69. TEBBENACEiE. 279 



18. Aj'fga Linn. Bugle. 



1. A. rep'tans (L.) ; fl. whorled, st. solitary with long stoles, 

 1. ovate or obovate entire or crenulate stalked, stem.-l. sessile. — 

 E. B. 489. — St. 6 — 8 in. high. Lower whorls distant, upper 

 ones spiked. Cor. -tube with a ring of hairs within. Fl. blue, 

 rarely white. — Wet places. P. V. VI. Common Bugk. E. S. I. 



\^A. alpina, E. B. 477, seems to be A. genevensis. It is not 

 stoloniferous, and its upper st.-l. fall short of the flowers.] 



2. A. pyramiddlis (L.) ; fl. whorled most or all of the whorls 

 spiked, St. solitary, 1. ovate-oblong entire or crenulate, radical 1, 

 attenuate below, stem-1. sessile upper I. exceeding thejl. — E. B. 

 1270. — St. about 6 in. high. L. gradually decreasing upwards. 

 Cor. -tube with a ring of hairs within. El. bluish purple. 

 Plant hairy. It has subterranean offsets and short autumnal 

 stoles. — Highland pastures, very rare, S. South Isles of Arran, I. 

 P. V. VI. ' y ' g'j^ 



3. A. Chanu^'pitgs (Schreb.) ; Jl. solitary axillary, st. much 

 branched spreading, /. deeply trifid with linear entire segments, 

 floral 1. similar exceeding the flowers. — E. B. 77.— Hairy. 

 Lowest 1. much broader, toothed rather than 3-lobed. FL 

 yellow with dark spots. St. reddish purple, branched 3 — 6 in. 

 high. — Sandy and chalky fields. A. V. — VH. Ground-Pine. 



E. 



Order LIX.' VEEBENACEiE. 



Cal. tubular, persistent. Cor. irregular, tubular. Stam. didy- 

 namous, or 2. Ovary 2— 4-oeUed; style 1, terminal; stigma 

 bifid. Ft. a caps, or berry, with 2 — i nucules more or less co- 

 hering. — ^No stipules. 



1. Vbbbena. Cal. 5-fid. Cor. irregular, 5-lobed, slightly 

 2-lipped. Stam. included, 4, didynamous, or 2. Capsule 

 dividing into 4 nuts. 



1. Vekbb'na Linn. Vervain. 



1. V. officinalis (L.) ; st. erect solitary 4-angular, 1. ovate ob- 

 long trifid or laciniate-multifid rough, spikes filiform somewhat 

 panicled, stam. i.—E. B. 767.— St. rather hispid, 1—2 feet 

 high. L. lobed and serrate, opposite. Spikes long, slender. 

 FlT small, distant, pale purple.— Waste ground. P. VII. VIII. 



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