. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus MINT FAMILY. IOI sacs divergent, only slightly confluent at the base. Ovary not deeply 4-lobed. Nutlets obovoid, rugose-reticulate. [Greek, without a yoke; from the seeming absence of the upper lip of the corolla.] About 40 species, natives of the Old World. Type species: Ajuga reptans L. Sparingly pubescent, or glabrous, stoloniferous. 1. A. reptans. Pub
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus MINT FAMILY. IOI sacs divergent, only slightly confluent at the base. Ovary not deeply 4-lobed. Nutlets obovoid, rugose-reticulate. [Greek, without a yoke; from the seeming absence of the upper lip of the corolla.] About 40 species, natives of the Old World. Type species: Ajuga reptans L. Sparingly pubescent, or glabrous, stoloniferous. 1. A. reptans. Pubescent with long hairs, not stoloniferous. 2. A. genevensis. i. Ajuga reptans L. Ajuga reptans L. Sp. PI. 561. 1753. Perennial, sparingly pubescent or glabrous, producing slender creeping stolons sometimes i° long; stem erect, rather stout, 6'-is' tall. Basal leaves tufted, obovate, rounded at the apex, crenate or undulate, 1-3' long, tapering into margined petioles; leaves of the stem ob- long or oblanceolate, much smaller, sessile or nearly so, those of the stolons mostly petioled; upper flower-clusters often forming a short spike, the lower commonly distant and axil- lary; corolla blue or nearly white, about Y long. In fields, Quebec and Maine to southern New York, locally naturalized from Europe. Brown bugle. Middle comfrey. Carpenter's herb. Sickle- wort. May-June. Bugle. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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