332 LABIATE. [Teucrtum. 



mucronate. Corolla § in., rose-purple, lower lip spotted white and red, 

 Nutlets deeply pitted. — Distrib. From Belgium southd. (excl. Greece), 

 N. Africa. 



Section 3. Chamse'drys, Bcnth. Whorls i2-6-f\&., all or the upper 

 only in lax terminal racemes. Calyx-teeth subequal. 



T. Chamse'drys, L. ; leaves petioled ovate incised-crenate, bracts 

 sessile leaf-like, calyx nearly equal at the base, teeth nearly equal. 

 Old walls in England, Scotland, and sandy fields in Ireland, rare ; a garden 

 escape ; fi. July-Sept.— Perennial, almost hispidly hairy. Rootstock creep- 

 ing, stoloniferous. Stem 6-18 in., ascending, much branched, leafy. Leaves 

 §-l| in., gradually narrowed into the petiole, nerves prominent beneath. 

 Whorls about 6-fld., in the axils of leafy bracts, or subsecund in leafy 

 terminal spikes; bracts exceeding the calyx, quite entire, acuminate, often 

 purple, upper smaller ; pedicels very short. Calyx-teeth straight, triangular, 

 spinescent. Corolla § in., rosy, lower lip spotted white and red. Nutlets 

 nearly smooth. -Distrib. From Holland southd.; W. Asia.— A reputed 

 tonic and famous old gout medicine. 



17. A'JUGA, L. Bugle. 

 Annual or perennial herbs. Whorls few- or many-fld. ; bracts leaf-like ; 

 flowers blue purplish or yellow, proterandrous. Calyx subcampanulate, 

 5-fid or 5-toothed. Corolla-tube usually with a ring of hairs within, 

 straight or twisted ; upper lip short, notched ; lower longer, spreading, 

 3-fid, lateral lobes oblong, middle broader notched or 2-fid. Stamens 4, 

 ascending, protruded beyond the upper lip, 2 lower longer ; anther-cells 

 diverging, at length confluent. Style-lobes subequal. Nutlets reticulate 

 or rugose. — Distrib. Temp, regions of the Old World, from Europe to 

 Australia ; species 30. — Etym. doubtful. 



1. A. rep'tans, L. ; almost glabrous, stoloniferous, leaves repand- 

 crenate, whorls in a loose spike with spreading bracts, flowers blue. 

 Copses, woods, and pastures, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in the High- 

 lands; Ireland; Channel Islands; fi. May-July. — Perennial, subglabrous or 

 pilose, lines of hairs bifarious on the stem. Rootstock short, stout ; stolons 

 slender, leafy, tips ascending. Flowering-stem 6-12 in. Leaves, radical 2-3 

 in., long-petioled, narrowly obovate, obtuse ; those on the stolons small, 

 obovate-spathulate ; cauline few, sessile, oblong, obtuse. Spike 3-8 in. ; 

 bracts subentire, obtuse, much shorter than the upper flowers, upper often 

 purplish ; whorls 6-10-fld. ; pedicels very short. Calyx small, teeth tri- 

 angular acute ciliate. Corolla |-| in., rarely white or rosy, mid-lobe of 

 lower lip broadly obcordate. — Distrib. Europe. — A form without stolons 

 (var. pseudo-alpi'na) has been mistaken for A. alpina, an exotic species. 



2. A. pyramida'lis, L. ; pilose with soft-jointed hairs, leaves obscurely 

 crenate, whorls in a compact pyramidal spike, upper bracts appressed, 

 flowers blue. A. geneven'sis, L. var. Benth. 



Mountain woods and streams, very rare, Westmoreland, Argyll to Orkney and 

 Hebrides; W.Ireland; fi. May-July.— Similar to A. rep'tans, but stolons 



