Seed Plants, Ferns, Fern Allies of the Austin Region 69 



Monarda lasiodonta Small. Horse-mint. 



A species with purple-dotted yellow flowers. Occasional on the 

 river flood plain. 



South central states. 



Monarda Stanfieldii Small. Horse-mint. 



Occasional on the river flood plain. Similar to the preceding. 

 Indian Territory and Texas. 



Physostegia intermedia A. Gray. Dragon Head. Lion's Heart. 

 Moist ground. Ravines and moist bluffs. 

 Southeastern States. 



Salvia coccinea L. Scarlet Sage. 



Moist ground. Waller Creek. With scarlet flowers. 

 Southeastern states to Mexico. 



Salvia farinaeea Benth. Blue Sage. 



Abundant everywhere in rich soil, fields, roadsides and waste 

 places. University campus. Our most common sage. Conspicuous 

 on account of its white felty stems and deep blue flowers. 



Texas. 



Salvia Roemeriana Scheele. Scarlet Sage. 



Abundant in ravines of the Edwards Plateau. With scarlet 

 flowers. 



Texas. 



Salviastrum texanum Scheele. 



Common in dry ground, rocky hillsides. University Campus. One 

 ■of the most abundant herbaceous plants on the dry slopes of Mt. 

 Bonnell, and Mt. Barker. Conspicuous for its rough-hairy leaves 

 and large blue flowers. 



Texas. 



Scutellaria Drummondii Benth. Skullcap. 



Very common in valleyes and hillsides. The Scutellarias can al- 

 ways be recognized by the peculiar bonnet-shaped calyx, opening by 

 a horizontal slit. The flowers of both our species are blue. 



Southern plains states. 



Scutellaria resinosa Torr. Skullcap. 



A perennial, abundant on the dry hillsides of the Edwards Pla- 

 teau. One of the most common plants of the upper slopes of Mt. 

 Bonnell a.nd Mt. Barker. 



Texas. Southern plains states. 



