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without force or strength to hurt ; insomuch that they cannot 

 move or stir until it be taken away." 



There is a Violet-flowered Viper's Bugloss (E. violaceum), 

 but it is peculiar to sandy ground in Jersey, and we have no 

 specimen. 



The Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), with its blotched 

 ovate leaves, is very familiar as a shrubbery plant ; it grows 

 wild in woods, but is very rare. The flowers are pink when 

 first they open, but they turn gradually blue. The plant is 

 about a foot high. My specimen is from a garden. 



The Narrow-leaved Lungwort (P. angustifolia), is still more 

 rare. They both flower in May. 



The Gromwell family comes next. Its seeds are hard, and 

 contain a considerable portion of flint. Its English name is 

 derived from Celtic words signifying stone seed. The Latin 

 name has precisely the same meaning. The Germans call it 

 " Steinsame," and the Dutch " Steenzaad." The French name 

 is the prettiest '' Plante aux perles." 



The Corn Gromwell (Lithospermum arvense), has narrow 

 blunt leaves of a dull green, with white flowers. Its height is 

 about a foot. I have gathered it in corn fields in Yorkshire, 

 Kent, and Wiltshire. 



The common Gromwell (L. officinale), grows about Clevedon. 

 The plant is twice the size of the Corn Gromwell, but the flowers 

 are no larger. The corolla is five-cleft, and of a sulphur colour. 



The Purple or Creeping Gromwell (L. purpureo-coeruleum), 

 is a very handsome species. Its barren stems are prostrate 

 and rooting, the flowering ones erect ; the blossoms are large, 

 clustered, and of a full purple hue. It also grows within a 

 few miles of Clevedon. 



The Sea Gromwell (L. maritimum), resembles this, but is 

 widely spreading, and the hue of the flowers less decided. We 

 have no specimen of it. 



The common Alkanet (Anchusa officinalis), falsely so called, 

 Fanny found on the Clevedon sands. It is so very rare a 



