SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA.
SIDE-FLOWERING SCULL-CAP. SCULL-CAP. BLUE SCULL-CAP.
Mad-dog Scull-cap. Mad-dog-weed, &c.
(Generic Character, &Pc. £s?c. page 5 o f this work.)
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Plant much branched, somewhat smooth. Leaves long-petiolate, ovate, dentate
those of the stem sub-cordate. Racemes lateral, leafy. Willd.
Plant from one to three feet high. Root perennial, fibrous, ochre-
yellow. Stem quadrangular, smooth, branched, greenish-yellow, purplish
near the root. Branches also quadrangular, opposite, axillary,
decussating, floriferous, and leafy. Leaves petiolate, acute, opposite,
arising from the alternate sides of the stem. Those of the stem
large, varying from one to three and a half inches in length; and
