SCUTELLARIA. 



Amer. v. 2. 11. furfii n. 5. — "Denfely downy, un- 

 Ijranched. Leaves feflile, ovate, entire, all uniform. 

 Flowers axillary, folitary." — Found by Michaux in Canada 

 and the country of the Illinois ; by Purlh on the banks of 

 rivers in Virginia. Biennial, flowering in June and July. 

 Not above two inches high. Flovurs fmall, pale blue. 

 Purjh. 



14. S. caroliniana. Carolina Skull-cap. Lamarck Dift. 



V. 7. 706. lUuftr. t. 515. f. 3. Purlh n. 6 " Branched, 



very fmooth. Leaves ftalked, linear-lanceolate, acute, en- 

 tire. Cluftcrs lax, leafy. Calyx obtufe." — Gathered in 

 Carolina by Mr. Frafer. Poiret. Root perennial. Leaves 

 about two inches long ; th*' uoperones much diminifhtd, ac- 

 companying the^cwers, which are the fize of S- gakricu- 

 lata, yellowifli-white, fpotted at the apex with blue. 



15. S. teucriifoUa. Germander-leaved Skull-cap. (S. 

 integrifoha ; Linn. Sp. PI. 836, excluding the reference to 

 Gronovius. S. cxrult-a virginiana glabra, lamii, aut potius 

 teucrii, folio, minor ; Pluk. AlmagelL 338. Phyt. t. 313. 

 f. 4. S. teucrii folio marilandica ; Rail Hid. v. 3. 310. ) 

 — Leaves feflile, ovate ; the lower ones bluntly and dillantly 

 ferrated ; upper entire. Flowers axillary, folitary, on hairy 

 ftalks. — Native of North America. The Jlem is above a 

 foot high, unbranched, flender, fquare, fmooth, leafy. 

 Leaves refcmbli.ij' Veronica Teucrium, about an inch long, 

 nearly feflile, flijihtly dotted beneath, fmooth, except the 

 ribs and margin, which are clothed with curved briltly hairs. 

 Fh-wers turned one way, fmall. Calyx hairy at the ribs 

 and margin. Corolla hairy, blue. Such is the plant Lln- 

 rsEus intended as his integrifolia, which he received from 

 Kalm, along with another fpecimen, pafted on the fame 

 paper, which he did i.ot perceive to be merely a fmoothifh 

 variety of his own hyjfopifol'ia^ and which led him to quote 

 Gronovius's Flora Virginica improperly in this place, as well 

 as to choofe the name of integrijolia. This appellation, how- 

 ever, being erroneous, and having caufed much confufion 

 among fubfequent botanifts, is belt laid afide, and we have 

 preferred one taken from the very apt fynonyms of Plukenet 

 and Ray. The figure of the former however reprefents the 

 footjlalks too long, and the jloral leaves too fmall. Mr. 



Piirfh feems not to have recognized this plant. At leaft we 

 can refer it to none of his fpecies. 



16. S. hyffopifoUa. Hyftbp-leaved Skull-cap. L'nn. Sp. 

 PI. 836. Mant. 414. Willd. n. 12. (S. integrifolia ; 

 Ait. n, 10. Pur(h n. 7. Michaux Boreali-Amer. v. 2. iz. 

 S. virginiana, hyffopi angullis foliis, flore cacruleo ; Pluk. 

 Almag. 338. t. 441. f. 6. S. foliis iiitegerrimis ; Gron. 

 Virg. ed. I. 67, txclndiiig the references to Plukenet and 

 Ray.) — Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtufe, entire, fomcwhat 

 iialked, finely downy ; copioudy dotted beneath. Clullers 

 compound, rather lax, leafy, downy. On dry hills, in a 

 rich toil, from New York to Carolina, flowering from July 

 to September. Perennial, very variable in the fize and 

 figure of the leaves, fimple or branched Jlems. Flowers 

 large, handfomc, blue. PurJh. We fee no reafon to 

 transfer the name of integrifolia to this, which has already 

 one fo greatly preferable. The whole herb, as well as the 

 tal-jx and corolla, are finely downy and fomewhat Iioary. 



17. S./trrala. Great Serrated Skull-cap. Andr. Repof. 

 t. 494. Pnrfh n. 8. — Leaves ovate, pointed, ierrated, 

 ftalked, nearly fmooth. Clullers compound, rather lax, 

 Klightly downy. Bradteas lanceolate. — In fields and meadows, 

 from Virginia to Carolina, flowering from July to September. 

 PurJh. The _y?cm is three feet higli. Leaves two or three 

 inches long, and above one broad, tapering at the bafe. 

 Flowers copious, large and handfome, of a fine deep blue. 

 This is a very ornamental perennial herb, worthy of culti- 



vation in gardens. We received it from the fine colleftion 

 of James Vere, efq. at Knightfbndge. Mr. Purfh remarks 

 that "authors trke th> for tl • inlegrifnlia," meaning per- 

 haps Mr. Donn in his Hort. CaUal. Mi . Alton has it not ; 

 except under its true nanie, in the AJJenJa to his Epitome. 



18. S. pilofa. Wood Skull-cip. Michaux Boreah- 

 Amer. v. 2. 11. Purfh n. 9, excluding the reference to 

 Plukenet. — Leaves rem .te. rhomboid-ovate, obtufe, roundly 

 trenate, tapering at the bale, downy. Clufters lax, moftly 

 compound. Bracteas lanceolate, nearly entire. — In fhady 

 woods, from Virginia to Carolina ; perennial, flowering in 

 Jily and Auguil. — Refembles the laft, but is a fmaller 

 plant, with only a few leaves. PurJh. Poflibly this author 

 may be right in his citation of Plukenet's figure, which we 

 have referred, like Linnasus, to our fifteenth fpecies. It is 

 impoflible, with fuch bad materials, to decide, but the words 

 of Plukenet anfwer bell to that fpecies. 



19. S. havanenjis. Havannah Skull-cap. Jacq. Amer. 

 172. Obf. fafc. 2. 5. t. 29. Willd. n. 10. Ait. n. 11. — 

 Stem decumbent. Leaves ovate, fomewhat heart-fhaped, 

 crenate. Flowers folitary, axillary. Each lip of the corolla 

 three-cleft. — Gathered byJacquin, on rocks near the fea at 

 the Havannah, flowering in December. A delicate, pro- 

 cumbent little branching herb, with nearly fmooth leaves, 

 much fhorter than the large, blue, axillary, flalked^swfr/. 

 It is faid to have been brought to Kew, in 1793, by Capt. 

 Bligh, and is marked by Mr. Alton as a perennial Hove 

 plant, flowering in May and June. 



20. S. purpumfcens. Purple-leaved Weft-Indian Skull- 

 cap Swartz. Ind. Occ. v. 2. 1013. Vahl. Symb. v. 2. 66. 

 Willd. n. II. — Stem proftrate. Leaves ovate, fomewhat 

 heart-fhaped, toothed, fmooth. Clufters terminal, naked. 

 Each lip of the corolla three-cleft. — Native of the Caribean 

 iflands Stem herbaceous, branched, din"ufe, like the pre- 

 ceding, with afcending fmooth branches, five or fix inches 

 long. Leaves ftalked, obtufe, diltantly toothed, rather 

 hairy, of a purplifli-blue after the flowers are paft ; their 



footjlalks very long and lax. CItiJlers eieft, folitary, many- 

 fluwered, lax, an inch or two long. Fhtuers blue. 



21. S. indica. Eaft Indian Skull-cap. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 836. Willd. n. 15. (S. finica, betonicae foliis, floribus 

 albis ; Phik.Amalth. 190. t. 441. f. I.) — Stem decumbent. 

 Leaves roundifh-ovate, crenate, finely downy. Clullers 

 terminal. Brafteas blunt, ilalkcd, fhorter than the cilyx. 

 — Native of Ciiiiia and the Eall Indies. A hoary, branched, 

 decumbent herb, about a foot long. Leaves ftalked, rounder 

 and larger than in the two lafl. Flowers forming rather 

 clofe clujlers, two or three inches in length. The SerrafuU 

 amara, Rumph. Ambioii. v. 6. 459. t. 170. f. i. not 2, 

 can have nothing to do with tliis, being a fmooth plant, 

 with twin zxWhryf owers, and a capfiile, containing nume- 

 rous mxnvilc feeils. It feems that Linnirus did not always 

 advert to every particular in the defcriplions to which he re- 

 ferred ; for there is here no millake as to what he intended, 

 the plate of the Herbarium AmboincBfc being marked with 

 his own hand. 



22. S. hirta. Cretan Skull-cap. Sm. Prodr. Fl. Grxc. 

 Sibth. 1417. Fl. Grxc. t. 583, unpubliflied- (Caflidacre- 

 tica minor, cataria: folio, flore lubiaruleo ; Tourn. Cor. 1 1. 

 Scordote fecundo di Plinio ; Pon. Bald. 91. t. 93.)— Leaves 

 heart-fhaped, ferrated, hairy as well as the Item. Spike* 

 denle, unilateral. Brafteas ftalked, half the length of the 

 flowers. — Native of ftiady fituations on the mountains of 

 Cretff. The root is perennial, fibrous, fomewli.it woody. 

 Stems feveral, Ipreading, afcending, about a fpan high, le.ifv, 

 rough with fpieaduig hairs. Leaves rather p.ile, coarfcly 

 ferrated, hoary with long white hairs. Focijlalkt luiry, 



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