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corolla. — An occasional escape from gardens. — Fl. June, July. 

 Biennial. 



2.^ A. sempervirens (Evergreen Alkanet). — A stout, bristly 

 plant with deep green, ovate leaves, and long-stalked, axillary, 

 crowded clusters of rather large flowerSj which are of an intense 

 azure blue and have a short tube to the corolla. — Not generally 

 considered a native ; but not an uncommon hedge-plant in 

 Devonshire. — Fl. May — August. Perennial. 



6. Lycopsis (Bugloss). — Differing from Anchiha chiefly in 



ANCHL'SA SEMPERVIRENS {Ever^reeji Alkanet). 



having a bent tube and an oblique limb to the corolla. (Name in 

 Greek signifying " a wolfs face," from some fancied resemblance 

 in the flower.) 



I. L. arvhtsis (Small Bugloss) — The only British species; a 

 branched, prickly plant, 6 — 18 in. high, with oblong, wavy leaves, 

 and forked, curved clusters of small blue flowers. — Waste ground ; 

 common, especially near the sea. — Fl. June, July. Annual. 



7. PuLMONARiA (Lungwort). — Herbs with a creeping r/j/z<?m^ ; 



radical and cauline leaves; terminal cymes o'i flowers wixh long, 



5-cleft calyx; salver-shaped, polysymmetric corolla with naked 



throat ; included stamens ; and smooth nutlets. (Name from the 



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