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shaped, with a bent tube, its throat closed by prominent blunt 

 scales. (Name in Greek signifying a wolfs face, from some fancied 

 resemblance between the flower and a wolf's head.) 



8. Anchusa (Alkanet). Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; corolla funnel- or 

 salver-shaped, with a straight tube, its throat closed by prominent 

 blunt scales. (Name from the Greek, anchousa, paint, from the use 

 of its roots as a dye.) 



9. Myosotis (Scorpion Grass, Forget-me-not). Calyx 5-cleft ; 

 corolla salver-shaped, its lobes blunt, twisted when in bud, and its 

 throat nearly closed by blunt scales. (Name in Greek signifying a 

 mouse's ear, from the shape of the leaves.) 



10. Asperugo (Madwort). Calyx 5-cleft, with alternate smaller 

 teeth ; corolla funnel-shaped, with rounded scales in the throat. 

 ^Name from the Latin, asper, rough, from the excessive roughness 

 of the leaves.) 



11. Cynoglossum (Hound's-tongue). Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla fun- 

 nel-shaped, with a short tube, its mouth closed by prominent blunt 

 scales ; nuts flattened, prickly. (Name in Greek, signifying a dog's 

 tongue, from the shape and size of the leaves.) 



1. Echium (Viper's Bugloss) 



1. E. vulgare (Common Viper's Bugloss). A handsome plant 

 1-2 feet high, remarkable for its bristly or almost prickly stems 

 and leaves, and numerous curved spikes of flowers, which on their 

 first opening are bright reddish colour, turning with age to a 

 brilliant blue ; the leaves are narrow, tapering, the root-leaves 

 usually withering early. The roots are very long, and descend 

 perpendicularly into the loose soil in which the plant usually grows. 

 A variety with white flowers is occasionally found. The name 

 Bugloss, which is of Greek origin, signifies an ux's tongue, from the 

 roughness and shape of the leaves. Walls, old quarries, and gravel 

 pits ; not uncommon in the south, but rarer in the north of England. 

 Fl. June to August. Biennial. 



2. E. plantagineum (Purple Echium). A more spreading plant 

 than E. vulgare, with larger flowers, and the root-leaves not withering 

 so early. Found in Jersey and Cornwall. Fl. June to September. 

 Biennial. 



2. Pulmonaria (Lungwort) 



1. P. angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Lungwort). Plant about a 

 foot high, with narrow leaves, sometimes faintly spotted ; flowers 

 pink, changing to blue. It occurs in Hampshire, Dorsetshire, and 

 the Isle of Wight. Fl. February to June. Perennial. 



