XCI. 



AJUGA CHAM^PITYS. 

 Ground-Pine. 



Class, 8fc. — See Bugle. 



Spec. Char. Stem diffuse, hairy. Leaves tripartite, 

 with hnear, entire segments. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 shorter than the leaves. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek ^ctfiaimrvi. 



( Chamaepitys lutea vulgaris seu folio trifido. Bauh. Pin. 249. 

 Chamaepitys mas. Ger. Em. 525. 

 , ,. J Chamaepitys vulgaris. Raii Syn. 244. Park Theatr. 283. 



Teucrium Chamaepitys. Lin. Sp, PL 787- 

 Bugula Chamaepitys. Scop. Cam. 718. 



*- Ajuga Chamaepitys. Eng. Fl. iii.^. GT. Eng. Bot. t. "iT. 

 French .... Jvette ; Ivette commun. 

 Italian .... Camepizio. 

 Spanish. . . . Camepitios ; Pinillo. 

 Portugij£se . Chamepite. 



German.... Schlagkraut ; Feldcypresse ; Erdweihrauch. 

 Dutch .... Veld cypress. 

 Bohemian.. Ywa; Polnj cypris. 

 Polish .... Iwinka ; Piznowa. 



Description. — Tlie root is annual, descending, somewhat 

 branched, and fibrous. The stems are several from the same 

 root, spreading, branched, leafy, quadrangular, of a reddish- 

 purple colour, clothed with whitish hairs, and from six to 

 twelve inches in height. The leaves are placed in pairs at the 

 joints of the stem, and are sessile, hairy, about an inch long, 

 and of a yellowish-green colour, three-parted to the middle, 

 with linear revolute segments ; the lowermost broader and 

 nearly entire. The flowers are sessile, solitary, and axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves. The calyx is ovate-turbinate, hairy, 



