66 DIDYNAMIA-GYMNOSPERMIA. Ajuga. 



ments. Seeds 4, rugged, oblong, rounded, in the bottom 

 of the unaltered calyx. 

 Herbaceous, mostly perennial; either with undivided leaves, 

 aggregate blue Jiowers, and scarcely an}' aromatic qua- 

 lity; or with frequently divided leaves, solitary, yellow 

 Jlowers, a strong scent, and sometimes annual ?'oot. 



* Bugula. Fl. 'whorled, blue. 



1 . A. reptans. Common Bugle. 



Almost smooth, with a solitary stem, and creeping scyons. 

 Lower lip of the corolla four-cleft. 



A, reptans. Linn. Sp. PI. 785. Willd. v. 3. 10. FL Br. 604. Engl. 

 Bot. V. 7. t. 489. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 43. Hook. Scot. 1 79. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 925. Bull. Fr. t. 345. Ehrh. PL Off. 155. 



Bugula. Raii Stjn. 245. Ger. Em. 631./. Dad. Pempt. 135./. 

 Riv. Monop. Irr. t. l^.f. 1. 



B. n. 282. UalL HisL v. 1 . 123. 



Consolida media. Brunf. Herb. v. \.9o.f. Fuchs. Hist. 391 ./. 

 Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 311./. Camer. EpiL 702./. 



In woods and moist pastures^ common. 



Perennial. May. 



Root rather woody, with long fibres. Stem solitary, simple, up- 

 right, leafy, a span high, purplish, the angles sharp, often hairy. 

 Scyons long and slender, leafy, wanting in the wooden cut of 

 Gerarde and Dodonaeus, which is copied after that of Matthio- 

 lus. Leaves obovate, with shallow serratures, veiny j the lower 

 ones tapering \nto footstalks ; upper sessile, diminished, slightly 

 coloured, bearing several whorls, of blue and white, sometimes 

 entirely white, scentless^owers. Segments of the calyx hairy, 

 as well as the outside of the corolla, the middle lobe of whose 

 lower lip is cloven. 



The roots are slightly astringent, but the herb has little taste or 

 smell, and still less of any healing or vulnerary property. The 

 white variety abounds in the isle of Wight; and a flesh-colour- 

 ed one has sometimes been observed. In dry mountainous si- 

 tuations the plant acquires a considerable degree of hairiness. 



2. A. alpina. Alpine Bugle. 



Leaves almost smooth, irregularly toothed; uppermost 

 entire. Scyons none. Whorls not crowded, of many 

 flowers. 



A. alpina. Linn. Mant. 80. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. 9. FL Br. 605. 



EngL BoLv. 7. L 477. Hook. Scot. 179. 

 A. pyramidalis. Huds, 248. 



