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SCUTELLA'RI A* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Gymnospb'rmiaJ. 
Natural Order. Labia'ta:, Juss. Gen. Plant, p. 110. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 99. ; Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 63. — Lindl. Syn. p. 196. ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 239. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. — 
Loud, flort. Brit. p. 528. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal or leaf (mono- 
sepalous or monophv'llous), tubular, short, 2-lipped, both lips 
entire, blunt, and closed after flowering ; the upper lip having a 
conspicuous, concave tooth or scale on the upper side. Corolla 
(fig. 2.) of 1 petal (monopetalous) , gaping (ringent), closed; tube 
very short, throat much longer, ascending, compressed, dilated 
upwards, upper lip concave, in 3 segments, the middle one con- 
cave, cloven, the side ones fiat, covered by the middle one ; lower 
lip broader, in 3 shallow lobes. Filaments (fig. 3.) 4, two longer 
than the other two (didynamous), concealed beneath the upper lip. 
Anthers small, roundish, fixed to the side of the filament (incum- 
bent), 2-lobed. Germen (fig. 4.) 4-lobed. Style (fig. 4.) thread- 
shaped, on a level with the stamens. Stigma simple, pointed, bent 
in (incurved). Seeds [Nuts of Decand. and Lind.) 4, roundish, 
covered by the closed, permanent Calyx. 
The scale on the upper side of the calyx, which is closed after 
flowering, will distinguish this from all other genera, with a 2-lipped 
calyx, in the same class and order. 
Two species British. 
SCUTELLA'RIA GALERICULA'TA. Common Skull-cap. 
Hooded Willow-herb. 
Spec. Char. Leaves spear-shaped, seollopped (crenate), rug- 
ged, heart-shaped at the base. Flowers axillary. 
Engl. Bot. t. 523 — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 155. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 335. — Duds. 
FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 265. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 645. Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 113. — 
With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 724.— Gray's Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 389. — Lindl. Syn. p.204. 
— Hook. Brit. FI. p.282 — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p.32t). — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 190. 
— Abbot's FI. Bedf. p. 134. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p 282. — Relh. F’l. Cantab. 
(3rd ed.) p. 248. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 185. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 134. FI. Devon, 
pp. 102 ic 146. — Johnston’s FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 134.— Perry’s PI. Yarvic. 
Selects, p. 51. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 172. — Mack. Cat. PL of Irel. p. 57. — 
Cassida palustris vulgatior, flore coeriileo, Ray’s Syn. p. 244. — Lysimdchia 
yalericulata, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 477. 
Localities. — By the sides of ponds, rivers, and watery ditches. Not un- 
common. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June, July, and August. 
Root white, jointed, and creeping. Stem from 10 to 18 inches 
high, upright, sharply 4-cornered (quadrangular) , with the sides a 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Corolla cut open, and a little mag- 
nified, showing the Stamens. — Fig. 4. Section of the Calyx, showing the Ger- 
men, Style, and Stigma. 
* From scutella, a small vessel, on account of the figure of the calyx, which 
is not unlike a cup with its handle. The calyx inverted presents the figure of a 
helmet with visor raised. — Loud, in Encyclop. of Plants. 
t See Lamium album, p. 31. note t- i See Lamium album, p.31. note f, 
