CL. XIV.] DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPEEMIA. 243 



JL. A. pyramiddlis. Pyramidal Bugle. Plant hairy ; whorls of 

 flowers crowded into a pyramidal form ; root-leaves very large, 

 inversely egg-shaped, obtuse, crenate ; upper lip of the corolla 

 deeply cleft. Stem four or five inches high : corolla bluish-pur- 

 ple, with dark streaks : upper lip in two deep acute lobes. Pe- 

 rennial ; flowers in June : grows in dry heathy pastures in the 

 Highlands of Scotland : found on Ben Nevis by Dr. Hope, Tor 

 Aichaltie by Mr. W. Gibb, on Ronanval in Harris, and a few other 

 places in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol.xviii. pi. 1270. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 66. 845. 



2. A. alpina. Alpine Bugle. Leaves nearly smooth, irregularly 

 toothed, the uppermost white : whorls of flowers rather distant. 

 Stem four or five inches high : corolla pale-blue, with darker 

 streaks. Perennial: flowers in July : grows on mountains : rare. 

 Carnarvonshire, Derbyshire, and Durham. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 

 477. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 65. 846. 



3. A. reptans. Common Bugle. Plant almost smooth, with a 

 solitary stem and creeping scyons ; lower lip of the corolla four- 

 cleft. Stem erect, simple, about six or eight inches high : 



flowers pale-blue. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in woods 

 and moist pastures : common. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 489. Eng. FL 

 vol. iii. p. 65. 847. 



4. A. Cham&pitys. Yellow Bugle. Ground Pine. Stem spread- 

 ing, branched ; leaves divided into three linear entire segments ; 



flowers axillar, solitary, shorter than the leaves. Stems several, 



hairy : leaves crowded : corolla yellow. Annual : flowers in April 

 and May : grows in sandy fields in' England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 ii. pi. 77. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 67. 848. 



2. TEU'CRIUM. GERMANDER. 



Calyx somewhat bell-shaped, a little unequal, tumid at the 

 base, the limb deeply divided into five acute segments. Corolla 

 gaping ; tube cylindrical, short, curved upwards ; upper lip as 

 if wanting, being divided to the base into two distant lateral 

 lobes ; lower lip spreading, three-lobed, the central lobe largest. 

 Filaments much longer than the upper lip, ascending, curved. 

 Germen superior, four-cleft. Style incurved ; stigma divided 

 into two acute, spreading segments. Seeds four, oblong, 

 wrinkled, in the bottom of the permanent calyx. Named after 

 Teucer, prince of Troy. 281. 



1. T. Scorodonia. Wood Sage. Wood Germander. Leaves 

 heart-shaped, serrate, stalked ; flowers in lateral clusters ; stems 



erect. Root creeping: stem about a foot and a half high, 



acutely four-cornered, hairy: leaves wrinkled: corolla pale-yellow! 

 The whole plant is bitter, and is said to answer instead of hops iii 

 making beer. Perennial: flowers in July : grows in woods, the 

 clefts of rocks, and among rubbish : common. Eng. Bot. vol.xxii. 

 pi. 1543. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 68. 849. 



2. T. Scordium. Water Germander. Leaves oblong, sessile,' 

 downy, with tooth-like serratures; flowers axillar, stalked, in 



pairs; stem procumbent. Root creeping: stems branched: 



leaves hoary : corolla pale-purple. Very bitter. The leaves pow- 

 dered are used as a vermifuge. Perennial : flowers in July and 

 August : grows in wet meadows : rare. Isle of Ely, about Cam- 

 bridge, on the banks of the Isis ; several parts of Ireland. Enti. 

 Bot. vol. xii. pi. 828. Eng. Fl. vol. iii, p. 68. 850 



