8 Scutellaria hyssopifolia. 



appellation, so unwarrantably given to 8. integrifolia, the leave* 

 of which are toothed and serrated. The present plant will be found 

 in rich grassy and damp meadows; on the borders of wet thickets; 

 the margins of shaded rivulets ; rarely on the edges of exposed wa- 

 ter courses, and shuns salt water ditches. These are the situations 

 in which it has been found by me, through New York, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Yet Pursh, erroneously con- 

 sidering this, as Michaux suggested it to be, a variety of S. integri- 

 folia, has assigned it to similar situations "on dry hills, in rich soil." 

 This eiTor has been adopted by others. In reality, the plant is 

 strongly characterized by specific discrepancy, from S. integrifolia; 

 not only by the appearance exhibited in the plate, but by the con- 

 stancy of that physiognomy; and whatremovesit still more certainly 

 from its congener just mentioned, is, its partiality for wet places, 

 shaded by sedge or other grass, and herbaceous plants. The speci- 

 mens found on "dry hills" are usually diminutive and sickly, scarce 

 six or seven inches high, with a few small flowers, while in its fa- 

 vourite moist or boggy soil, it attains a stature of two feet and up- 

 wards, bearing a profusion of large showy flowers ; and specimens 

 are not unfrequent in the autumn, supporting one or two hundred 

 capsules. The geographical range of this beautiful plant, accord- 

 ing to Pursh, is from New York to Carolina In the vicinity of this 

 city it is quite common, decorating the meadows and bogs from the 

 beginning of July till September. It is deserving of cultivation, and 

 would doubtless increase in beauty by care. During the prevalence 

 of the mania which caused the Scull-cap (S. lateriflora) to be sought 



