Vie eltal a Ter tl CEE fe OAC 
1. Bugle. 
Bugula vulgaris caerulea. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres, and 
it fénds out creeping fhoots. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, notatall branched, 
and about ten inches high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs, and are of a 
fine green: they are broad, oblong, and indented 
at the edges. 
The flowers ftand in clufters in the bofoms of 
the upper leaves from the middle to the top, and 
fometimes all the length of the ftalk ; fo that to- 
gether with the leaves they form a kind of thick 
fpike: they are {mall and blue. 
The feeds are roundifh, and of a deep brown. 
It is common in our meadows, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Confolida media pratenjis ca- 
rulea. Others, Bugula vulgaris. 
Te ftands celebrated in all the old writers as a 
wound-herb. 
A decoétion of it is good againft obftructions 
of the vilcera, and in the jaundice. It operates 
by urine in a certain and fafe manner, 
2. Mountain-Bugle, 
Bugula folio longiore. 
The root is compofed of numerous, long 
fibres. 
The ftalks rife feveral together; and they are 
flender, but upright, fquare, of a purplifh co- 
Jour, and not at all branched. 
The leaves are placed in pairs; and they are 
oblong, and moderately broad : they have no 
footftalks: they are narroweft at the bafe, and 
broadeft toward the point; and have on each 
fide three or four deep indentings, 
The flowers grow in the bofoms of the leaves ; 
and they are fmall and blue. 
The feeds are round and blackifh. 
It is found on the Welch mountains, and 
flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Confolida media cerulea Al- 
pina, Others, Bugula cerulea Alpina. 
GHB IN | UES XXVIL. 
WOOD-SAGE. 
eS. «Git ORG O- Da Ox NG Ld. 
PTHE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is of the labiated kind. The tubular part is fhort 
and cylindrick. The upper lip is divided into two fegments: the lower lip is divided into 
three ; of which the middle one is largeft, and is of arounded form. The cup is tubular, and 
lightly divided into five parts. The feeds are four, and they remain naked in the cup. The leaves 
refemble fage, and the fmell is like that of garlick. 
Linnzus places this among the didynamia gymnofpermia; there being two longer and two fhorter 
threads in the flower, and the feeds ftanding naked in the cup. 
Of this genus there is but one known fpecies, and that is a native of Britain. 
Linna:us does not allow the genus to be diftinét. He confounds it among many others, under 
the common name fexcrium but it is fufficiently diftinguifhed in Nature, 
Wood- Sage. 
Scorodonia vulgaris. 
iiss 
The root is long, divided, and fpreading ; and 
is furnifhed with many fibres. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, firm, not much 
branched, and two feet in height. 
The leaves are placed in pairs: they have fhort 
footftalks ; and they are broad, oblong, and 
fomewhat like thofe of fage, but of a rougher 
furface, and pale green colour, 
The flowers ftand in long {pikes at the tops of 
GE 
Neg 
the ftalks and branches; and they are fmall and 
greenifh, with purple buttons to the filaments. 
The feeds are little and brown. 
It is common in woods, and flowers in July. 
_ C. Bauhine calls it Scordium alterum five falvia 
agreftis. 
It is a powerful deobftruent ; and it operates by 
{weat and urine. The beft way of giving it is in 
form of an infufion. 
It was at one time celebrated againft venereal 
complaints; but the ufe of mercurial remedies 
has now fet afide all others in thofe diforders. 
S XXVIII, 
WATER GERMANDER. 
SiG, OF ReaD 11, 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is labiated. The tubular part at the bafe is fhort. 
The upper lip is fplit into two fegments; and the lower lip is divided into three: the two 
of thefe at the fides are fmall; but the middle one is rounded and large. . The cup is formed of a 
fingle piece: it is tubular, and flightly divided into five fegments. The feeds after each flower are 
four; and they ftand naked in the cup. The ftalks are procumbent; and the leaves are downy. 
Linnzus | 
3 
