Scutellaria galericulata. Common Hooded Willow-herb. 



SCUTELLARIA Lin. Gen. PL Didynamia Gymnospermia. Calyx ore integro: paft norefcentiam 



claufo, operculato. 

 Rati Syn. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herb^: vertictllat;e. 



SCUTELLARIA galericulata foliis cordato-lanceolatis crenatis, floribus axillaribus. Lin. Syjl. Vegetak 

 p. 457. Sp. PL 835. FL Sueclc. n. 538. 



CASSIDA foliis oblonge cordatis crenatis verticillis nudis bifloris. Haller FUJI. 280. 



CASSIDA galerkulata. Scopoli FL Carniol. 74. 



LYSIMACHIA caerulea galericulata, feu Gratiola caerulea. Bauh. pin, 246. 



LYSIMACHIA galericulata. Gerard, emac. 477. 



GRATIOLA caerulea, f. latifolia major. Park. 221. 



CASSIDA paluftris vulgatior flore casruleo. Rati Syn. p. 244. Hooded Willow-herb. 



Hudfion. FL AngL p. 265. 



Lightfoot FL Scot. 320. 



RADIX perennis, tenuis, geniculate, alba, repens. 



CAULES pedales aut bipedales, erect i, quadrati, la- 

 teribus concaviufculis, bilineatis, geniculati, 

 rigiduli, ramofi, ramis oppofitis, fuberectis. 



FOLIA oblongo-cordata, obtufiufcula, ingequaliter cre- 

 riata, fuperiora acuta. 



BRACTEiE dure, minimre, fetacere, ad bafin pedun- 



culi. 

 FLORES bini, fecundi, crerulei, villofi, fubtus albidi. 



CALYX : PERiANTHiuMmonophyllum, breviffimum, 

 tubulatum : ore truncato, fquamula incum- 

 bente operculi inftar claufilis. fig. 1 . 



COROLLA monopetala, ringens. "Tubus breviflimus, 

 retrorfum flexus. Faux longa, comprefla. La- 

 biumfuperius concavum, trifidum : lacinula media 

 concava, emarginata ; lateralibus planis, acu- 

 tiufculis, intermediae fubjecl:is. Labium infe- 

 rius latius, emarginatum, fig. 2. 



STAMINA : Filamenta quatuor alba, medio craf- 

 fiora et ad unum latus villofula, duo breviora : 

 Antherje parvae, lutese. fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen quadripartitum ; Stylus 

 fuperae paululum incraflatus, Stigma fim- 

 plex, incurvatum, acuminatum, fig. 4. 5. 6. 



PERICARPIUM nullum, Calyx bipartibilis, operculo 

 claufus, capfulae vicem gerens. 



SEMINA 1 ad 4 fubrotunda, pallide fufca, fuper- 



ficie fcabra. fig. 9. 10. 

 RECEPTACULUM feminum fubrotundum. fig, 8. 



ROOT perennial, {lender, jointed, white and creeping. 



STALKS from one to two feet high, upright, fquare, 

 the fides a little hollow'd and mark'd with 

 two lines, jointed, ftiffKh, branched, the 

 branches oppofite and nearly upright. 



LEAVES of an oblong heart fhape, fomewhat blunt, 

 ftanding on footftalks, rather wrinkly and 

 unequally crenated, thofe on the top of the 

 plant pointed. 



FLORAL-LEAVES two, very fmall and fetaceous, 

 at the bafe of the flower ftalk. 



FLOWERS growing in pairs, one way, of a blue co- 

 lour, downy, and whitifh underneath. 



CALYX : a Perianthium of one leaf, very fhort, 

 and tubular; the mouth as if cut off, having 

 a fcale on it which feems to do the office of 

 a lid. fig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetalous and ringent. Tube very 

 fhort and bent backwards. Throat long, com- 

 preffed. upper Lip hollow, and trifid, the 

 middle fiegment hollow and nicked ; the fide ones 

 flat, pointed and placed under the middle one, 

 Lower Lip broad and nicked, fig. 2. 



STAMINA : four white Filaments, thickeff. in the 

 middle and a little villous on one fide, two 

 Ihorter than the others; Antherje fmall 

 and yellow, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen divided into four parts, Style 

 towards the top a little thickend ; Stigma 

 fimple, hooked and pointed, fig. 4. 5. 6. 



SEED-VESSEL : none, the Calyx which fplits into 

 two parts, being clofed by its lid anfwers 

 the purpofe of a capfule. 



SEEDS from one to four, roundifh, of a pale brown 

 colour, with a roughifh furface. fig. 9. 10, 



RECEPTACLE of the feeds roundifh. fi$. 8. 



BOTANY would certainty pleafe more in the ftudy of it, were the Genera as in the prefent inftance diftinctl/ 

 characterized, the fingular and curious conftrudion of the Calyx in this genus is very deferving of a minute 

 attention. 



This fpecies of Scutellaria grows commonly on the edges of rivers and ponds, and flowers in June, July and 

 An guff. 



It has a very encreafing root, and hence mould cautioufly be introduced into the Garden. 

 Maller attributes to it the fmell of Garlick which it fcarcely merits.. 



