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in pairs, forming a one-sided raceme. Bracts small. Cor. yellowish 

 white. Cal. with the upper tooth broad and slightly turned back. 

 Frequent. Woods and dry hedge banks. (B) P. 78. Tollcross; Cambus- 

 lang ; Cathkin hills ; Gourock, &c. 



6. A'JUGA. Bugle. 



A. REPTANS, L. Common Bugle. Stem throwing out creeping 

 scions at the base, solitary, 6 10 in. high. Le. obovate, sinuate 

 or broadly crenate, narrowed into a stalk. Floral le. or bracts 

 sessile, upper ones coloured. Fl. in axillary whorls, the upper 

 ones close together. Cor. blue, rarely white. t 



Common. Moist pastures and woods. (B) P. 5 6. Carmyle and Kenmuir 

 banks; Kelvinside wood, <fec. 



7. BALLOTA. Black-Horehound. 



B. NIGRA, L. Stem erect, hairy, branched 2 3 ft. high. Le. 

 stalked, ovate or cordate, coarsely toothed. Bracts linear. Fl. 

 in dense axillary clusters, shortly stalked. Cal. teeth broadly 

 ovate, suddenly acuminate, tipped with a mucro, reflexed. Cor. 

 short, purple. Plant covered with short hairs, having a dis- 

 agreeable odour. 



Very rare. Waste places near towns; "Cathcart Castle," Hopk. (E) P. 610. 



8. LEONtfuus. Motherwort. 



* L. CARDIACA, L. Stem stiff, much branched, 2 3 ft. high, 

 slightly downy. Le. stalked, lower ones deeply cut into 5 7 

 lobes, toothed. Floral le. narrow, wedge-shaped at the base, 

 3-lobed, uppermost ones entire. Fl. in crowded whorls, forming 

 an interrupted spike. Cor. pink or nearly white, upper lip very 

 hairy. 



Very rare. Waste places. P. 79. "Craignethan Castle," Hopk. "Near 

 Corehouse, Lesmahagow," Pair. 



9. GALEOPSIS. Hemp-Nettle. 



1. Gr. TETRAHIT, L. Common Hemp- Nettle. Stem erect, 

 hispid, swollen below the joints, 1 2 ft. high. Le. ovate or 

 oblong, acuminate, serrate, hispid. Fl. in whorls, numerous. 

 Cal. teeth twice as long as the tube. Cor. tube of the same length 

 as the cal. , purple or white. 



Very common. Cultivated ground, and in woods. (B) A. 7 9. 



2. G. VERSICOLOR, Curt. Variegated Hemp-Nettle. A stronger 

 and coarser plant than the last, of nearly the same character in 

 foliage. Cal. teeth shorter than the tube. Cor. very large, yellow, 

 with a purple spot 011 the lower lip ; upper one large, roundish- 

 oval. 



Very common. In cultivated ground. (S) A. 79. 



