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and those of the stolons persistent till the time of flowering, stalked, 

 obovate or oblanceolate, attenuated towards the base, obtuse, repand 

 or repand-crenate or repand-dentate ; stem leaves similar to the radical 

 leaves, but usually subsessile. Bracts sessile, oblong-oval or oval, sub- 

 obtuse, repand, all of them spreading, the uppermost ones generally 

 coloured. Verticillasters occupying more than half of the stem, 6 to 

 12 -flowered, the lower ones distant, the upper approximate. Calyx 

 subglabrous ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube, ciliated with 

 jointed hairs. Corolla longer than the upper bracts ; middle lobe of 

 the lower lip obcordate. 



In open woods, pastures, and on banks, &c. Common, and generally 

 distributed. Rare in the north of Scotland. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Spring, early Summer. 



Rootstock short, truncate, producing rosettes of spreading leaves, 

 w^hich, including the stalk, are 2i to 7 inches long; stolons elongated, 

 lying on the ground, at length 3 to 12 inches long, in autumn root- 

 ing, and producing at the apex rosettes similar to the primary one. 

 Stems erect, 4 to 18 inches liigh. Stem leaves 1 to 2^ inches long. 

 Bracts decreasing in size upwards, the lowest f to 2 inches long, the 

 upper ^ to -}j inch, generally stained with the same colour as the 

 flowers. Flowers ^ to f inch long, usually dull blue, more rarely duU 

 purplish rose or white. Nucules broadly ovoid, olive, honey-combed. 

 Plant subglabrous, the stem with 2 opposite strips of jointed white 

 glandular hairs, the margins of the leaves and bracts genendly ciliated, 

 and sometimes the leaves and bracts have scattered hairs on both 

 surfaces, especially when young. 



A. alpuaa of British authors is said to be a form of this plant desti- 

 tute of stolons, but whether it ever occurs really without stolons, 

 except accidentally, I am unable to say. I have never seen it in this 

 condition except in the herbarium specimens where the stolons may 

 have been broken off, or in a living state except in places where the 

 plant may have been injured by sheep. I do not know whether the 

 Scandinavian A. alpina be distinct from A. reptans, as I have not seen 

 specimens. 



A. alpina of English Botany, No. 777, is A. Genevensis rather more 

 glabrous than usual. 



Common Bugle. 



Frencb, Bugle rampante. German, Kriechender Giinsel. 



The common name of this species is derived from tlie word hugidus, a small glass 

 pipe, used as a bead in female attire, and called in French Bugle : to which the bluish 

 corollas of this plant have some very distant resemblance. In olden times this plant 

 was regarded as a specific in gout, jaundice, and other complaints, but it is no longer 

 used. It was formerly esteemed as a vulnerary, and possesses a considerable degree 

 of astringency. 



