294 LABIATE. 



of Ireland, very local and rare ; a native ? Watton : fl. July-Aug. Peren- 

 nial, foetid, hairy woolly and glandular. Rootstofk creeping. stnlmiilVrous. 

 Stem 4-10 in., branched from the base, erect or prostrate, leafy. Leave* 

 ^-1^ in. , narrowed rounded or cordate at the base. Bracts leaf -like, sometimes 

 auricled at the base ( T. scordioides, Bab. not Schreber) ; bracteoles ; pedi- 

 cels short. Cat i/x-teeth straight, short, triangular. Corolla iin., rose-purple ; 

 lower lip spotted. Outlets wrinkled. DISTRIB. Europe. tf. Africa. Siberia, 

 W. Asia to the N.W. Himalaya. 



3. T. Bo'trys, L. ; leaves all petioled triangular-ovate pinnatifid, 



calyx saccate at the base, teeth equal. 



Chalky fields, Bookham and Betchworth, Surrey; indigenous, or a colonist, 

 Baker; fl. Aug. Annual, pubescent and glandular with long hairs. Stem 

 4-8 in., erect, much branched from the base, leafy. Leaves ^-1 in. , seg- 

 ments 3-5 pair, linear, obtuse, lower again lobed ; nerves prominent below. 

 Bracts leaf-like. Calyx large, glandular, inflated and reticulate in fruit ; 

 lobes triangular, mucronate. Corolla \ in., rose-purple, lower lip spotted 

 white and red. Nntlets deeply pitted. DISTRIB. Europe from Belgium 

 southwards, excl. Greece and Turkey, N. Africa. 



SECTION 3. Chamte'drys, Bcnth. Whorls 2-6-flowered, all or the 

 upper only in lax terminal racemes. Calyx-teeth subequal. 



T. CHAM^I'DRYS, L. ; leaves petioled ovate incised-crenate, bracts 

 sessile leaf-like, calyx nearly equal at the base, teeth nearly equal. 

 Old walls in England, Scotland, and sandy fields in Ireland, rare ; a garden 

 escape ; fl. July-Sept. Perennial, almost hispidly hairy. RoottfoeJk creep- 

 ing, stoloniferous. Stem, 6-18 in., ascending, much branched, leafy. Leares 

 i-1^ in., gradually narrowed into the petiole, nerves prominent beneath. 

 Whorlt about 6-flowered, in the axils of leafy bracts, or subsecund in leafy 

 terminal spikes ; bracts exceeding the calyx, quite entire, acuminate, often 

 purple ; upper smaller ; pedicels very short. Calyx-teeth straight, tri- 

 angular, spinescent. Corolla in., rosy, lower lip spotted white anil red. 

 Nutlets nearly smooth. DISTRIB. Europe from Holland southwards ; W. 

 Asia. A reputed tonic and famous old gout medicine. 



17. A'JUGA, L. Bi:ci r. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Wlwrls few- or many-flowered ; bracts 

 leaf-like ; flowers blue purplish or yellow. Calyx subcampanulate, 

 5-fid or 5-toothed. Corolla-tube, usually with a ring of hairs within, 

 straight or twisted ; upper lip short, notched ; lower longer, spreading, 

 3-fid, lateral lobes oblong, middle broader notched or 2-fid. Stamens 4, 

 ascending, protruded beyond the upper lip, 2 lower longer ; anther-cells 

 diverging, at length confluent. Style-lobes subcqtiiil. ,Y<///<-/.y reticulate 

 or rugose. DISTHIB. Temp, regions of the Old World, from Europe to 

 Australia ; species 30. ETYM. doubtful. 



1. A. rep'tans, L. ; almost glabrous, stoloniferous, leaves repand- 

 crenate, whorls in a loose spike with spreading bracts, flowers blue. 

 Copses, woods, and pastures, ascending to 2,000 ft. in the Highlands ; fl. 



May- July. Perennial, subglabrou.s or pilose, with bifarious lines of hairs 



on the stem. Jtwtitock short, stout ; stolons slender, leafy, tips ascending. 



Flowering ttem 6-12 in. Leave*, radical 2-3 in., long-petioled, narrowly 



