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Gkkcs XX SCUTELLARIA. 



Calffx bi- labiate, upper lip with a licJ closinor the calyx af- 

 ter flowering. Corolla bi.|a!)iatc. iii)pcr lip concave, lower 

 •S-Iobod, tube long. Stamens 4. 



1 f^ IvTPGRiFOT.iA. Stem 4-anglBd, usually l>raiiciiin^, pubescent, lower 



U':'.< 'r.iso, crrnair, on short petioles; upper ones li- 



r,r ( . ,,.,.- i,. Flowers in panicles composed of opposite 



9. A liract at the base of each peduncle. Corolla villous, spotted 



s liite. Anthtrr liairy. 



Blue % May — Auj;. In damp soils, common. 2-3 ft. 



2 S Cat, ^ v. Stem erect, branching, I'lahrous. Leaves liiicar-Ian- 

 ceolnte. nr , t\ |)etiolate. /'7ourr.« in leah-, loose racemes. Calyx wxih 

 lb* :'^ obdise. 



I 4 May— June, In thick woods. Middle Car. &, Ga. 1-2 ft. 



3 S Serrata. Stem erect, pubescent, branching. Leaves oval, or ovate, 

 acuminato, serrate, on short petioles. Flou^rs in terminal racemes. Bracts 

 lanceolate. Stomeus shorter than the corolln. 



Blue % June— Sept. In fields. 2-3 It. 



■4 S ViLLos.\. Stem erect, villous, branching;. Leaves lanceolate, \'illou3 

 along the veins beneath, on short petioles. Flowers in racemose panicles. 

 Bracts lanceolate. 



Blue. % May— July. Middle Ga. 2-3 ft. 



5. S. PiLOSA. Stem erect, hairv, tinged with purnle. Lower leaves cor- 

 date, obtuse ; upper ones ovate, all rni:ose, crenate, dairy and dotted un the 

 under surface, on short petioles. Floners in paniculate racemes. Calyx 

 hispid. Corolla hi.«pid on the outer surface. 



White, tinged with violeL % May— July. Fertile soils. 1-2 ft. 



6 S r Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves cordate, acute, obtusely 

 toothei^ '.iolcs, pubescent- FUtwera in opposite and terminal ra- 

 ceme? I--. 



\\ e. July— Aug. Car. «Si Ga. 2-3 ft. 



7 S Lateriflora. Stem erect, glabrous, with the angles sometimes pu- 

 bescent, iiiucd branched. Leaics ovate serrate, acuminato, lower ones on 

 rather loIl^' piikdes; the upper nearly sessile. Flowers in leafy racemes. 

 Calyx iilabrous. 



Blue. % June — Sept. Upper Car. and Ga. 



Genus XXI SALVIA. 



Calyx somewhat cainpanulatc, 2-lippccl, upper lij) 3-toothcd. 

 the lower bifid. Corolla ringcnt, Slamcns 2. Filaments 

 bifid with the conneclivuui elongated, hearing an anther cell 

 at each extremitv. 



1 S Ltrata. Stem .«;quare, hirsute, branching ar the summit, retrorseljr 

 pubesccrjt. Ixudirh Jeavrs terete, dentate, hirsute, spotted, ujiper loaves lan- 

 ceolate, sIil" late, few. Flvttxrs usually 6 in a whorl. Calyx angled, 

 hirsute C> urv on the outside. Cancer-weed. 



Blue. 4 March— Sept. Comnjo;i. 2-3 ft. 



2 8 Claytonl Stem erect, square. Ijeave* cordate-ovate, sinuate, den- 

 tate, nii!Q9*', pubescent on the veins. Flotvers 6 in a whorl. Culyx hi^pid 

 along rbu vi uis. 



VinlcJ. 4 June — Oct. Common. 8-12 in. 



2 UA. Stem erect, villous, somewhat viscous. Leaves ovate, 



dou . - , acuminate, attenuate at the base, pubes-cent. Flowers '\i\ t«- 



mole whorb, viscous. Culyx pubescent. 



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