corolla with a long, ascending tuhe, 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. MoAj-AugvAt. 

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

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



§ Flowers small (8" 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, subsessile 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 



1 S. versio'olor. Variegated S. Floral leaves sessile, broad-ovate, not cordate. 



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



2 S. saxati'lis. Booh S. Weak, branched, ascending. Upper leaves oval, obtuse. 



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

 W. S. 



3 S. eanes'oeas. Hoary S. Tall, downy. Leaves petiolate, oblong or ovate. 



Flowers canesoent, 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. 



6 S. pilo'sa. ffair!/ fS. Plant hairy. Leaves rhomb. -ovate, obtuse. M. S. 



7 S. integrifo'lia. Untire-leaved S. Ereot. Leaves ovate-lance., entire, sub- 

 sessile. M. 



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



9 S.par'viila. IKgmy S. Lvs. oblong, ovate, obtuse, entire, sessile. Stem 3-6'. M. W. 



10 S. galerioula'ta. Gommcn S. Leaves lance-cordate, orenate-serrate. Flowers 1' 



long. c. 

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

 acuminate, serrate, petiolate. Eacemes lateral, leafy, c. 



