MINT FAMILY 
( Labiatw ) 
(A) Self-heal; Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris). 
Along roadsides, in fields and on the borders of woods, 
everywhere throughout the country, we will find this 
familiar flower. The stem grows from 6 to 15 inches 
high and is topped with a cylindrical flower head, com¬ 
posed of many, two-lipped, tubular, purple florets. But 
few of these bloom at a time commencing at the bottom, 
and the flowering season extends from June to Septem¬ 
ber. The leaves are sparingly toothed and seated op¬ 
positely on long stems. Usually several leaflets appear 
from their axils and sometimes smaller flower heads 
from the axils of the upper ones. 
(B) Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) is one of 
the handsomest of the Skullcaps, the tubular, two-lipped 
flowers in the loose terminal spike, each measuring about 
one inch in length. The downy stem rises from 6 to 24 
inches high and is set oppositely with toothless, lance¬ 
shaped. round-ended leaves. It is found in dry ground 
from Mass, to Fla. and along the Gulf. 
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