Skullcap - Upper Part of the Flowering Stem

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“A plant of the genus Scutellaria: so called from the helmet-like appendage to the upper lip of the calyx, which closes the mouth of the calyx after the fall of the corolla.” —Whitney, 1889

In the illustration, a represents the calyx. This illustration is of Scutellaria serrata, an herbaceous perennial mint.

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5678

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