Bugle, a genus of the gymnospermia order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants. The Species enumerated by Linnaeus are, 1. The orientalis, with inverted flowers, which is a native of the East. 2. The genevensis, with woolly leaves and hairy cups. Aix is a native of Switzerland and of the southern parts of Europe. 3. The pyramidalis, or mountain-bugle, with a square pyramidal spike, and blue flowers, is a native of Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and the hilly parts of Britain. Sheep and goats eat it; cows are not fond of it; horses and swine refuse it. 4. The reptans, common, or pasture bugle, with creeping suckers, and blue, red, or white blossoms, in long leafy spikes, is a native of the southern parts of Europe, and is met with in woods and moist places in many parts of Britain. The roots are astringent, and strike a black colour with vitriol of iron.

Culture. The first species is propagated by sowing the seeds soon after they are ripe, in a pot filled with loamy earth, and placed in a shady situation till autumn; when it must be removed under a frame, and protected from the frosts. In the spring, after the plants are come up, let them be translated each into a separate pot, and in summer placed under a shady situation. The other sorts are easily propagated by their side-shoots, and succeed best in a moist shady situation.