XXXTI. 



AJUGA REPTANS. 



Common Bugle. 



Class XYV. DiDYNAMiA. — Order I. Gymnospermia. 



Nat. Ord. Labiate. 



Gen. Char. Calyx ovate, five-cleft, nearly equal. Co- 

 rolla tubular, labiate ; upper lip short, erect, entire or 

 emarginate ; the lower one patent, trifid, with a large 

 intermediate obcordate lobe. Stamens ascending, pro- 

 truded above the upper lip. 



Spec. Char. Nearly smooth. Stem solitary, with creep- 

 ing runners. 



SYNONYMES. 



/^ Consolida media pratensis. Bauh. Pin. 2G0. 

 Latin < Bugiila. Rail Syn. 245. Ger. Em. 631. 



vAjuga reptans. Lin. Sp. PI. 785. 

 French .... Bugle ; Bugle rampante ; Petite Consoude, 

 Italian . ■ ■ Bugola. 

 Spanish . . . Bugula. 



German... Weisergunzel ; Kriechender ; Giinzel. 

 Dutch .... Zenegroen ; Ingroen ; Bugula. 



Description. — The root i.s perennial, slender, very fibrous, 

 of a greyish colour, and sends forth creeping scions. The 

 flowering stem is erect, simple, quadrangular, smooth or some- 

 what downy, and rises about six inches in height. The leaves 

 are opposite, ovate, somewhat crenate, more dense towards 

 the root, broad, and tapering into a footstalk. The flowers are 

 purplish blue, (sometimes white or flesh-colour), nearly sessile, 

 disposed in whorls rising from the axils of the bracteae, which 

 are often purplish. The calyx is short, persistent, monophyl- 



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