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stone, frequent. Growing about a fo'ot high, and dis- 

 tinguished by its egg-shaped downy leaves, and heads of 

 purple flowers, which are crowded into the form of a 

 cyme. The bracts are longer than the flowers, and 

 tinged of the same colour, both being, while the plant 

 is in bud, of a deep red hue. The whole plant is fra- 

 grant and aromatic, and is frequently cultivated as a 

 pot-herb. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



AJUQA REPTANS (Common 



6. AJUGA (Bugle). 



1. A. reptans (Common Bugle). Stem erect, with 

 creeping scions at the base ; lower leaves stalked, upper 

 sessile ; flowers whorled, crowded into a spike. Moist 

 meadows and woods, eommon. Well marked by its 

 solitary tapering flower-stalk, 6 9 inches high, and 



