io8 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



plant hispid, stem thickened at the nodes ; rocky places, 

 occasional. G. sulfurea, Jord. ; Dauphiny ; scarcely 

 differs. 



23. AjUGA, L. 



Upper lip of corolla very short, notched, lower lip 

 3-lobed, spreading; stamens 4, protruding beyond the 

 upper lip. 



A. reptans, L., Bugle; flowers blue, plant glabrous, 

 furnished with long leafy stolons, leaves ovate or obovate, 

 crenate; very common. A. alpina, Vill., with shorter or 

 no stolons, flowers violet, is an alpine form of this. A. 

 pyramidalis, L. ; no stolons, flowers blue, bracts very 

 large, coloured, cymes forming a pyramidal spike, lower 

 leaves very large, caespitose; alpine pastures, frequent. 

 A . genevensis, L. ; no stolons, flowers bright blue, radical 

 leaves evanescent, bracts coarsely dentate-crenate ; moun- 

 tain pastures; Switzerland, Jura. A. Chamcepitys, Schreb., 

 Ground - Pine ; flowers small, yellow, solitary, bracts 

 yellow, leaves deeply 3-fid, with linear lobes; a small 

 annual weed in calcareous soil ; rare. 



24. TEUCRIUM, L. 



Cymes forming leafy unilateral spikes or racemes; 

 calyx 5 -toothed, the upper teeth often broader and re- 

 flexed ; corolla short, upper lip very small, 3-partite, 

 lateral lobes of lower lip large ; stamens 4. 



A . Flowers red or pink : T. Chamcedrys, L. ; stem 

 woody below, 6-18 in., leaves ovate, stalked, inciso- 

 crenate ; dry banks, frequent. T. Scordium, L. ; flowers 

 in pairs in the axils of the upper leaves, leaves ovate, 

 sessile, crenate, soft, stem 4-8 in., branched ; wet places, 



