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C L A 'S S XIV. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
The ejfentiat chara 5 lerijlic of this clafs that there are 
four fuhulated jlamina infer ted into the tube of the corolla^ 
two whereof are fliorter than the others^ and 'placed to- 
gether', the anther je being commonly hid under the upper 
tip of the flower and connivent in pairs. It has its name 
from the two longer ftamina being fuppofed more ejflcacious 
in fecundating the feeds than the refi \ and as the genera 
belonging to it are very numerous they have been divided 
into two ferics or orders under the name of Gyninofptr- 
mia Angiofpermia, 'the latter havings ayid the for- 
mer wanting., a pericarpiutfi., or feed vefj 'ef and flrfl of the 
G Y M N O S P E R M 1 A. 
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A J U G A. Bugle. 
HE cup is monophyllous, fhort, fern iquinqui fid 
nearly equal, and remains till the fruit be ripe. The 
Rower is monopetaious and ringent, the tube is cylindra- 
ceous and incurved, the upper lip is very fijiall, ered, 
bifid, and obtiife, the middle fegment is iargeft and ob- 
cordate, the lateral fegments are fmall. There are four 
fubulated ered filaments longer than the upper lip, ot 
which, two are ihorter than the other two, ana the anthe- 
rse are didymous. The germen is quadripartite, the 
flyle is thread-like the length of the itamina, the two Rig- 
mata are Render and one Ihorter than the other. The cup 
is connivent and contains fourlongifh feeds. 
Reptans. Bugle with creeping Ihoots that put out fi« 
bres or roots. Per. May. 
Pyramidalis. Mountain Bugle., or Skkkwcrt, with a 
fquare pyramidal fpike. Per* June*, 
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