CLASS XIV. ORDER I. ] AJUGA. 831 



purplish, leafy. Leaves numerous, oblong, obovate, unequally cre- 

 natecl, the radical ones with footstalks, large, spreading, paler beneath 

 than above, and more or less hairy, the upper ones gradually becoming 

 smaller and sessile. Inflorescence axillary whorls of numerous flowers, 

 crowded towards the top into a leafy spike. Calyx with a short tube 

 and narrow lanceolate teeth, longer than the tube, mostly very hairy. 

 Corolla pale blue, striated with purple, the tube cylindrical, upper lip 

 short, notched, the lower three lobed, the lateral lobes oblong, the 

 middle one broad, notched. Bracteas or floral leaves longer than the 

 flowers, and mostly tinged with purplish blue. Stamens protruded. 

 Anthers ovate, two celled. " Seeds reticulated." 



Habitat. Highland pastures, rate; Ben Nevis, Tor Aichaltie, 

 Ross-shire, Appin, Strath Krric, Inverness-shire, Isle of Lewis. Mr. 

 R. B. Bowman. 



Perennial ; flowering in June. 



3. A. gene'vensis, Linn. (Fig. 961.) Alpine Bugle. Stem solitary, 

 without creeping runners ; leaves almost smooth, oblong, ovate, un- 

 equally toothed, the upper ones three lobed, or entire, shorter than the 

 distant whorled flowers. 



English Botany, t. 477. English Flora, vol. iii. p. 67. EJooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 229. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 197. A. 

 alpina, Linn. Mant. 



Root of numerous stout branched fibres, without creeping runners. 

 Stem erect, simple, obtusely angular, furrowed, downy,*from four to 

 six inches high. Leaves distant, oblong, ovate, paler beneath, with 

 prominent mid-rib and lateral veins, scarcely downy, coarsely and 

 unequally toothed, or crenated, the radical ones with a long winged 

 footstalk, the upper sessile. Inflorescence axillary whorls of numerous 

 flowers, distant below, mostly crowded above. Calyx with a short tube 

 and lanceolate teeth, longer than the tube, and clothed with silky 

 hairs. Corolla a fine purplish blue, striated with purple, the tube long, 

 slender, cylindrical, pale, slightly downy, the upper lip short, the lower 

 of three lobes, the lateral ones ovate, the middle one broad, flat, entire, 

 crenated or notched. Bracteas or floral leaves shorter than the flowers, 

 mostly tinged with purple, the lower ones ovate, with a lobe on each 

 side, the upper entire. Stamens protruded. Anthers ovate, two 

 celled. 



Habitat. Rare, on mountains and alpine districts; Carnarvonshire. 

 Ray. Castleton, Derbyshire, and the County of Durham. 



Perennial; flowering in July. 



This, though a very rare species in England, is by no means un- 

 common on the mountains in Switzerland. 



** Chamrepitys. Tournef. Flowers solitary, axillary. 



4. A. Chanue'pitys, Smith. (Fig. 962.) Ground Pine or Yclloiv Bugle. 



