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2.— WILD ENGLISH CLARY. (Salvia Verbenaca, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 154 ; 2nd ed., t. 32. 
Specific Character.— Leaves serrated, sinuated, smoothish. Corolla much more contracted than the calyx. ( Smith .) 
Description, &c. —This flower is in general common on chalky and gravelly soils. Its seeds produce a 
great quantity of tasteless mucilage when moistened: and if put under the eyelid, the tears soften the mucilage, 
which then envelopes any sand or dust that may be in the way, and brings it out safely : whence the plant is 
named Clary, or clear-eye. 
GENUS II. 
THE BUGLE. (Ajuga, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character.— Calyx five-cleft, nearly equal. Corolla tubular, labiate ; the upper lip very small, with two teeth ; the lower two- 
lobed, with a large intermediate obcordate lobe. Nuts reticulated. {Dec.) 
Description, &c. —Some of the species belonging to this genus are perennials, and others annuals; the 
flowers are ornamental, hut the plants are not used either in medicine or the arts. The name of Ajuga signifies 
without a yoke, and it is said to allude to the shape of the calyx ; another derivation is from Abigo, to drive 
away. The genus is placed in the Linnasan class Didynamia, from its having four stamens, two of which are 
longer than the others ; and in the order Gymnospermia, from the seeds not being inclosed in a capsule. 
1,—THE COMMON BUGLE. (Ajuga reptans, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 489 ; 2nd ed., t. 821 ; and our fig. 4, in PI. 50. 
Specific Character. —Almost smooth, with a solitary stem, and creeping runners. Lower lip of the corolla four-cleft. ( Lindley .) 
Description, &c. —This pretty little plant is common in woods and marshes, flowering in May. Its blue 
flowers grow on a stem of about a foot high, that throws out from the base many creeping scions, which easily 
strike root. This, indeed, is the chief manner of propagating it, as its seeds seldom entirely ripen. The herb 
is astringent, and it was formerly used as a vulnerary. 
THE PYRAMIDAL BUGLE. (A. pyramidalis, Lin.) 
An Alpine plant, found in several parts of Scotland, but regarded as rare. The species is a perennial, and 
it produces its purplish flowers in June. 
THE ALPINE BUGLE. (A. alpina, Lin.) 
This species is found on the mountains of England, Scotland, and Wales; but it is rare. It is a perennial, 
and it produces its pale blue, or flesh-coloured flowers in June and July. 
THE GROUND PINE, OR YELLOW BUGLE. (A. Cham.bpitys, Smith.) 
This plant is so very different from the other species of the genus, that Linnaeus placed it in the genus 
Teucrium. It is an annual with a singular habit of growth, and small yellow flowers, which grow singly and 
not in whorls like those of the other species. It is found in sandy or gravelly fields, and its flowers appear in 
April or May. 
