NAT. ORDER. 



AsperifolicB. 



PULMONARIA OFFICINALIS. COMMON LUNGWORT 



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Clms V. Pentandria. Order I. Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx, prismatic, five-cornered. Corolla, funnel-form- 

 ed, with an open throat. 



Spec. Char. Leaves, hirsute. Stetn-leaves, ovate, oblong. Rool- 

 leaves, subcordate. 



The root is perennial; the stem is simple, erect, angular, rough, 

 and rises about a foot in height ; the stem-leaves are somewhat ovate, 

 or rather lanceolate, broad, pointed, hairy, alternate, and on the 

 upper side speckled with small whitish spots ; the radical leaves are 

 broader and more elongated towards the base ; the Jloiveis are ter- 

 minal, fasciculate, and of a reddish purple color ; the calyx is pris- 

 matic, rough, and divided at the mouth into five short, pointed, 

 segments ; the corolla is funnel-shaped, consisting of a cylindrical 

 tube, open at the mouth, and a spreading limb, cut at the margin 

 into five obtuse segments ; \he filaments are five, very short, placed 

 at the mouth of the tube, and furnished with simple yellow anthers; 

 the germen is quadrifid, supporting a tapering style of the length of 

 the calyx, and crowned with a blunt notched stigma ; the seeds are 

 four in number, which are lodged at the base of the calyx. 



This plant, although a native of the eastern part of Europe, is 

 found growing wild in many parts of the United States; but not in 

 sufficient quantities to supply the shops. In England, and to some 

 extent in this country, it is cultivated in gardens for medicinal pur- 

 poses ; in which case the leaves become broader, and approach more 



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