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A' JUGA* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. DiDYNA'MiA-f, Gymnospe'rmia+. 



Natural Order. Labia'TjE, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 110. — Sm. Gram, 

 of Bot. p. 99. Eng;. FI. v. iii. p. 63. — Lindl. Syn. p. 196 ; Introd. 

 to Nat. Syst. p. 239. — Bentham, in Bot. Reg. (1829). — Rich, by 

 Macgilliv. p. 439. — Loud.Hort. Brit, p.528 . — Verticilla'tje of 

 Ray and of Linnaeus. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) of 1 sepal, divided about half way 

 down into 5, nearly equal segments, permanent. Corolla (fig. 2.) 

 of 1 petal, gaping (ringent) ; tube sometimes inflated at the base, 

 not quite straight. Upper lip very short, upright, blunt, notched ; 

 lower lip large, spreading, 3-lobed ; the central lobe either un- 

 divided or inversely heart-shaped ; lateral ones small. Filaments 

 (fig. 3.) 4, 2 longer than the other 2 (didynamous), longer than the 

 upper lip, shorter than the lower, incurved. Germen (figs. 4 & 5.) 

 superior, of 4 rounded lobes. Style (figs. 4 & 5.) incurved. Stigma 

 (see fig. 5.) in 2 pointed, spreading segments. Seeds (fig. 6.) 4, 

 rugged, oblong, rounded, in the bottom of the unaltered calyx. 



The very minute upper lip of the corolla will distinguish this 

 from other genera, with a nearly regular 5-cleft calyx, in the same 

 class and order. 



Four species British. 



A'JUGA RE'PTANS. Common Bugle. Sickle Wort. Herb 

 Carpenter. 



Spec. Char. Plant nearly smooth ; Stem solitary, with creep- 

 ing stolones. Lower lip of the corolla 4-cleft. 



Eng. Bot. t. 489. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. — . — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 785. — Huds. FI. 

 Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 248. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 604. Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 65. — 

 With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 693. — Lindl. Syn. p. 198. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 273. — 

 Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 302. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 180.— Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 

 125.— Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 270.— Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 231.— Hook. FI. 

 Scot. p. 179. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 128. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. iii. t. 139 ! — FI. 

 Devon, pp. 96 & 143. — Johnston’s FI. Berw. v. i. p. 129. — Perry’s PI. Varv. 

 Select®, p. 48. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 160. — Bab. Fl. Bath. p. 39. — Mackay’s 

 Catal. of PI. of Ireland, p.54. — Bugulareptans, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v.ii. p.367. 

 — Bugula, Ray’s Syn. p.245. — Johnson's Gerarde, p.631. 



Localities. — In woods, and moist pastures. Common. 



Perennial. — Flowers in April and May. 



Root somewhat woody, sending out many long fibres. Stem 

 solitary, simple, upright, quadrangular, leafy, from 6 to 8 or 10 

 inches high, purplish, the angles sharp, and often hairy. Stolones § 



Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. — Fig. 2. Corolla and Stamens. — Fig. 3. The same, 

 opened longitudinally, to show the stamens, a little magnified. —Fig. 4. Germen, 

 Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma, with part of the Calyx, 

 a little magnified. — Fig. 6. A Seed. 



* From Abiga, ( Abigo , to drive away), of the Latins, a medicinal plant allied 

 to this. Dr. Hookfr. 

 t See Lamiam album, folio 31, note t- 

 j See folio 31, note t, and second page of the same folio. 



$ Stulo, a sucker, or kind of stem, which runs on the surface of the ground, 

 and strikes root at every joint. 



