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SPECIES II.-A JUG A PYRAMIDALIS. Linn. 



rr.MK MIAXXIX. 



Jfnrh. Ic. Fl. Germ, ct IIolv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCXXXIV. Fig. 2. 

 llillot, Fl. Gall, ut Germ. p].xsicc. No. 130C. 



IJiL'iiniiil. Rootstock destitute of stolons. Flowering stems erect, 

 simple, with 1 pair of leaves, or de.stitute of any. Radical leaves 

 persistent till the time of floweriuf!:, inili.stinctly stalked, ohovute or 

 oblanoeolate, attenuated towards the base, obtuse, repand-creuate or 

 repand-dentate ; stem leaves similar to the radical leaves, but subsessile. 

 Bracts sessile, oval or oblong-oval, subobtuse, dentate towards the 

 apex or the upper ones entire, the uppermost ones coloured or herba- 

 ceous, ad{)rcssed. Vertieillasters occupying nearly the whole of the 

 Btcm, usually tl-floAverod, the lower ones rather distant or all of tliem 

 approximate. Caly.x woolly witli jointed hairs ; teeth linear-triangular, 

 much longer than tlie tube, densely ciliated with jointed hairs. Corolla 

 shorter than imy of the bracts; middle lobe of the lower lip quadratc- 

 obovate, truncate. 



In bare places by the sides of streams, and among open woods in 

 mountainous districts. Very rare. Confined to the nortli of Scotland. 

 I have seen it from Caithness, where it has occurred in several 

 localities near the coast, and have collected it in Berridale in Hoy, and 

 Neversdale on the Mainland, Orkney. It has been reported, on good 

 authority from Argyle, western Inverness, the Hebrides, Ross, and 

 Moray. In Irehmd it is recorded in the Isles of Arran and Burren, 

 CO. Clare. 



Scotland, Ireland. Biennial, or Percmiial. (?) Early Summer. 



Rootstock short, oblique, certainly only biennial in the Orkney plant, 

 but on the continent it is said to be perennial. Radical leaves 2 to 

 4 inches long. Flowering stems 3 to 8 inches high, solitary or, in large 

 plants, several from the crown of the rootstock. Bracts more toothed 

 towards the ape.x, and the upper ones more adpressed than in A. 

 repens. Flowers h inch long, pale blue, densely crowded, in a pyra- 

 midal 4-sided spike occupying nearly the whole of the stem. Nucules 

 very similar to those of A. repens. Plant densely clothed with 

 jointed hairs throughout, but, according to Mr. Bentham, on the con- 

 tinent it is sometimes glabrous. The bracts in the living specimens of 

 the Orkney plant which I have seen were hei'baceous, but they are 

 described as being sometimes purplish. 



Pyramidal Bugle. 

 French, Bugle pijramidale. German, Pijramedevformiger OvnseL 



