A JUGA REPTANS. COMMON BuGLE. 
AJUGA Linnai Gen. PL Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
Corolla labium fuperius minimum. Stamina labio fuperiore longiora. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 14. Suffrutices et Herba; verticillata:, 
AJUGA ftolonibus reptantibus. Linnai Sp. Pl. p. 705. 
BUGULA foliis ovato dentatis, flagellis reptans. Haller hifi. n. 282. 
BUGULA reptans. Scopoli FI. Carniol. n. 7x6. 
CONSOLIDA media pratenfis coerulea. Bauhin. pin. 260. 
BUGULA vulgaris. Parkinjon 525. 
BUGULA Gerard emac. 631. Rail Syn. p. 245, Bugle. Hudfon FI. Angi. p. 219. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa. 
STOLONES plurima;, repentes, ex fuperiore parte ra- 
dicis nafcuntur. 
CAULIS ere&us, femipedalis, quadratus, hirfutus, pre- 
fertim inter flores, purpureus. 
FOLIA oppofita, ovata, bafi anguftiora, connata, den- 
tata, venofa, fiepe purpurea et nitida ; Bradteae 
purpureae, foliis limiles at minores et breviores. 
FLORES coerulei, fpicati, verticillati. 
CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, femiquinquefi- 
dum, pilofum, nervolum, coerulefcens, laci- 
niis lubasqualibus, acutis, duobus inferioribus 
magis approximatis, Jig. 1. 
COROLLA monopetala, ringens, tubus cylindraceus, 
incurvus, labium fuperius breviffimum, bi- 
dentatum, inferius trifidum, fubtus hirfutulum, 
coeruleum, venis albis piftum, Jig. 2, 3. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor alba, reda, labio 
fuperiore longiora : Anthera: flavae, Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen quadripartitum : Stylus fi- 
liformis, fitu et longitudine Staminum : Stig 
ma bifidum, minimum, Jig. 4, 5, 6. 
NECTARIUM Glandula flava ad bafin Germinis unde 
Calyx fubventricofus fit, Jig. 7. 
SEMINA quatuor, ovata in fundo Calycis, Jig. 8. 
ROOT perennial and fibrous. 
CREEPERS or Ihoots, 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 fhining ; Floral-leaves like 
the others, but fmaller and fhorter. 
FLOWERS blue, growing in whirled lpikes. 
CALYX a Perianthium of one leaf, half divided in- 
to five fegments, hairy, nervous, blueifh ; the 
fegments nearly equal, fharp ; the two lower- 
moft approaching neareft together, Jig. j. 
COROLLA of one Petal, gaping, the tube cylin- 
drical, bent downward ; the upper lip very 
fhort, with two teeth ; the lower lip trifid, 
a little hairy underneath, of a blue colour, 
painted with white veins, Jig. 2, 3. 
STAMINA: four white Filaments, ftrait, longer 
than the upper lip of the Corolla : Anthera: 
yellow, Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germen divided into four parts: Style 
thread-fhaped, the length of and in the direc- 
tion of the Stamina: Stigma bifid and very 
fmall, Jig. 4, 5, 6. 
NECTARY a yellow gland at the bafe of the Germen 
which makes the Calyx protuberate, fig . 7. 
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 fhoots. 
According to Ray, a variety with red flowers grows plentifully in the fecond field on the left hand going 
from JVefion Green to El/ bam 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 character of this genus is taken from the fhortnefs 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 coniiderable 
large gland at the bafe of the germen in the bottom of the calyx, which occafions the latter to protuberate. 
This gland, however, is not peculiar to this genus, but occurs in molt of the plants of the lame clafs from 
whence the bees colledt a great part of their honey. 
It has been confidered 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 lay that thoje who have Bulle 
and Sanicle need no Surgeon. 6 
