SCUTELLARIA. 



Lower lip broader, erearginate. Stam. Filaments four, 

 concealed under the upper lip, two of them longer ; anthers 

 fmall. Pi/l. Germen fuperior, four-cleft ; ftyle thread- 

 fhaped, reiembling the ftamens in fituation and length ; 

 ftigma fimple, incurved, pointed. Perk, none, except the 

 clofed calyx, which is Ihaped like a helmet, triangular, 

 burfting- at the lower margin. Seeds four, roundifh. 



Obf. Thia genus is eafily and fufficiently diftinguilhable 

 from all others by the fruit alone, for the clofed calyx, con- 

 taining the feeds, with its creft and lid, fomewhat refemblea 

 a helmet. 



E(r. Ch. Rim of the calyx nearly entire, clofed, and 

 covered with a lid after flowering. 



1. S. orientalis. Yellow-flowered Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 834. Sm. Fl. Grscc. Siblh. t. 580, unpubhlhed. 

 (CafTida crientalis, cham^edryos folio, flore luteo ; Tourn. 

 It. V. 2. 129, with a plate.) — Leaves with deep parallel 

 teeth ; downy beneath. Spikes cylindrical, flightly quad- 

 rangular. — Native of Barbary and the Levant, flowering 

 from May to July. Stems nearly a foot high, branched from 

 the bottom, fpreading on the ground, lakuig root at the 

 lower joints. Leaves ftalked, almoft peftinate, more or lefs 

 downy ; green above, but white underneath. Spikes rather 

 fhort, compofed of bright-yellow very handfome Jloivers, 

 with ovate brownith bradeas. The whole herb is bitter. 

 Ill the Syjlema Vegetcibllium the corolla is faid to be purple 

 with a white lip ; confounding it perhaps with the next 

 fpecies. 



2. S). grandiflora. Large-flowered Skull-cap. Ait. n. 2. 

 Sims in Curt. Mag. t. 635. — Leaves heart-lhaped, deeply 

 crenate, downy on both fides, (horter than their ftalks. 

 Spikes very ftiort, quadrangular. Corolla hairy, four times 

 longer than the brafteas. — Native of Siberia, and intro- 

 duced by Mr. Loddiges in 1804. It flowers in July. A 

 hardy perennial, like the laft, of which indeed it may 

 pofiibly be only a variety. The /pikes are (horter, and ths 

 corolla is larger in proportion to the fize of the braHeas, lilac- 

 coloured, with a yellow palate. Leaves rounder, lefs downy 

 beneath, but foft on both fldes. Dr. Sims fays " it ap- 

 proaches very nearly to the variety of S. orientalts found in 

 Georgia by Tournefort, and dcfcribed in his travels." 



3. S. alpina. Alpine Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. PI. S34. 

 AlUon. Pedem. t. 26. f. 3. "Waldft. et Kitaib. Hung. 

 V. 2. 146. t. 137." — Leaves heart-fliaped, ferrated or 

 jagged. Spikes imbricated, roundifh or flightly four- 

 fided. Bracteas twice as fliort as the flower. — Native of 

 Switzerland a,nd Hungary. It flowers from June to October. 

 Stem procumbent at firft, then erect, very much branched, 

 from fix to twelve inches in height. Leaves on (hort llalks, 

 obtufe, downy. Fkivers pale violet-coloured, with a white 

 Hpper lip. Linnxus in Sp. PI. compares this to fupitia, 

 meaning the following, to which it is indeed very like 



4. S. lupuliiia. Tartarian Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 835. " Schmidel. Ic. 272. t. 73." — Leaves heart-lhaped, 

 ferrated or jagged, acute, fmooth. Spikes imbricated, 

 roundifli or flightly four-fided. Brafleas the length of the 

 flowers. — Native of Siberia and Tartary, flowering from 

 June to September. Stems ftirubby and trailing. Leaves 

 jagged at their edges, fmooth on both fides. FloiL<ers white, 

 or blue, fometimcs yellowifli-white, very largr. In habit 

 greatly refembhng the lall, but different in colour, and 

 having much longer bradeas. 



5. S. lateriflora. Virginian Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 835. (S. paluftris repens virgiiiiana major, flore minore ; 

 Morif. Hift. v. 3. 416. n. 7.) — Leaves fmooth, rough at 

 the keel. Clufters lateral, leafy. Brafteas fetaceous. — 

 Found on the fides of ditches and ponds between Canada 



and Carolina, flowering from July to September. Purjb. 

 The flems of this fpecies refemble thofe of the following in 

 height and habit, but are fomewhat larger. Leaves (lalked, 

 ovate, ferrated. Flowers in lateral clutters, fmall, blue, 

 each partial ftalk bearing two fetaceous braSeas. 



6. S. nervofa. Ribbed Skull-cap. Purfli n. 2. — Stem 

 nearly fimple, fmooth. Leaves feflile, ovate, toothed, 

 ribbed. Clufter terminal, lax, leafy. — On the banks of 

 rivulets in Virginia, flowering in July and Augull. This 

 perennial herb has blue_^9':t;i'/j-, which are larger than thofe 

 of the foregoing fpecies. Purjh. 



7. S. galericulata. Common Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 835. Fl. Brit. n. I. Engl. Bot. t. 523. Curt. Lond. 

 fafc. 3. t. 36. Fl. Dan. t. 637. — Leaves heart-lanceolate, 

 crenate, rugged. Flowers axillary. Common on the banks 

 of rivers, and wet ditches, as well in Britain as in other 

 parts of Europe, flowering in July and Auguft. Root 

 perennial, creeping. Stem ereft, one or two feet high, 

 branched in the middle, leafy, fliarply quadrangular, rough- 

 ifli. Leaves on very fliort italks, fpreading, unequally 

 notched, rugofe, veined, downy, paler beneath. Flowers 

 axillary, folitary, nearly fcfTile, in pairs inclined the fame 

 way, drooping, blue, or purplifti, and white. 



8. S. hajlifolia. Haftate-leavcd Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. 

 PI.' 835. (Scutellaria folio non ferrato ; Rivin. Monop. 

 Irr. t. 77.) — Leaves quite entire; lower ones haltate ; | 

 upper arroW-fliaped. — Found on the fliores of frefli waters, 

 in Sweden and Auft:ria, but not very common. It flowers 

 in June and July. Root creeping. Stem generally fimple. 

 Leaves blunter than in the preceding, not at all notched, ; 

 eared at the bafe. Flowers axillary, folitary, in pairs, blue, I 

 larger than in the laft fpecies, to which it is very clofely 

 allied, and of which both Linnarus and Scopoli hint that it : 

 may be only a variety. 



9. S. minor. Leffcr Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. PI. 835. 

 Fl. Brit. n. 2. Engl. Bot. t. 524. Curt. Lond. fafc. 4. 

 t. 43. — Leaves heart -ovate, nearly entire. Flowers axillary. 

 — Rather a Icarce native of Britain, and the fouth of Eu- 

 rope, in a moill gravelly foil ; flowering about AugulL 

 Root perennial, creeping. Whole habit much refembling 

 5. galericulata, but the plant is about four times as fmall. 

 Stem branched at the bafe. Leaves broader, rugofe, moftly 

 entire, fometimes toothed at the bafe, and as it were flightly 

 hallate. Flowers of a delicate pink colour, rarely blueifli ; 

 their lip white, fpotted with red. 



10. S. humilis. Dwarf Skull-cap. Brown Prodr. Nov. 

 HoU. V. I. 507. — Leaves ovate or heart-fliaped, coarfely 

 crenate ; dotted and rather downy beneath. Flowers axil- 

 lary'. Calyx fmoothifh, half as long as the corolla. — 

 Found by Mr. Brown at Port Jackfon, as well as in the 

 fouth parts of New Holland. We received fpccimens, in 

 1793, from Dr. White. This agrees in fize, and fomewhat 

 in habit, with the laft, but the leaves are fmaller, more 

 rounded, deeply notched, with curved briftly hairs about 

 their ribs and margins. Flowers folitary, oppofite, fpread- 

 ing different ways. 



11. S. mollis. Soft Skull-cap. Brown ibid. — "Downy, 

 with capitate hairs. Leaves heart-fliaped, oblong-ovate, 

 deeply crenate. Flowers axillary ; their ftalks as long as 

 the footftalks." — Gathered by Mr. Brown near Port Jack- 

 fon. 



12. S. angujliforia. Narrow-leaved Skull-cap. Purfli 

 n. 4. — " Unbranched, finely downy. Leaves linear. 

 Flowers axillary, oppofite. Stamens rather prominent." 

 — Found by governor Lewis, on the banks of the river 

 Koolkoofky. Perennial, flowering in June. PurJh. 



13. S. parvula. Minute Skull-cap. Michaux Boreali- 



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