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comes next. Its Latin name signifies " Joy of the Mountain," 

 and it is supposed that its abundance in the Oregon territory 

 was the occasion of that district being so called. It is a tall, 

 brittle plant, much branched ; its crimson whorls are in panicles. 

 It grows freely on the banks of the Ure, near Eipon. 



The common Bugle O&juga reptans), is a familiar ornament 

 of our woods and moist meadows. Its upper lip is very short, 

 almost wanting ; but its crowded spike of blue flowers, inter- 

 spersed with purple-tinged leaves, is a pleasing object. The 

 plant is very smooth and succulent. 



The Pyramidal Bugle (A. pyramidalis), is a much scarcer 

 plant ; its spike has more the form of a pyramid. Its tiny 

 upper lip is deeply cloven, and it has no creeping runners. 

 My specimen was sent from Tenby last June. 



Smith considers the Alpine Bugle (A. alpina), a variety of 

 the common species. This plant used to be considered as a 

 cure for cuts ; and there is a proverb in France to the effect 

 " He needeth neither physician nor surgeon who hath Bugle 

 and Sanicle." 



I have the "Wood Germander (Teucrium scorodonia), a 

 member of the seventh family of the Labiatae. It grows 

 about Hawkhurst and elsewhere, in all the hedgebanks. The 

 spikes are one-sided, the flowers of a greenish-cream colour, 

 and the leaves a dark sage green. 



The Wall Germander (T. scordium), has pretty whorls ot 

 rose-coloured flowers, and notched leaves tapering at the base. 

 I got my specimen off a garden wall. 



The Water Germander (T. paliistris), is a rare plant with 

 dull purple flowers, growing in pairs, and a procumbent stem. 



The Black Horehound (Ballota nigra), grows along with 

 the Wild Clary on the Castle Hill at Richmond. A decoction 

 of this taken milkwarm is considered an excellent remedy for 

 colds by country people, but I cannot believe in it except as an 

 emetic. It has a most disagreeable smell, ovate leaves and 

 lilac whorls of flowers. Its height is about a foot and a half. 



