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whole plant smaller and slenderer than the preceding. Anth. 

 twice as long as their filaments. Damp woods and river-banks, 

 rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



\_S. peregrinum Ledeb. (asperrimum Bab. not Bieb.) Bot. Mag. 

 6466, S. tauricum Willd., and 8. orientate L. have been noticed 

 in England, but are not natives.] 



Tribe III. Lithospermece. 



7. E'CHIUM Linn. Viper's Bugloss. 



1. E. vulgdre (L.) ; tubercular hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 

 ceolate 1 -ribbed, stem-/, narrowed below sessile, fl. in four lateral 

 seorpioidal cymes, stam. exceeding the corolla. E. B. 181. St. 

 1 2 feet high. Lower 1. narrowing into a footstalk. Fl. red- 

 dish, then bright blue. Dry places. B. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. E. plant ag in eum (L.) ; pilose-hispid, st. erect branched 

 diffuse, lower branches prostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, 

 stem.-l. oblong narrowed from a cordate half-clasping base with 

 lateral ribs, spikes panicled long simple, stam. scarcely exceeding 

 the corolla. E. B. S. 2798. Stam. very unequal, 1 short, 2 

 intermediate, and 2 longer. Fl. violet-blue. Root reddish. 

 Jersey. Land's-end, Cornwall. B. VI. IX. E. 



8. PULMONA'KIA Linn. Lungwort. 



[P. offidndlis (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate with along stalk, upper 

 1. oblong sessile. Sy. E. B. 1098. Fl. pale purple. St. 1 ft. 

 high. L. spotted. Woods and thickets, scarcely naturalized. 

 P.IV.V.] E. 



1. P. angustifolia (L.) ; 1. narrow-lanceolate narrowed to the 

 base, upper 1. sessile. E. B. 1628. Fl. pink, then blue. St. 1 

 ft. high. L. less frequently spotted. Thickets, rare. P. IV. 

 V. E. 



9. PNETJMA'BIA Hill. (Mertensia Roth, ed. viii.) 



1. P. marit'ima (Hill) ; st. procumbent branched, 1. ovate 

 acute rough with hard dots glabrous fleshy glaucous, nutlets 

 smooth. E. B. 368. Spreading, very glaucous. Fl. in cymes, 

 purplish blue. Protuberances in throat of cor. yellow. L. 

 tasting like oysters. Nutlets free, forming a pyramid, exceeding 

 the calyx. Pericarp membranous ; seeds smaller than the 

 cavity. Northern sea-shores. P. V. VIII. E. S. I. 



