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LABIATyE. 



Scutellaria. 



Root perennial, fibrous. Stem 8-12 inches high, often with runners at the base, acutely 

 angled. Leaves about an inch long, strongly nerved, thin, roughish on the margin. Pedicels 

 opposite, in the axils of the upper leaves. Corolla pale blue, 4-6 lines long. Achenia 

 somewhat tuberculate. 



Moist thickets near Poughkeepsie (Mr. J. Carey). June. 



5. Scutellaria Galericulata, Linn. Common Scullcap. 



Stem more or less divaricately branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, on very short petioles, 

 roundish and cordate at the base, acute, crenately toothed ; flowers axillary, opposite , the 

 pedicels about the length of the petioles. — Linn. sp. 2. p. 599 ; Engl. hot. 1. 523 ; Pursh, 

 fl. 2. p. 412 ; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 37 ; Bigcl. fl. Bost. p. 240 ; Torr. compend. p. 236 ; Beck, 

 hot. p. 281 ; Benth. Lab. p. 437 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 603. 



Perennial. Stem 12 - 18 inches high, smooth or minutely pubescent, often nearly simple. 

 Leaves H - 2 inches long and 6-8 lines wide, either nearly smooth on both sides, or 

 pubescent and paler underneath : petioles only one or two lines long. Flowers half an inch 

 or more in length. Calyx pubescent. Corolla violet blue, downy. 



Wet meadows and damp shady places ; common in the western and northern parts of the 

 State. A native also of Europe and Asia. 



6. Scutellaria lateriflora, Linn. Mad-dog Scullcap. 



Smooth; stem nearly erect, much branched; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, acuminate, 

 coarsely serrate, petiolate, rounded or somewhat cordate at the base ; racemes axillary, leafy. 

 —Linn. sp. 2. p. 598 ; Michx. fl. 2. p. 11 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 412 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 92 ; Bigel. 

 fl. Bost. p. 239 ; Beck, hot, p. 282 ; Benth. Lab. p. 444 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 354. 



Root perennial, fibrous. Stem 1 - 2 feet high, smooth except on the angles, which are 

 slightly pubescent, often of a purplish color. Leaves 2-3 inches long and an inch or more 

 broad : petioles of the lower ones an inch in length ; of the upper ones shorter. Racemes 

 numerous, formed of opposite and somewhat one-sided flowers with small lanceolate leaves at 

 the base ; the pedicels short. Corolla about one-fourth of an inch long, violet-purple or 

 sometimes pale, pubescent. 



Wet meadows and borders of small streams ; common. July - August. About twenty 

 years ago this plant excited much attention from its supposed virtue in curing hydrophobia, 

 but it is now quite neglected. (See a memoir by Dr. W. P. C. Barton in the Philad. med. ty- 

 phus, jour, vol. 1.) 



