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(Scutellaria s errata Andrews) with oval or elliptic, coarsely 

 toothed leaves and blue flowers about an inch long in terminal clusters, 

 is the most conspicuous species of the genus in this State. It is found 

 from southern New York southward. 



The Larger or Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia 

 Linnaeus) of about the same range, has thin, linear to oblong, entire, blunt 

 leaves and blue flowers, usually whitish beneath, in terminal racemes, the 

 corolla 1 to 1 j inches long. 



Self-heal; Heal-all 



Prunella vulgaris Linnaeus 



Plate 187 



Stems slender, procumbent or ascending, rooting at the nodes below, 

 the tips at least erect and simple or branched, 3 to 20 inches high, pubescent 

 or nearly smooth and four-angled. Leaves ovate, oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, blunt or somewhat pointed at the apex, usually narrowed at the base, 

 entire or with a few teeth, 1 to 4 inches long, the lower leaves usually 

 shorter. Flowers in dense terminal spikes which are one-half to 1 inch 

 long, becoming 2 to 4 inches long in fruit. Calyx oblong, green or some- 

 times purplish, recticulate-veined, deeply two-lipped, closed in fruit, upper 

 lip nearly truncate with three low teeth, lower lip two-cleft with lanceolate 

 teeth. Corolla violet, purple or lilac, sometimes white, one-third to one- 

 half of an inch long, the top of the flower strongly two-lipped, the upper 

 lip entire and arched, the lower lip three-lobed and spreading or drooping; 

 the four stamens ascending under the upper lip of the corolla. 



In fields, woods and waste places, everywhere common. Probably 

 native but also naturalized from Europe. Flowering from May to October. 



Dragonhead; Lion's Heart 



Dracocephalum virginianum Linnaeus 



Plate 188 



Stems erect or the base somewhat decumbent, slender or stout, simple 

 or usually branched above, 1 to 4 feet tall. Leaves firm, oblong-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate, sessile or the lowest ones petioled, sharp pointed at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, the margins sharply toothed, 2 to 5 inches long and 



