150 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. - 
COROLLIFLOR2. LAMIACE. 
AJUGA. (Buetz.) 
Generic Character. Calyx ovate, nearly equal, divided into 
five. Corolia with the tube extended beyond the calyx. Upper 
lip short, erect ; lower one larger, divided into three. Stamens 
protruded beyond the upper lip. 
AJUGA REPTANS. Common Bugle. (Plate IX. Fig. 35.) 
This common plant is abundant in moist pastures and 
woods, found early in the season; but scarcely in perfection 
till this period. The stem is creeping, but the flowering 
part erect. Leaves broad, without stalks, except those on 
the new shoots or runners, which taper into a footstalk. 
The flowering stem has many leaves or bracteas of a purplish 
hue, proceeding from each whorl of flowers, the latter are 
generally blue, sometimes white or flesh-coloured. This 
plant was formerly thought good for wounds. 
Asuca Cuama@pitys. Ground-pine, or Yellow-Bugle. 
A rare plant, found in Kent, Surrey, Cambridge, and Essex. 
The flowers yellow, spotted with red, and much covered by 
the upper leaves. ‘Two other species are found only in the 
Highland pastures. 
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