BUGLE: A genus of the gynoecpermia order, belonging to the didynamia clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 42d order, Aperiflorae. The characters are: The calyx is a short perianthium, monophyllous and persistent; The corolla is monopetalous and grinning; The filaments consist of four erect tubulated filaments; the anthers are dilated; The pistillum has a four-cleft germen, a filiform stylus, and two slender stigmata. There is no pericarpium; the calyx converging, and containing the seeds in its bottom; The seeds are four, and oblong. The Species enumerated by Linnaeus are, 1. The orientalis, with inverted flowers, which is a native of the east. 2. The genetivus, with woolly leaves and hairy cups, 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.