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LABIATAE. 



[Vol. III. 



sacs divergent, only slightly confluent at the base. Ovary not deeply 4-lobed. Nutlets ob- 

 ovoid, rugose-reticulate. [Greek, without a yoke; from the secmiug absence of the upper 

 lip of the corolla.] 



About 40 species, natives of the Old World. 



i. Ajuga reptans L. Bugle. 

 (Fig. 3069.) 



Ajuga reptans L,. Sp. PI. 561. 1753. 



Perennial, sparingly pubescent or glabrous, 

 producing slender creeping stolons some- 

 times i long; stem erect, rather stout, 6 / -i5 / 

 tall. Basal leaves tufted, obovate, rounded 

 at the apex, creuate or undulate, i / -3 / long, 

 tapering into margined petioles; leaves of 

 the stem oblong or oblauceolate, much 

 smaller, sessile or nearly so, those of the 

 stolons mostly petioled; upper flower-clus- 

 ters, often forming a short spike, the lower 

 commonly distant and axillary; corolla blue 

 or nearly white, about l / z ' long. 



In fields, Quebec and Maine to southern New 

 York, locally naturalized from Europe. Old 

 names, Brown Bugle, Middle Comfrey, Carpen- 

 ter's Herb, Sicklewort. May-June. 



2. TEUCRIUM L,. Sp. PL 562. 1753. 



Herbs or shrubs, with dentate entire or laciniate leaves, and rather small pink white or 

 purplish flowers, in terminal bracted spikes or heads, or verticillate in the upper axils. 

 Calyx tubular-campanulate, 10-nerved, equally or unequally 5-toothed. Corolla-tube short, 

 the limb irregularly 5-lobed, the 2 short upper lobes oblong, declined or erect, the lateral 

 lobe declined, more or less united with the upper ones, the lower lobe broader, also declined, 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted between the 2 upper lobes of the corolla, the anterior pair 

 the longer; anther-sacs divergent, confluent at the base. Ovary 4-lobed; style 2-cleft at the 

 summit. Nutlets obovoid, rugose-reticulated. [Named from the Trojan king, Teucer.] 



Over 100 species, of wide distribution in temperate and tropical regions. Besides the follow- 

 ing, 2 others occur in the southern and southwestern United States. 



1. T. Canadense. 



2. T. occidentale. 



Calyx canescent, its upper teeth obtuse. 

 Calyx villous, its upper teeth acutish. 



I. Teucrium Canadense L,. 



American Germander or Wood Sage. 



(Fig. 3070.) 



Teucrium Canadense L,. Sp. PI. 564. 1753. 

 Teucrium Virginicum L,. Sp. PI. 564. 1753. 



Perennial, pubescent or canescent; stem 

 stiff, erect, simple or somewhat branched, 

 rather slender, i-2 tall. Leaves lanceolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate at the apex, irregularly dentate, mostly 

 narrowed at the base, short-petioled, i^ / -5 / 

 long, ^4 / -2 / wide; spike usually dense, becom- 

 ing 6 / -i2 / long in fruit, its lower bracts some- 

 times foliaceous; upper bracts commonly not 

 longer than the calyx; flowers 6 // -io / '' long, 

 very short-pedicelled; calyx canescent or 

 short pubescent, about 3" long in fruit, its 

 three upper teeth obtuse or subacute. 



In moist thickets or along marshes, New Bruns- 

 wick to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Florida, 

 Kansas, Texas and northern Mexico. Ascends to 

 2600 ft. in Virginia. June-Sept. 



