SCUTELLA RIA MACRAN'THA. 
LONG-FLOWERED SCULL-CAP. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. A NGIOSPERMIA . 
Natural Order. 
LABIATE. 
Native of 
Heig^ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
Siberia 
9 inches. 
.July, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1827. 
No. 638. 
For the derivation of the generic name Scutel- 
laria, see No. 397. The calycine appendage to 
which it alludes is not unworthy the attention of the 
general observer as well as the botanist. 
Most of the plants which we include within the 
limits of the genus Scutellaria are low but orna- 
mental subjects for the flower border. The present 
species is, however, the handsomest with which we 
are acquainted, and well deserves a place in every 
good collection. In our remarks, under Scutella- 
ria lupulina. No. 555, we have noticed a peculiarity 
of this genus that should not be forgotten. Alter 
the decay of the flowers the calyx closes over the 
seeds. These are not permitted to fall when ripe 
by its again opening, but by the separation of a 
small convex portion of its upper lip. These evi- 
dences of design meet us at every step through the 
flower garden, and aflbrd objects of pleasing inter- 
est as well as lessons of instruction to every well- 
directed mind. 
Scutellaria macrantha possesses a long fusiform 
root, therefore should be planted in a deep light 
soil. It may be readily propagated from seeds. 
