SCUTELLARIA ALPl'NA. 
ADPINE SCULLCAP. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. GYM NOSPERM I A . 
Natural Order. 
LABIAT M. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Hungary. 
9 inches. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1752. 
No. 398. 
Scutellaria is a name which is founded on the 
peculiarity of the calyx of this genus, which has a 
small concave cap that covers the seeds. It is 
derived from the Latin scutella, a small dish; or 
scutellum, a little shield. The English name owes 
its origin to the same appendage. 
This is a pretty plant for the front of the border 
or mount, or for placing amongst raised groups of 
stones, where it would be somewhat elevated, and 
invite examination. The flowering season of this 
plant, like that of many others, may be extended 
by cutting off a portion of its stems before the blos- 
soms open. Young lateral shoots will be thereby 
produced, which will flower after the leading shoots 
have exhausted the chief of their beauty. This 
practice may frequently be so adopted in the flower 
garden, as nearly to double the blossoming season 
of many of its most beautiful ornaments. 
The Scutellaria alpina produces seeds freely, and 
an abundant crop may be raised by sowing them 
in the spring, either with or without artificial heat. 
It may also be divided at the roots; which in some 
situations multiply rapidly. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 427. 
