MINT FAMILY. Labiates. 



Flowers a trifle more than I inch long. 

 Scutellaria T ,. . 



nervosa Leaves about an inch long, roundish or 



Pale blue- ovate, slightly toothed, and the lower ones 



violet slightly heart-shaped. The floral leaves 



June-August toothless. Stem smooth and slender, 1-2 

 feet high. Moist woods and thickets, N. Y. and N. J., 

 south to N. Car., and west to Mo. 



A very common low perennial with gen- 

 Self-heal or erally a single stem, and tubular, two- 

 Heal all lipped, hooded flowers proceeding from a 



garisorBru- spike or head of closely set, sometimes 

 nella vulgaris rusty colored green, floral bractlike leaves. 

 Purple, light The name (of uncertain origin) said to be 

 or deeper rom tne Q erman b ra une, a throat dis- 



September ease. Flower tiny, purple, but sometimes 



flesh color or white, the lower lip slightly 

 fringed. Generally fertilized by the bumblebee, Bombus 

 pennsylvanicus being a frequent visitor ; the common 

 yellow butterfly Colias philodice is also a constant 

 attendant. Leaves ovate-oblong, narrowing toward the 

 tip, slightly or imperceptibly toothed, stemmed, with 

 generally two small bractlike leaves at the base of the 

 stems. Plant-stem slightly hairy. 6-13 inches high. 

 Very common along roadsides, and on the borders of 

 woods and fields. Across the continent. 



A smooth perennial with upright, slen- 

 n " der stem, stemless lance-shaped leaves 

 Physostegia mostly toothed, and large, 1 inch long, 

 Virginiana showy flowers crowded in terminal, leaf- 

 Pink-lilac or i ess sp ikes. Flower pinkish pale lilac, often 

 J J| hte Au ust varie S ated with white, and funnel-shaped, 



the upper lip a little hooded, the lower 

 three-parted ; the throat inflated. Plant-stem smooth, 

 1-4 feet high. Wet grounds, from northern Vt., west- 

 ward and southward. Very variable. The var. denticu- 

 lata, slender and generally low, with scallop- toothed, or 

 imperceptibly toothed leaves, and very slender flower, 

 spikes. Moist situations, Vt. , south, and west to S. Dak. 

 and Neb. 



