136 COMMON BUGLE. 



names are Brown Bugle, Middle Comfrey, 

 Sicklewort, and Carpenter's Herb ; the last 

 two being significant of its uses in healing the 

 wounds made by the sharp implements of the 

 husbandman or mechanic. 



We have four wild species of this genus, but 

 one only besides the Common Bugle is at all 

 a frequent flower. This is the Ground Pine 

 or Yellow Bugle {Ajuga Chamcepitys), which is 

 not uncommon on sandy or gravelly fields in 

 Kent and Surrey, blossoming during April 

 and May. Its yellow blooms are formed like 

 those of the engraving, but the whole appear- 

 ance of the plant is very dissimilar, as the 

 leaves are long and narrow, resembhng those 

 of a Pine, and the flowers, which are yellow, 

 spotted Tvdth red, seem to hide among them. 

 The two remaining species, the Pyramidal 

 Bugle {Ajuga pijramidalis), and the Alpine 

 Bugle {Ajuga alpinct), have blue or purple 

 flowers. The former grows on Highland pas- 

 tures ; the latter on mountains. 



