boraginacej:. 289 ltcopsis. 



•OH the upper side, hairy beneath, rather acute, entire. Flowers small, white, 

 axillary, solitary, pedicellate, in recurved, leafy spikes. Seeds ovale, white 

 or grayish, polished, stony, June. Gromic-dl. 



2, L. arve'n&e. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, hairy, cahjz nearly equal to the corolla, 

 with spreading segments; ackenia rugose. A rough, pilose, annual weed, 

 introduced into our cornfields and waste grounds. Tlie stem is branchino-, 

 erect, 12 — 15 inches high, from a fusiform root with reddish bark. Leaves 

 bright green, rough, sessile, 1 — 2 inches in length, with only the central 

 nerve ; the lower ones obtuse and narrowed to the base ; upper ones subacute. 

 Flowers small, white, subsessile, solitary, in the axils of tiie upper leaves. 

 May, June. Corn. Gromwdl. 



8. PULMONA'RIA. 



Calyx prismatic. 5-angled, 5-toothed ; corolla infundibuli- 

 form, with a cvlindric lube, orifice open, limb of 5 obtuse 

 lobes; achenia imperforate. 



Probably named from its having been used as a medicine in lung com- 

 plaints ; hence also the English name, lung wort. Handsome perennial herbs. 

 Fis. blue. Cal. permanent. Tube of cor. about the length of the cal. Fil. 

 very short, within the throat. 



1. P. VlRGINICA. 



Plant erect, smooth ; calyx much shorter than the tube of the corolla, limb 

 longer than the tube; radical leaves obovate-elliptical, obtuse; caullne unes 

 long-lanceolate. A smooth, erect, and elegant plant, about 20 inches high, 

 native in N. Y., sometimes cultivated. The leaves of the stem are sessile, 

 narrower than those of the root, whose width is | of their lencrth. Flowers in 

 terminal clusters. Corolla blue, funnel-form, sitting upon a^short. 5-toothed 

 calyx. Stamens and style included. May. Per. ° Virginian Lung-wort. 



2 P. OFFICIN.\'liS. — P/rtni rough; calyx the length of the lube of 

 the corolla ; radical leaces ovate, cordate, scabrous ; cauUne ones ovale, sessile. 

 Native of England, but naturalized and cultivated in our gardens. Flowers 

 blue, in terminal clusters. Stem a foot high. This as well as other foreign 

 species of this genus, is a rough-leaved plant, while the several American 

 species are uniformly smooth. May. Per. Common Lung-wort. 



9. LYCO'PSIS. 

 Calyx 5-cIeft; corolla funnel-fortn, tube incurved, orifice 

 closed with ovate, converging scales; achenia perforated at 

 base, ovoid, angular. 



Gr. Kwioi. a wolf, and oi|/, the eye ; such being the appearance, which the 

 small blue flowers of this plant presents to an active iraaffination. Annual 

 herbs. Tube of cor. twice bent. Fil. very small. Stig. emarginate. 



L. arve'.nsis. 



Plant hispid ; leaves lanceolate, repand-denticulate; racemes leafy; flowers 

 sessile; calyx shorter than the lube of the corolla. A very hispid, almost 

 bristly plant, found in fields and roadsides, probably introduced. Stem erect, 

 branching, roundish, about a foot high. Leaves 5' or 6 times as long as wide, 

 the margin irregularly and slightly toothed. Flowers small. Calyx erect. 

 Corolla sky-blue with while scales "witliin. Jn.,Jl. U'iid Butrloss. 



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