118 SELECTED WESTERN FLORA 



2. SCUTELLARIA. Skullcap. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 2-lipped, the upper having a peculiar crest 

 on the back and usually deciduous in fruit. Corolla with a curved 

 tube, the upper lobe usually entire, the lateral joined to it, the lower 

 lobe spreading and notched at the apex; stamens ascending under 

 the upper lip. 



1. S. galericulata, L. 



A slender herb from a stoloniterous rootstock, erect or leaning for support 

 on surrounding plants; flowers violet-blue, solitary in the axils of the upper 

 leaves. Low places, Man.-Alta. 



3. AGASTACHE. 



Calyx 5-toothed, the upper teeth longer than the others; corolla 

 2-lipped, the upper erect, the lower 3-oleft, the central lobe broader 

 and crenate; stamens 4, the longer pair declined. Tall perennials 

 with serrate leaves and small flowers in a dense, sometimes inter- 

 rupted, terminal spike. 



1. A. Foeniculum, (Pursh.) Ktze. 



A tall, rather smooth herb with blue flowers and foliage having the odor 

 of anise. Around thickets, Man.-Alta. 



4. NEPETA. Cat Mint. 



Calyx 5-toothed, tubular, the teeth unequal; corolla 2-lipped, the 

 upper erect, 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed, the middle larger than the 

 others. Rather low perennial herbs. 



1. N. hederacea, (L.) Trevisan. Ground Ivy. 



Low, creeping; leaves round or kidney-shaped; • flowers blue. Intro- 

 duced, but becoming common in shady places about towns. 



5. DRACOCEPHALUM. Dragon Head. 



Calyx 5-toothed, tubular; corolla 2-lipped, the upper arched 

 and notched, the lower 3-eleft, the middle lobe notched; stamens 4, 

 ascending under the upper lip ; flowers small, whorled, in short, very 

 leafy spikes. 



1. D. parviflSrum, Nutt. 



The upper tooth of the calyx almost as long as the corolla; flowers light 

 blue, crowded in a dense spike, and sometimes in the axils of the upper leaves. 

 Leafy annuals or bisnnials. Newly burnt or cultivated ground, Man.-Alta. 



