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1. A. pyramiddlis. Pyramidal Bugle. Plant hairy; whorls of flowers 

 crowded into a pyramidal form ; root-leaves very large, inversely egg- 

 shaped, obtuse, crenate ; upper lip of the corolla deeply cleft. Stem 



four or five inches high : corolla bluish-purple, with dark streaks: upper 

 lip in two deep acute lobes. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in dry 

 heathy pastures in the Highlands of Scotland : found on Ben Nevis by 

 Dr. Hope, Tor Aichaltie by Mr. W. Gibb, on llonanval in Harris, and 

 a few other places in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1270. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 66. 845. 



2. A. alpina. Alpine Bugle. Leaves nearly smooth, irregularly 



toothed, the uppermost white : whorls of flowers rather distant. Stem 



four or five inches high : corolla pale-blue, with darker streaks. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July : grows on mountains : rare. Carnarvonshire, 

 Derbyshire, and Durham. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 477. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 65. 846. 



3. A.reptans. Common Bugle. Plant almost smooth, with a solitary 



stem and creeping scyons ; lower lip of the corolla four-cleft. Stem 



erect, simple, about six or eight inches high : flowers pale-blue. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in May : grows in woods and moist pastures : common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 489. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 65. 847. 



4. A. Chameepitys. Yellow Bugle. Ground Pine. Stem spreading, 

 branched ; leaves divided into three linear entire segments ; flowers 



axillar, solitary, shorter than the leaves. Stems several, hairy : leaves 



crowded : corolla yellow. Annual : flowers in April and May : grows 

 in sandy fields in England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 77. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 67. 848. 



2. TEU'CRIUM. GERMANDER. 



Calyx somewhat bell-shaped, a little unequal, tumid at the 

 base, the limb deeply divided into five acute segments. Corolla 

 gaping; tube cylindrical, short, curved upwards; upper lip as if 

 wanting, being divided to the base into two distant lateral lobes; 

 lower lip spreading, three-lobed, the central lobe largest. Fila- 

 ments much longer than the upper lip, ascending, curved. Ger- 

 men superior, four-cleft. Style incurved; stigma divided into 

 two acute, spreading segments. Seeds four, oblong, wrinkled, in 

 the bottom of the permanent calyx. Named after Teucer, prince 

 of Troy. 281. 



1. T. Scnrodonia. Wood Sage. Wood Germander. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, serrate, stalked ; flowers in lateral clusters ; stems erect. 



Root creeping : stem about a foot and a half high, acutely four-cornered, 

 hairy, leaves wrinkled : corolla pale-yellow. The whole plant is bitter, 

 and is said to answer instead of hops in making beer. Perennial : flowers 

 in July : grows in woods, the clefts of rocks, and among rubbish : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1543. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 68. 849. 



2. T. Scordium. Water Germander. Leaves oblong, sessile, downy, 

 with tooth-like serratures; flowers axillar, stalked, in pairs; stem pro- 

 cumbent. Root creeping : stems branched : leaves hoary : corolla 



pale-purple. Very bitter. The leaves powdered are used as a vermi- 

 fuge. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows in wet meadows : 

 rare. Isle of Ely, about Cambridge, on the banks of the I sis; several 

 parts of Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 828. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 68. 



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