JUGA REPTANS. COMMON D U G L E 



AJUGA Linnai Gen. PL Didynamia Gymnospermia, 



Corolla labium fuperius minimum. Stamina labio fuperiore longiora. 

 Rail Syn. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herb^: verticillat^, 

 AJUGA ftolonibus reptantibus. Linnai Sp. PL f. 705. 

 BUGULA foliis ovato dentatis, flagellis reptans. Holler hijl. n. 282. 

 BUGULA reptans. Scopoll Fl. CarnloL n. 716. 

 CONSOLIDA media pratenfis coerulea. Bauhln. pin. 260. 

 BUGULA vulgaris. Parkin/on 525. 



BUGULA Gerard emac. 631. Rail Syn. p. 245, Bugle. Hudfon FL Angl. p. 219. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa. 



% ROOT perennial and fibrous. 



1 STOLONES plurimae, repentes, ex fuperiore parte ra- % 

 dicis nafcuntur. f- 



CAULIS erectus, femipedalis, quadratus, hirfutus, pre- I 

 fertim inter flores, purpureus. % 



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FOLIA oppoiita, ovata, bafi anguftiora, connata, den- % 

 tata, venofa, faspe purpurea et nitida ; Bradteae | 

 purpurea, foliis fimiles at minores et breviores. % 



FLORES ccerulei, fpicati, verticillati. 



CREEPERS or moots, in great numbers fpring from 

 the upper part of the root, and creep on the 

 ground. 



STALK upright, about fix inches high, fquare, hairy, 

 particularly among the flowers, of a purple 

 colour. 



LEAVES oppofite, oval, narroweft at bottom and join- 

 ing together, indented at the edges, veiny, 

 often purple and mining ; Floral-leaves like 

 the others, but fmaller and fhorter. 



FLOWERS blue, growing in whirled fpikes. 



CALYX a Perianthium of one leaf, half divided in- 

 to five fegments, hairy, nervous, blueifh ; the 

 fegments nearly equal, fharp ; the twolower- 

 mofl approaching nearer! together, fig. 1 . 



CALYX : Perianthium monophyllurri, femiquinquefi- ^ 



dnm, pilofum, nervofum, ccerulefcens, laci- % 



niis fubaequalibus, acutis, duobus inferioribus | 



magis approximatis, fig. 1. % 



COROLLA monopetala, ringens, tubus cylindraceus, y COROLLA of one Petal, gaping, the tube cylin- 



inourvus, labium fuperius breviffimum, bi- t drical, bent downward ; the upper lip very 



dentatum,inferiustriridum,fubtushirfutulum, | lhort, with two teeth; the lower lip trifid, 



cceruleum, vents albis piclum, fig. 2, 3. ? a little hairy underneath, of a blue colour, 



I painted with white veins, fig. 2,3. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor alba, recta, labio 

 fuperiore longiora: Antherje flavae, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen quadripartitum : Stylus fi- 

 liformis, fitu etlongitudineStaminum : Stig- 

 ma bifidum, minimum, fig. 4, 5, 6. 



NECTARIUM Glandula flava ad bafm Germinis unde 

 Calyx fubventricofus fit, fig. 7. 



SEMINA quatuor, ovata in fundo Calycis, fig. 8. 



STAMINA : four white Filaments, ftrait, longer 

 than the upper lip of the Corolla : Anther je 

 yellow, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen divided into four parts: Style 

 thread-fhaped j the length of and in the direc- 

 tion of the Stamina : Stigma bifid and very 

 • fmall,j%\ 4, 5, 6. 



NECTARY a yellow gland at the bafe of the Germen 

 which makes the Calyx protuberate, fig. 7. 



f SEEDS four, of an oval fhape in the bottom of the 

 ¥ Calyx, fig. 8. 



THE Bugle is another of our Englifh plants which may be recommended as an _ addition _ to our gardens. 

 It is fond of a fhady and moift fituation, and readily propagates itfelf by means of its creeping (hoots. -. 



According to Ray, a variety with red flowers grows plentifully in the fecond field on the left 'hand going 

 from Wejlon Green to Eltbam ; and with white flowers it has been found in Charlton Wood. The leaves in the 

 Winter are often of a beautiful purple colour. It flowers in all our woods about town from May to July. 



The chara&er of this genus is taken from the mortnefs' or rather want of the upper lip of the flower : 

 exclufive of this mark, it is very nearly related to the genus Glechoma or Ground Ivy. It has a confiderable 

 large gland at the bafe of the germen in the bottom of the calyx, which occaiions the latter to protuberate. 

 This gland, however, is not peculiar to this genus, but occurs in mofl of the plants of the fame clafs, from 

 whence the bees colled a great part of their honey. 



It has been conficlered by the old writers as an excellent vulnerary, applied both inwardly and outwardly, 

 particularly fo in France, where, according to Ray ? it is common for them to fay that thofie who have Bugle 

 and Sanicle need no Surgeon. 



