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LABIATE. CIX. AJUGA. 



11 A. ACAU'LIS (Brocchi, Osserv. sulli. abruz. p. 22.) plant 

 without stolons ; stems very short ; leaves oblong or obovate, 

 narrowed a long way at the base, hardly sinuately toothed : flo- 

 ral leaves similar to the cauline leaves, but smaller, all glabrous 

 or pilose ; whorls few, condensed ; tube of corolla straight, much 

 exserted. !(.. H. Native of the South of Italy, in the higher 

 mountain pastures, in Abruzzo and Calabria ; also of Sicily. A. 

 decumbens, Tenor, fl. nap. but not of Thunb. A. Ten6rii, Presl. 

 fl. sic. p. 34. Stems shorter than the leaves, scarcely 2 inches. 

 Leaves approximate, 1 to 2 inches long, or longer ; floral ones 

 narrower, generally quite entire, about equal in length to the co- 

 rollas. Whorls few-flowered. Calyx semiquinquefid. Corolla 

 nearly an inch long ; tube annulate inside. 

 Stemless Bugle. PI. 2 to 3 inches. 



12 A. SINUA V TA (R. Br. prod. p. 503.) hairy; stems many, 

 procumbent ; radical leaves longer than the petioles, and are, as 

 well as the floral ones, sinuated, attenuated at the base ; whorls 

 6-flowered ; calyx very hairy; corolla rather pilose. !(..? F. 

 Native of New Holland, at the Coal river near Port Jackson. A 

 very distinct species, with the habit of A. parvrflbra. Flowers 

 small, blue. 



Sinuated-\eaved Bugle. PI. procumbent. 



13 A. PARVIFLORA (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 59. 

 lab. p. 696.) plant diffuse, without stolons ; branches ascending, 

 villous ; leaves broad-ovate, narrowed into the petioles at the 

 base, sinuately subdentate : floral leaves ovate, almost quite en- 

 tire, exceeding the flowers, all thick, very villous, and subcanes- 

 cent ; flowers minute; tube of corolla shorter than the calyx. 

 T{. F. Native of the Himalaya, in Kamaon, Wall ; at Simlah, 

 Lady Dalhousie ; Mussooree, Royle and Jacquemont ; at Illaha- 

 bad, and in the valley of the Jumna, Jacquemont. Stems nume- 

 rous. Whorls many-flowered. Corollas pale violet, exannulate. 

 Stamens inclosed. 



Small-flowered Bugle. PI. \ to \ foot. 



14 A. BRACTE&SA (Wall, ex Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 696.) plant 

 without stolons, diffuse ; branches ascending, villous ; leaves 

 broad-ovate, narrowed into the petioles at the base : floral leaves 

 similar to the rest, exceeding the flowers, all sinuately toothed 

 or quite entire, thick, very villous, subcanescent ; upper whorls 

 spicate ; flowers small ; tube of corolla exserted. 1. F. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul, Hamilt. A. integrifolia, Hamilt. in D. Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 108. Habit and hairiness of A, parviflora, but 

 taller and more branched ; cauline and floral leaves larger ; whorls 

 more approximate ; flowers as large again, but one half smaller 

 than those of A. Genevensis. Corollas blue j tube annulate 

 inside. 



Bracteate Bugle. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PI. \ to f foot. 



15 A. DENSIFLORA (Wall, ex Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 696.) plant 

 without stolons, humble, ascending, or erect, villous ; leaves ob- 

 long or ovate, subcrenated, narrowed at the base, thick, villous : 

 upper floral leaves or all are shorter than the flowers ; whorls 

 spicate or the lower ones hardly remote ; tube of corolla equal- 

 ling the calyx : middle segment of lower lip scarcely emarginate. 

 If.. F. Native of Nipaul. Allied to A. parviflora and A. brac- 

 tebsa. Corolla blue ; lower lip size of that of A. Genevensis. 



Dense-flowered Bugle. PI. \ to \ foot. 



16 A. DECU'MBENS (Thunb. fl. jap. 243. ? Benth. lab. p. 697.) 

 plant procumbent, without stolons ; leaves subovate, coarsely 

 toothed or cut, narrowed at the base, glabrous or villous : lower 

 floral leaves almost similar to the cauline leaves : superior ones 

 or all are bractea-formed, shorter than the flowers ; whorls spi- 

 cate, or the lower ones are few, axillary, and distant ; calycine 

 teeth bluntish ; tube of corolla inclosed or a little exserted. It. 

 F. Native of Nipaul and Kamaon, Wall ; Kheree Pass and 

 Deyra Dhoun, Royle ; China, Sir G. Staunton. Intermediate 

 between A. densiflbra and A. macrosperma. Whorls globose. 



Decumbent Bugle. PI. procumbent. 



17 A. MACROSPE'RMA (Wall, ex Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 697) plant 

 without stolons, erect or ascending, branded ; cauline leaves 

 ample, ovate, coarsely toothed, narrowed a 1 ng way at the base, 

 membranaceous, glabrous or sparingly pilose : lower leaves almost 

 similar to the rest : upper floral leaves or all bractea-formed, 

 and shorter than the flowers ; whorls spicate, or the lower ones 

 are subremote ; calycine teeth obtuse : tube of corolla shortly 

 exserted. 7. F. Native of the East Indies, on the Pundua 

 Mountains, and on Mount Taong Dong near Ava. Stem pani- 

 culately branched. Lower leaves on long petioles, 2-4 inches 

 long. Calyx turbinate. Corolla small, with an elongated tube, 

 which is inflated in the middle, and annulate inside. 



Large-seeded Bugle. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SECT. II. CHAM,E'PITHYS (from ^afjai, chamai, on the ground, 

 and Triruc. pitus, a pine ; the odour of Chamae'pithys is bitter and 

 resinous like that of the pine.) Benth. lab. p. 697. Whorls 2, 

 rarely 4-flowered. Corollas red or yellow; upper lip very short 

 and truncate. 



18 A. LAXMA'NNI (Benth. lab. p. 697.) stems ascending, pi- 

 losely woolly ; leaves sessile, oblong or elliptic, obtuse, quite en- 

 tire, pubescent or pilose: floral leaves similar to the cauline ones; 

 whorls 2-flowered ; calyx ample, semiquinquefid, with oblong, 

 bluntish, nearly equal segments; tube of corolla inclosed. 1. 

 H. Native of the South-east of Europe and Middle Asia ; as 

 of Hungary, Transylvania, Bessarabia, Tauria, Caucasus, and 

 Iberia. Teucrium Laxmanni, Lin. syst. p. 439. Waldst. et Kit. 

 pi. rar. hung. 1. t. 69. Phleboanthe Laxmanni, Tausch. in bot. 

 zeit. 1828. l.p. 323. Stems branched, clothed with long hairs. 

 Leaves about 2 inches long, stem-clasping ; lower ones narrowed 

 at the base ; upper ones roundish ; floral leaves a'l exceeding 

 the flowers. Corollas yellow, nearly an inch long. Genitals 

 equal in length to the segments of corolla. 



Laxmann's Ground-pine. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



19 A. OBLONGA'TA (Bieb. fl. cauc. suppl. p. 388.) stem erect- 

 ish, very pilose ; leaves nearly sessile, narrowly oblong, obtuse, 

 quite entire, pilose : floral leaves similar to the cauline leaves ; 

 whorls 2-flowered ; upper tooth of calyx minute : lower ones 

 equal in length to the tube ; tube of corolla shortly exserted. 

 If. . H. Native of Caucasus, in sandy places ; and of Syria, be- 

 tween Bagdad and Aleppo. A. salicifolia, Stev. mem. soc. nat. 

 cur. mosq. 3. p. 265, but not of Lin. This differs from A. Lax- 

 manni in the smaller stature and leaves, more stiff hairs, and form 

 of calyx. Stems usually panicled. Corollas yellow, about the size 

 of those of A. Laxmanni, but the lateral segments are rather 

 broader. 



OWo!g-leaved Ground-pine. PI. 1 foot. 



20 A. SALICIFOLIA (Schreb. unilab. p. 26.) herbaceous, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, quite entire or a little 

 toothed, narrowed into the short petioles at the base : calyx to- 

 mentosely hairy, with oblong obtuse teeth, the upper tooth the 

 shortest; flowers on short pedicels. l/.H. Native of Syria, 

 between Smyrna and Bursa ; and of Tauria and Armenia. Sibth. 

 et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 22. t. 526. Teucrium salicifolium, Lin. 

 mant. p. 80. Schreb. dec. 1. p. 17. t. 9. This differs from A. 

 oblongata in the short stiff pubescence. Habit and flowers 

 almost the same, but the calyx is larger. 



Willow-leaved Ground-pine. PI. procumbent. ? 



21 A. CHAMjEci'sxus (Ging. in herb. D. C. ex Benth. lab. p. 

 698.) suffruticos'e ; branches white, nearly glabrous ; leaves ses- 

 sile, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, quite entire, green on both surfaces, 

 but finely pubescent or glabrous ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx at- 

 tenuated at the base, with oblong obtuse equal teeth. fj . F. 

 Native of Persia. A very distinct species. Leaves an inch long. 

 Calyx tomentose at the base, whitish, with green teeth. Tube 

 of corolla a little exserted. 



