116 PENTANDEIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. V. 



tapering, whitish : stem about two feet high : leaves greyish- 

 green : corolla pale- yellow. Perennial : flowers in May : grows 

 in dry gravelly places : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 134. 

 Eng.Fl. vol. i. p. 256. 292. 



2. L. arverise. Corn Gromwell. Corolla little longer than the 



calyx; leaves narrow, lance-shaped, obtuse. Root tapering, 



with a purplish-red bark : stem about a foot high : leaves bright- 

 green : corolla white. Annual : flowers in May and June : grows 

 in corn-fields and waste places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 

 123. Eng. Fl.\oli. p. 256. 293. 



3. L. purpuro-cceruleum. Creeping or Purple Gromwell. Corolla 



much longer than the calyx ; leaves lance-shaped. Root woody, 



blackish : stems several, from twelve to eighteen inches long : 

 some barren, creeping, and rooting : others erect : corolla large, 

 violet-blue. Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows in 

 mountainous and woody pastures, in Wales and the south of 

 England: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pL 117. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 257. 



294. 



4. L. maritimum. Sea Gromwell. Sea Bugloss. Leaves egg- 

 shaped, sprinkled with callous dots ; stems all procumbent. 



Root fleshy, tapering: stems numerous, from one to two feet 

 long : leaves somewhat fleshy, smooth : flowers in terminal leafy 



land. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 368. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 287. 295. 

 3. ANCHU'SA. ALKANET. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, cylindrical, deeply five- cleft ; 

 segments acute. Corolla of one petal, funnel-shaped ; tube 

 straight, tumid below ; mouth closed with five erect, obtuse, 

 hairy, converging valves. Filaments very short ; anthers ob- 

 long, concealed by the valves. Germens four, roundish. Style 

 cylindrical, short. Stigma cleft; seeds four, roundish, wrinkled, 

 each hollowed out at the base. Name from anc/io, to choke. 



88. 



\.A.officindlis. Common Alkanet. Spikes crowded, unilateral ; 



leaves lance-shaped. Stems from one to two feet high, rough 



with strong hairs : corolla deep purple. Perennial : flowers in 

 June and July : grows in waste ground : rare, and not indigenous. 

 Links at Hartley-pans, Northumberland ; and near Glasgow. 

 Eng. Bot. 296. 



2. A. sempervirens. Ever -green Alkanet. Flower- stalks axillar, 

 each bearing two dense spikes, with an intermediate flower : 



leaves egg-shaped, acute. Stems from twelve to eighteen inches 



high : root-leaves large, remaining green all the winter, stalked, 

 the rest sessile, all egg-shaped : limb of the corolla brilliant sky- 

 blue, the valves white and downy. Perennial : flowers in May 

 and June : grows by roads and among rubbish : not very common, 

 and probably not indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 45. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 259. 297. 



4. CYNOGLO'SSUM. HOUND'S- TONGUE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply five- cleft ; segments slightly 

 acute. Corolla of one petal, funnel-shaped, little longer than the 

 calyx ; tube cylindrical, short ; mouth half-closed with five hori- 



