LABIATE. CIX. AJUGA. 



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erect, glabrous, or pubescent. Radical leaves petiolate ; cauline 

 ones nearly sessile. Lower whorls remote ; upper ones spicate, 

 6-20-flo\vered. Corollas varying from blue to rose-colour and 

 white. This was formerly recommended as a vulnerary herb, 

 but it is now altogether neglected. 



Creeping or Common Bugle. Fl. May, July. Britain. PL 

 i foot. 



3 A. ORIENTA'LIS (Lin. spec. 785.) plant without stolons as- 

 cending, pilosely woolly ; leaves ovate, coarsely and sinuately 

 toothed, narrowed at the base : floral ones sessile, broad-ovate, 

 deeply lobed or toothed, exceeding the flowers ; whorls distant, 

 or the upper ones are approximate ; tube of corolla twisted, ex- 

 serted, naked inside; limb of corolla resupinate. If.H. Na- 

 tive of Europe and Asia, in the region of the Mediterranean, on 

 dry hills and pastures ; as of Spain, Sicily, Italy, Grecian Islands, 

 Syria, Tauria, and Caucasus, &c. Bugula obliqua, Moench, 

 meth. p. 382. Bugula orientalis, Mill. diet. no. 5. Dill. elth. 

 t. 53. f. 61. Radical leaves petiolate, large. Calyx deeply 5- 

 cleft, with narrow, very pilose segments. Corollas blue. 



Eastern Bugle. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1732. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



4 A. PYRAMIDA'LIS (Lin. spec. p. 785.) plant without stolons, 

 pilosely hispid or glabrous, erect ; cauline leaves approximate, 

 scarcely petiolate, obovate : floral leaves broad-ovate, clasping 

 the flowers, tetragonally pyramidate, the upper ones often co- 

 loured, all quite entire or obscurely sinuated ; upper whorls or 

 all spicate ; tube of corolla straight, exserted, annulate inside. 

 y.. H. Native of Europe, in shady mountain-places; and of 

 Eastern Caucasus ; as of Lapland, Sweden, Pyrenees, Cevennes, 

 Provence, Switzerland, Piedmont, Greece, &c. in several parts 

 of the North of Scotland. Smith, engl. hot. t. 1270. CEd. fl. 

 dan. 185. Bugula pyramidalis, Mill. diet. no. 2. Teiicrium 

 pyramidale, Crantz, stirp. austr. Radical leaves 1^ to 2 inches 

 long, gradually becoming smaller as they ascend the stem. 

 Whorls many-flowered. Calyx 5-cleft. Corollas blue or purple. 



Pyramidal Bugle. Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. J foot. 



5 A. CILIA' TA (Bunge, enum. pi. chin. bor. p. 51.) plant with- 

 out stolons ; stems erect, elongated, glabrous ; cauline leaves re- 

 mote, ovate, coarsely toothed, membranaceous, almost glabrous, 

 with ciliated margins : lower floral leaves similar to the cauline 

 ones : upper ones ovate, acute, quite entire, coloured a little, ci- 

 liated ; whorls spicate, or the lower ones are remote ; tube of 

 corolla much exserted. %. H. Native of the North of China, 

 in humid shady places at the rivulet called Ssi-jui-ssy, Bunge. 

 Stems a little branched. Corollas blue. Bracteas purplish. Very 

 nearly allied to A. Genecensis. 



Ciliated Bugle. PI. 1| foot. 



6 A. GEXEVE'NSIS (Lin. spec. p. 785.) plant without stolons ; 

 stem erect, pilose ; cauline leaves oblong-elliptic or obovate, nar- 

 rowed at the base : lower ones petiolate : floral ones ovate or 

 cuneated : superior ones scarcely equalling the flowers or shorter, 

 all usually coarsely toothed, 



membranaceous, green on both 

 surfaces, and beset with scat- 

 tered hairs ; upper whorls spi- 

 cate : lower ones distant ; tube 

 of corolla much exserted. 5. 

 H. Native of Europe and Asi- 

 atic Russia, on grassy moun- 

 tains ; as of Sweden, France, 

 Germany, Italy, Tauria, and 

 Caucasus, North of China, &c. ; 

 North of England, among the 

 mountains. A. alplna, Lin. mant. 

 p. 80. Smith, engl. bot. t. 477. 

 A. foliosa, Tratt. arab. 1. p. 25, 

 with a figure. ? A. rugosa, 

 Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 120. A. 



FIG. 89. 



miiltiflora, Bunge, enum. pi. chin. bor. p. 51. A. pyramida- 

 lis, Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 32. Lasch. in Linnaea. 5. p. 443. and of 

 many other authors, but not of Lin. A. alpestris, Dumort, flo- 

 rul. belg. p. 42. ? Teucrum Genevensis, Crantz, stirp. austr. 

 Bugula alpina, All. ped. 1. p. 45. Bugula decumbens, Mill, 

 diet. no. 2. Bugula Genevensis, Mill. diet. no. 4. Bugula 

 montana, Riv. mon. irr. t. 1 40. f. 2. Plant very variable in sta- 

 ture, form of leaves, and hairiness, as sometimes hardly to be 

 distinguished from A. pyramidalis, and sometimes it is also allied 

 to A. auitralis and A. rembta. Leaves more or less pilose, with a 

 few teeth or lobes ; upper floral ones coloured. Calyx 5-cleft, 

 hairy. Corollas varying from blue to rose-colour and white ; 

 tube annulate inside. 



Geneva Bugle. Fl. May, July. England. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



7 A. BEMOTA (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 59. lab. p. 

 694.) plant without stolons, branched at the base, procumbent ; 

 floriferous branches ascending, villous ; leaves oblong-elliptic or 

 ovate, narrowed at the base : floral leaves ovate-cuneated, ex- 

 ceeding the flowers, all thickish and somewhat coriaceous, vil- 

 lous, coarsely few-toothed ; whorls remote or the upper ones are 

 approximate ; tube of corolla exserted ; middle segment of lower 

 lip scarcely emarginate. 11. H. Native of India, in the pro- 

 vinces of Oude, Hurdwar, and Kamaon, Wall ; Himalaya at 

 Nag-kanda, Royle ; Deyra Dhoun, Royle and Jacquemont ; Be- 

 rali and Mirpoor, Jacquemont. This differs from A. Genevensis 

 in the characters given. Whorls many-flowered. Calyx inflately 

 globose after inflorescence. Corollas varying from violaceous or 

 blue to rose colour and white, more slender and smaller than in 

 A. Genevensis, 



Remote Bugle. PI. ascending or procumbent. 



8 A. O'PHRYDIS (Burch. cat. geogr. pi. afr. austr. no. 3700.) 

 plant without stolons, erect, pilosely hispid ; leaves obovate, nar- 

 rowed at the base : floral leaves ovate, equalling the flowers or 

 scarcely exceeding them, all thickish and somewhat coriaceous, 

 glabrous or villous, coarsely few-toothed ; lower whorls remote : 

 upper ones spicate ; tube of corolla equalling the calyx ; middle 

 lobe of lower lip bifid. %. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, Masson, Burchell. Allied to A. Genevensit and A. rembta, 

 but differs from both in the stems being erect and hispid, in the 

 floral leaves being broad, and in the flowers being twice the size, 

 and in the form of the corolla. Corollas blue ; tube annulate 

 inside. 



Ophrys-like Bugle. PI. i to f foot. 



9 A. AUSTRA'LIS (R. Br. prod. p. 503.) plant without stolons; 

 stems ascending or erect, pubescent, rather villous or glabrous ; 

 leaves narrow-oblong, narrowed at the base, quite entire or sin- 

 uated, thickish, rather villous : floral leaves similar to the cau- 

 line leaves, exceeding the flowers ; lower whorls remote : upper 

 ones subspicate ; tube of corolla exserted ; middle segment of 

 lower lip emarginately bifid. "%.. F. Native of New Holland, 

 in grassy places, at Port Jackson, and in the interior, &c. Very 

 like A. Genevensis, but differs in the leaves being narrower, 

 longer, and more entire, especially the floral leaves. Stem, 

 leaves, and calyxes pubescent, with short adpressed hairs. Teeth 

 of calyx short. Corolla blue ; tube annulate inside. 



Southern Bugle. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 foot. 



10 A. DIEME'NICA (Benth. lab. p. 695.) plant humble, without 

 stolons, ascending ; leaves narrow-oblong, narrowed at the base, 

 petiolate, or the superior ones are sessile, quite entire or sinu- 

 ately toothed, thickish : floral leaves similar to the cauline ones, 

 much longer than the flowers ; whorls all remote ; tube of co- 

 rolla equalling the calyx : middle segment of lower lip shortly 

 emarginate. If. . F. Native of Van Diemen's Land, Gunn and 

 Lawrence. Plant more humble, more villous, and less erect than 

 A. austrtilis. Leaves, especially the floral ones, usually toothed. 

 Corollas blue ; ? tube annulate inside. 



Van Diemen's Land Bugle. PI. 5 foot. 



