No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 333 



SCUTELLARIA L. Skullcap. 



Scutellaria lateriflora L. (side-flowering). 

 Mad-dog Skullcap. 



Frequent. Wet places, usually in shade. July — Sept. 



Sometimes occurs with white flowers. The plant was 

 formerly used as a remedy for hydrophobia, whence its com- 

 mon name. It is officinal in medical practice. 



Scutellaria galericulata L. (having a small helmet ; referring to 



the calyx). 

 Marsh Skullcap. 



Occasional. Borders of ponds, wet places along streams, 

 open swamps or sometimes also on dry banks or even in sand 

 near the coast. June — Aug. 



Sometimes occurs with pink flowers. 



Scutellaria integrifolia L. (entire-leaved). 



Rare. Sandy fields and in woodland, either dry or moist: 

 Union (G. Towne), Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Lyme 

 (Graves), East Haddam (W. E. Nichols), East Hartford 

 (Weatherby), East Windsor and Rocky Hill (Bissell), Hart- 

 ford (H. S. Clark), Windsor Locks (Miss A. E. Carpenter). 

 July. 



Scutellaria parvula Michx. (small), var. ambigua (Nutt.) 



Fernald (doubtful). 

 Scutellaria parvula Britton, not Michx. 



Rare. Dry sandy or rocky ground: Guilford (G. W. 

 Hawes), East Haven (H. C. Beardslee, Harger), Plainville 

 (J. N. Bishop), Orange (A. H. Young), SaHsbury (Mrs. 

 C.S.Phelps). June — Aug. 



MARRUBIUM L. Horehound. 



Marrubium vulgare L. (common). 

 Common Horehound. 



Rare or occasional. Roadsides and waste ground as an 

 escape from cultivation. June — July. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



Used as a cough medicine and in candy. An officinal 

 medicine. 



