AJUGA. 



LABIATAE. 925 



nunc fere glabra, saepius pilis sparsis in ramis et foliis hispidula. Stolones ex 

 axillis foliorum inferiorum numerosi elonRali. Rami floriferi breves ascendentes 

 V. erecli. Folia 1-2 pollices diamelro, basi nunc profunde cordala , nunc trun- 

 cata V. cuneata, floralia inferiora caulinis conformia, superiora subsessilia ovalo- 

 oblonga, grosse dentata. Fiorum spica interrupta 1-4-pollicaris laxiuscula. Ver- 

 licillastri inferiores biflori distanles, superiores subsexQori approximati. Calyx 

 4-5-fidus, laciniis lanceolalis acutis foliaceis. Corolla pilosula coerulea?, calycem 

 triplo superans, tubo longe exserto recto, basi intus nudo. Labium superius bre- 

 vissimum latum obtusum, inferioris laciniae laterales oblongae, media lata emar- 

 ginato-bifida, lobis divaricatis. Genilalia exserla. — Habitat in India orientali, 

 in Nepalia et Gossain Than. 



2. A. REPTANS Linn. Spec. plant. 785. — Hook. Flor. Londin. IL ic, — Engl, bot, 

 t. 489. — Bth. I. c. t — Stolonib. reptanlib.; foll. ovalis obovatisve integerrimis 

 V. sinuatis cauleq, glabriusculis. ^- — Stolones e basi tantum caulis orti et bre- 

 viores, minus foliosi quam in A lobata. Plantae ex stolonibus ortae, interdum 

 estolonosae. Rami floriferi erecti simplices semipedales v, rarius subpedales 

 glabri v. faciebus oppositis pubescenlibus. Folia radicalia et stolonum petiolata, 

 caulina subsessilia obtusa, basi anguslato-cuneata, petiolis dilatatis, utrinque vi- 

 ridia glabra v. pilis paucis sparsis hispidula, floralia sessilia, lalius ovata, basi 

 rotundata, inferiora flores longe superantia, superiora gradatim minora, saepe 

 colorata, suprema vix calyces excedentia. Verticillastri infimi remoti, supremi in 

 spicam approximati 6-20-flori. Bracteae subnullae. Calyces subsessiles, late 

 campanulati, saepius hispidi, profunde 2-fidi, laciniae lanceolatae anguslae. Co— 

 rolla caerulea v. rarius rosea, calyce duplo triplove longior, tubus rectus , lon- 

 giuscule exsertus, intus basi piloso-annulatus, limbi labium superius brevissi- 

 mum latum, inferioris lobi laterales ovati, intermedius breviter emarginatus. 

 Stamina breviter exserta. — Bugula reptans Moench, Meth. plant. 382. — Habilat 

 in Europae et inAsiae mediae herbidis, in Anglia, Scania, Gallia, Germania, His- 

 pania, Ilalia usque ad regnum Neapolitanum, in Tauria et in regione Caspica 

 prope Lenkoran. 



3. A. ORIENTALIS Linn. Spec. plant. 785. — Bth. 1. c. 693. f — Estolonosa ascen- 

 dens piloso-Ianata: foll. ovatis grosse sinuato-dentatis, basi angustatis, floralib, 

 sessilib, late ovatis inciso-lobatis dentatisve, flores superantib.; verlicillastris 

 distantib. v. supremis approximatis; corollae tubo torto exserto, intus nudo, limbo 

 resupinato. 2j. — Caules pedales et saepe longiores erecti v. ascendentes simpli- 

 ces, uti folia pilis longis laxis dense lanati v, (in exemplaribus cultis) rarius gla- 

 brali. Folia radicalia interdum peliolata, margine sinuata, caulina sessilia, basi 

 angusla, floralia latiora, basi semiamplexicaulia, saepius grosse triloba, lobis 

 denlatis sinualisve, flores amplectentia, omnia crassiuscula rugosa mollia. FIo- 

 res in verticillastro numerosi. Caiyces subsessiles, profunde 5-fidi, laciniae an- 

 guste lanceolatae linearesve pilosissimae. CoroIIa coerulea, tubus calyce subdimi- 

 dio longior, intus nudus, limbus A. reptantis , sed ex lorsione tubi exacte re- 

 supinatus. — Bugula obliqua Moench, Meth, plant, 382, — Bugula orientalis Mill, 

 Dicl. no. 5. — Habitat in Europae et Asiae regionis Mediterraneo-Ponticae col- 

 libus et pascuis siccis, in Hispania, Sicilia, Italia australi, in insula Samo, ad 

 montis Haemi radices, prope Damascum, in Cappadocia, in Tauria et in Caucaso. 



4. A. PYRAMIDALIS Linn. 1. c. — Sm. Engl. bot. t. 1270, — Blh, 1. c. f - Estolo- 

 nosa piloso-hispida v. glabra erecta: foll. caulinis approximalis vix petiolatis 

 obovatis, floralib. late-ovatis flores amplectentib. tetragono-pyramidatis, supre- 

 mis saepe coloratis, omnib. integerrimis v. obscure sinuatis; verticillastris supe- 

 riorib. v. omnib. spicatis; corollae tubo recto exserto, intus annulato. H' — Haec 

 species exemplaribus minoribus A. orientali valde affinis est, sed floribus con- 

 stanter distinguiiur. Caulis erectus vix semipedalis simplex, interdum uti folia 

 fere glaber, saepius magis minusve pilosus. Folia radicalia plerumque 172-2- 

 poUicaria, floralia (quae parlem fere tolam plantae occupant) inferiora pollicaria, 



