Scutellaria. 



LABIATE. 



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2. Scutellaria integrifolia, Linn. (PL lxxviii.") Entire-leaved Scullcap. 



Stem erect, nearly simple, densely and minutely pubescent ; upper leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 or linear-lanceolate, tapering into short petioles, entire, rather obtuse ; lowest ones ovate- 

 oblong, distinctly petiolatc, obtuse at the base ; racemes paniculate, terminal, loose, leafy ; 

 bracts lanceolate ; calyx pubescent. — Linn. sp. 2. p. 599 ; Michx. fl. 2. p. 12 ; Ell. sk. 2. 

 p. 88 ; Torr. compend. p. 237 ; Beck, bot. p. 282 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 353 ; Benth. Lab. 

 p. 435. S. hyssopifolia, Linn. 1. c. ; Bart. fl. Am. sept. t. 2 ; Torr. I. c. ; Beck, I. c. S. 

 Caroliniana, Lam. diet. 7. p. 706 ; Pursh, I. c. ; Ell. I. c. 



Perennial. Stem 1-2 feet high. Leaves 1-2 inches long and 3-6 lines wide, finely 

 sprinkled with resinous clots, sometimes obscurely and repandly toothed ; axils of the upper 

 ones leafy. Racemes few-flowered ; the bracts longer than the pedicels, leaf-like. Corolla 

 an inch in length, bright purplish blue. 



Open woods and borders of moist thickets ; near New-York, and on Long Island. June - 

 July. A very ornamental species. The whole plant is bitter. 



* * Flowers axillary, either in leafy racemes or solitary. 



3. Scutellaria parvula, Michx. Small Scullcap. 



Stems assurgent or somewhat decumbent, branching from the base, smooth or minutely 

 pubescent; leaves ovate or lanceolate -ovate, sessile or nearly so, somewhat cordate at the 

 base, mostly entire, prominently veined ; flowers axillary, solitary. — Michx. fl. 2. p. 11; 

 Pursh, fl. 2. p. 412 ; Hook. exot. Jl. 2. t. 106 ; Benth. Lab. p. 440 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. 

 p. 353 ; Eat. man. (ed. 8.) p. 420. S. ambigua, Nutt. gen. 2. p. 37 ; Beck, bot. p. 282. 



Root (or rather rhizoma) perennial, creeping, consisting of small tubers connected together 

 in a moniliform manner, and throwing out fibres from the joints. Stem 3-8 inches long, 

 sometimes simple, but usually branching from the root and spreading, often of a purple color, 

 as is likewise the under surface of the leaves. Leaves 4-8 lines long, mostly obtuse, 

 pubescent above and smooth underneath, rarely with a few remote teeth. Flowers about 3 

 lines long, opposite, on short pubescent pedicels. Calyx often purplish. Corolla violet. 



Dry sterile places, particularly on hill-sides. Shores of Lake Ontario (Dr. Gray) ; near 

 Buffalo (Dr. Aikin). May - June. 



4. Scutellaria nervosa, Pursh. Nerved Scullcap. 



Stem erect or assurgent, mostly simple, slender and weak, nearly smooth ; lower leaves 

 roundish-cordate, petioled ; middle ones broadly ovate, sessile, crenate-toothed ; the upper 

 ovate-lanceolate, entire ; flowers axillary and solitary. — Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 412 ; Benth. Lab. 

 p. 441 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 354. S. teucrifolia, Smith in Rees, cyclop. 32. no. 15. S. 

 gracilis, Nutt. gen. 2. p. 37 ; Torr. compend. p. 237 ; Beck, bot. p. 281. 



