392 LABiAT.E. [Teucrium. 



About Brixton, Brooke, &c. Abundant on all the downs west of Calbourne ; 

 Colwell : Mr. Smoke. 



Achenia small, blackisb brown, obovato-oblong, rounded at the back, cuneate in 

 front, scabrous and tubercular. 



Tribe VIII. Ajugoide^, Benth. 



" Corolla ivitli the upper Up very short, or split, deeply bifid and 

 appearing as ifivanting." — Bab. Man. 



XV. Teuceium, Linn. Wood Sage. 



" Calyx tubular, 5 -toothed, nearly equal or 2-lipped. Corolla 

 with the upper lij) bipartite ; lower one patent, trifid. Stamens 

 much exserted. Cells of the anthers confluent, spreading." — 

 Br. Fl. 



1. T. Scorodonia, L. Wood Sage. " Leaves oblong-ovate cor- 

 date at the base petiolate downy crenate green on both sides, flo- 

 ral ones small about the length of the pedicels, flowers in lateral 

 and terminal 1-sided racemes, calyx sub-bilabiate, upper lip ovate 

 entire, lower 4 -toothed, tube of the corolla exserted, stem erect." 

 —Br. Fl. p. 312. E. B. t. 1543. 



In dry woods, thickets, hedges and rough, stony, bushy or heathy places; plen- 

 tiful in most parts of the island, i^/. July, August. If. 



Achenia small, blackish brown, ovato-rotund, scarcely triquetrous, scabroso- 

 punctate, glabrous. 



? 2. T. Chamcedrys, L. Wall Germander. " Leaves ovate 

 inciso-serrate wedge-shaped and entire at the base green on both 

 sides, floral leaves smaller nearly entire, whorls of 2 — 6 flowers, 

 upper ones racemose, calyces declinate campanftlate, their teeth 

 lanceolato-acuminate nearly equal, flowers axillary, stem ascend- 

 ing."— Br. Fl. p. 313. E. B. t. 680. 



On old walls, rocks and ruins, the borders of fields, and in rough, stony, hilly 

 places ; very rare, and now apparently extinct in its only recorded station in this 

 island. FL Jiily^September. If. 



Carisbrooke castle (Pulteney), Bot. Guide. In the area of Carisbrooke castle. 

 Dr. Stokes in With. 



I have repeatedly searched for this plant in vain at Carisbrooke castle, and my 

 friend N. B. Ward, Esq., the ingenious inventor of the now well-known method 

 of growing plants in almost air-tight cases, was equally unsuccessful in his endea- 

 vours at finding it many years ago. 



XVI. Ajuga, Limi. Bugle. 



" Calyx ovate, nearly equal, 5 -cleft. Corolla with the tube 

 exserted : upper lip short, erect, entire or emarginate ; lower one 

 larger, patent, trifid. Stamens 4, ascending, protruded above the 

 upper lip ; cells of the anthers diverging or divaricate, at length 

 confluent."— £r. Fl. 



1. A.reptans, L. Common Bugle. " Glabrous or downy, stem 



