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SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA. 



SIDE-FLOWERING SCULL-CAP. SCULL-CAP. BLUE SCULL-CAP. 



Mad-dog Scull-cap. Mad-dog-weed, &c. 

 (Generic Character, fyc. fyc. page 5 of this work. J 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Plant much branched, somewhat smooth. Leaves long-petiolate, ovate, dentate, those 

 of the stem sub-cordate. Racemes lateral, leafy. Willd. 



Plant from one to three feet high. Root perennial, fibrous, ochre- 

 yellow. Stem quadrangular, smooth, branched, greenish-yellow, pur- 

 plish near the root. Branches also quadrangular, opposite, axillary, 

 decussating, floriferous, and leafy. Leaves petiolate, acute oppo- 

 site, arising from the alternate sides of the stem. Those of the stem 

 large, varying from one to three and a half inches in length ; and 



