Scutellaria. LABIATE. 379 



V ar. argTita. Pilose-pubeseent : thin leaves narrower, acutish, more deeply crenate- 

 dentate. — .S. aryuta, Buckley in Am. Jour. Sei. xlv. 175; Cliapin. Fl. §23. S- saxatilis, 

 var. ? pilosior, Beuth. 1. c, at least in part. S. Chamadrys, Shuttlewortli in Ind. Sem. Lips., 

 on char. — ilountains o£ Carolina and Georgia. 



•*^ •*— Cauline leaves crenate-denta'e or serrate, only the lowest if any cordate at base, more or 

 less petioled : lateral lobes of the blue corolla shorter than the galeate upper Up and more con- 

 nected with it. 



++ Corolla a full inch Imiir. nearly glabrous : stem (a foot or two high) and loosely flowered some- 

 what leafy erect raceme simple, or rarely a pair of racemes at the base of the terminal one: 

 leaves (-3 to -5 pairs) coar-cly and sharply serrate, acute or acuminate, mostly acute at base, 2 to 4 

 inches long; the lowe»l floral usually iaryc aud similar; upper entire and lanceolate. 



S. montana, Chapna. Soft-pubesi-Lnt : leaves oblong-ovate or the lowest subcordate: 

 calyx velvety-piibcscLnt : tube of the corolla ampliate upward, and the lips very broad, 

 the upper emarginate. — Bot. Gazette, iii. 11. — Dry woods and fields, in the mountains of 

 the north-western part of Georgia, Chapman. 

 ' S. serrata, Andx. Glabrous, or obscurely pubescent ; leaves thin, ovate or ovate-ob- 

 long: corolla with narrow tube, moderately ampliate throat, and rather narrow upper lip. 

 — But. Eep. t. 4.14 ; Benth. in DC. 1. c. 42i. — Woods, Penn. to Illinois and X. Carolina. 



++ -^-T- Corolla two-thirds or three-fourths inch long, canescently puberulent : racemes numerous, 

 thyrsoid-paniculate, many-flowered. 



• S. canescens, Nutt. Minutely and canescently pubescent : stem 2 to 4 feet high, 

 leafy : leaves from oblongovate to lanceolate-oblong, crenate-serrate, acute (3 or 4 inches 

 long), the base obtuse or rounded, or of the uppermost acute, and lowest occasionally sub- 

 cordate, the upper surface green and glabrous, the lower canescent, as also the racemes 

 and especially the calyx: upper lip of corolla considerably surpassing the lower. — Gen. 

 ii. 0? : Benth. 1. e. .>'. pubescens &. S. incana, iluhl. Cat. .S'. sfrrata, Spreng. Syst. ii. 703, 

 not Andr. — River-banks, W. Canada and Penn. to Illinois, and the mountains of Carolina 

 and N. Alabama. Varies with the foliage greener, only a little paler beneath, and in 



~ ■ Var. punctata, Chapm., glabrateand minutely punctate beneath. — Georgia and 

 Florida, Chapman. 



+-i- -!-i- -i-i- Corolla half inch long, nearly glabrous : raceme simple and terminal, or also from the 

 axils of one 'or two pairs of leaves. 



*S. pilosa, MicIlX. Hirsute-pubescent : stem slender, a foot or two high: leaves rather 

 remote, oblong-ovate, obtuse, crenate, veiny (inch or two long) ; the lower subcordate and 

 slender-petioled ; upper cuneate at base and subsessile; floral oblong: bracts of the oblong 

 raceme spatulate. — Fl. ii. 11 ; Benth. 1. c. .5'. CaroUniana, Walt. Car. 16-3 ? .S. eUiptica, 

 Muhl. Cat. ? .S. poli/morj)ha, C. Hamilton, Monogr. -39, in part, ex Benth. — Dry or sterile 

 ground, S. Xew York and llichigan to Florida and Texas. 



Var. hirsuta, a large form, sometimes nearly 3 feet high, more hirsute : larger leaves 

 2 or 3 inches long, very coarsely crenate. — S. hirsuta. Short, Cat. PI. Kentucky. — Richer 

 soil, Kentucky, .Sliuit. 



Var. ovalifolia, Bentll., a form with shorter and finer pubescence, and narrower 

 less veiny leaves. — S. oiali/blia, Pers. Syn. ii. 1.36. — Xew Jersey to Virginia. 

 S viLLosA, Ell. Sk. ii. 90, from upper part of Georgia (villous, and with lanceolate leaves 

 3 or 4| inches long, coarsely dentate and acute at both ends, brachiate racemes, but flowers 

 not seen), is not identified. 



H i— ^^ Cauline leaves entire {except in the first species), obtuse, narrowed at base : racemes 



mostly simple and terminal, leafy below : corolla blue, upwardly much ampUate and with large 



lips. 

 ++ These much shorter than the downwardlj' attenuate tubular portion : pubescence wholly soft 



or cinereous- 

 S. integrifolia, L. Manifestly pubescent or puberulent: stems mostly simple from n 

 fibrous root, 8 to iO inches high, slender : leaves thinnish, from oblong to nearly linear, an 

 inch or more long ; the upper narrowed at base and subsessile or short-petioled ; lowest 

 varying to ovate or even cordate and slender-petioled, often with a few coarse crenatures 

 or obtuse teeth : corolla slightly pubescent, near an inch long; lower lip about equalling 

 the upper: anthers long-ciliate : nutlets tuberculate. — (Pluk. Aim. t. 313, fig. 4.) .^. inte- 

 grifolia & -S. hi/ssopi/olia, L. Spec. ii. 599, the latter a narrow-leaved form. .?. CaroUniana, 

 Lam. 111. t. 51-5, fig. 3. .f poli/morpha, A. Hamilton, Monogr. 38, in part. — Dry ground, 

 Kew England to Florida and Texas. 



