SCUTELLA'RIA E I/EGANS. 
ELEGANT SCULLCAP. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Order. 
G Y MNOSPE RMI A . 
Natural Order. 
LAMIACEE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. Holland? 
3 feet. 
August. 
Perennial. 
in 1842? 
No. 1079. 
The little dish-like portion of the calyx of this 
genus, which separates for effecting the dispersion 
of the seeds, should be examined by those to whom 
it is not familiar. To this appendage the generic 
name refers, and it is one of those modifications 
of the beautiful provisions of nature, for the pro- 
tection and dissemination of the seeds, which does 
not occur in an exactly similar manner in any other 
genus with which we are acquainted. Equally 
curious means for protecting the seed, and preser- 
ving the species of vegetables are, however, evident 
enough in a multitude of instances. How, it may 
be asked, can we shut our eyes to these examples 
of omniscient power ? 
"Are there not here a thousand things 
To lift the thoughts to Heaven, 
If sanctified imaginings 
Be to those inusings given ? ” 
Scutellaria elegans is a handsome showy plant, 
for the mingled parterre, or for distinct beds; and 
it also forms a suitable subject for window culture. 
Or, if made a garden ornament for summer, it 
should be taken in for protection during winter. 
