OrpER 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 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 
§ Flowers small (3’’ long), in slender, axillary, 1-sided racemes....11 
= Bracts ovate, abrupt at base. Lips of the corolla short....1, 2 
= Bracts lance-oblong, acute at base. Leaves notched, petiolate....b 
= Bracts leaf-lke, 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 
1S. versic’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. Rock S. Weak, branched, ascending. Upper leaves oval, obtuse. 
Corolla lower lip twice longer than the upper, blue above, tube pale. Rocks, 
W.S. 
3S. canes’cens. Hoary S. Tall, downy. Leaves petiolate, oblong or ovate, 
Flowers canescent, tube gradually enlarged. M. W. o. 
4S, villo’sa. JYoolly 8. Stem woolly. Corolla tube slender, enlarged only at 
the throat. Helmet much larger than the lip. S. 
5 S.serra’ta. Saw-i/f. 8. Nearly smooth. Leaves acuminate, both ends. W.S. 
6 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. 
8 S.nervo’sa, Werve-lf. S. Lvs. broad-ovate, 8-5-veined. Stem 8-15’. M. W 
9 S,par’vula. Pigmy S. Lvs. oblong, ovate, obtuse, entire, sessile. Stem 3-6’. M. W. 
10 S. galericula’ta. Common S. Leaves lance-cordate, crenate-serrate. Flowers 1’ 
long. ¢. 
11 S. laterifio’ra. Mad-dog S. Branching, smoothish. Lvs. ovate-lanceo late, 
acuminate, serrate, petiolate. Racemes lateral, leafy. . 
