Teucrium.] LVII. LABIATE. 361 



scions, and usually covered with short, soft hairs. Leaves oblong, \ to 

 1 inch long, coarsely toothed, usually narrowed at the base, but larger 

 and cordate in luxuriant specimens. Flowers of a pale purplish-red, 

 all axillary, turned to one side, in whorls of 6 or fewer, the pedicels 

 very slender. Calyx small, with 5 nearly equal teeth. 



In wet, marshy places, generally dispersed over Europe and central 

 and Russian Asia, except the extreme north. Rare in Britain, having 

 been only found in a few English counties, chiefly eastern ; very rare 

 in Ireland. Fl. summer. 



3. T. Botrys, Linn. (fig. 817). Cut-leaved G. — An erect or decumbent 

 branching annual of 6 to 9 inches, more or less pubescent. Leaves 

 stalked, rhomboidal in outline, J to J inch long, deeply divided into 

 linear entire or lobed segments. Flowers of a purplish-red, all axillary, 

 in whorls of 6 or fewer. Calyx broad, 3 to 4 lines long, very gibbous, 

 almost saccate on the under side at the base, with 5 short lanceolate 

 nearly equal lobes or teeth. 



In waste places and borders of fields, in central and southern Europe, 

 from Spain to Silesia, extending northwards to Normandy, and in 

 Britain found in a few localities in Surrey. Fl. summer, 



4. T. Chamsedrys, Linn. (fig. 818). Wall G. — Stock perennial, 

 almost woody ; the stems rarely branched, ascending, hairy, 6 to 8 

 inches high. Leaves ovate, deeply toothed, wedge-shaped at the base, 

 green, and more or less hairy on both sides. Flowers reddish -purple, 

 in whorls of 2 to 6, forming a short, rather loose, terminal, 1-sided 

 raceme. Calyx loosely tubular, with 5 almost equal, pointed teeth. 



On stony banks, and old walls, over the greater part of central and 

 southern Europe and western Asia, but not extending into Scandinavia. 

 In Britain, it has been found only in a few localities, on old walls, 

 having, although now well established, escaped from gardens ; in Ireland 

 it has been found in sandy fields, but very rarely. FL summer. 



XVIII. AJUGA. BUGLE. 



Low herbs, with purplish-blue or yellow flowers, in close whorls in the 

 upper axils, often forming terminal leafy spikes ; the corolla withering 

 but remaining attached after flowering. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla with a 

 distinct tube ; the upper lip v?rv short, erect, and entire or nearly so ; 

 the lower lip longer and spreading, as in Germander. Stamens in pairs, 

 projecting beyond the upper lip or tooth of the corolla. Nuts rough 

 or wrinkled. 



A rather extensive genus, spread over Europe, Asia, Africa, and 

 Australia, but unknown in America, differing from Germander in the 

 tooth-like upper lip of the corolla, and still more in habit. 



Leaves entire, or coarsely toothed. Flowers blue or ash-coloured. 



Plant glabrous, or slightly hairy, with creeping scions . . 1. A. reptans. 



Plant very hairy, without creeping scions 2. A. genevensis. 



Leaves deeply divided into linear lobes. Mowers yellow . . 3. A. Chamcepitys. 



1. A. reptans, Linn. (fig. 819). Creeping .£.— The whole plant is 

 glabrous, or with a few hairs chiefly amongst the flowers. The short 

 stock emits creeping scions and a tuft of radical leaves, which are 

 obovate, 1 to 2 inches long, entire or broadly crenate, and narrowed 



