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seated on an hypogynous disk, free from the style. — Xamed 

 from A(0()(;, a stoiie^ and aTrep/xcf^ a seed; from its very hard shinino- 

 seeds or achenes. The English Gromwell has the same oris'iii 

 in the Celtic, — graun, a seed, and mil^ a stone. 



1. L. officinale L. {common G.); stem erect very much 

 branched, leaves broadly lanceolate acute nerved rouo-h above 

 hairy beneath, tube of the corolla as long as the calyx, achenes 

 smooth. £'. B. t. 134. 



Dry, waste and uncultivated places, and among rubbish : rare in 

 Scotland. U. 6 



Stem 1 to I^foot high. FL pale yellow. Achenes 



whitish-brown, highly polished ; seldom more than 2 or 3 ripening* 



in each calyx, ^- 



2. L. arvense L. {Corn G., or Badard Alkanet)\ stem erect 

 branched, leaves lanceolate acute hairy, calyx a little shorter 

 than the corolla its segments patent when containing the ripe 

 wrinkled nuts. E. B^t. 123. 



0. 5, 6. — Corollas white. CaJi/- 

 cine segments thrice as long as the fruit. 



3. L. purpiirO'Cceridenm L. {creeping, ov purple G.) ; barren 

 stems prostrate, leaves lanceolate acute, tube of the corolla. 

 much longer than the calyx, achenes smooth. E. B. 117. 



Thickets in a chalky soil, rare. Near Denbigh, in Wales; and 

 Taunton, Somersetshire; Marychurch, Devon; Darenthwood and 

 Greenhithe, Kent; Carsewell Bay, Glamor|^anshire. "»^ 



Corn-fields and waste ground. 



Distinguished from the twci- preceding species by its large and bright 



hlwQ fiowers, 



4. Mertensia Roth, Smooth Gromwell. 



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Cat 5-cleft or 5-partire, half the length of the cor. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, naked or Avith 5 plaits or wrinkles between the 

 stamens. Stamens inserted near the apex of the tube, protruded ; 

 filaments ligulate ; anthers 2-lobed at the base. Stijle fiJiform,' 

 simple, often elongated after flowering. Achenes subdrupaceous, 

 with a flat or prominent base seated on an hypogynous disk, 

 free from the style. — Named in honour of F. C^ 

 German botanist. 



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M. maritima Don {Sea-side S.)\ stems procumbent 

 branched, leaves ovate rough with callous dots, upper ones 

 lanceolate, all fleshy and glaucous, achenes smooth. Pulmo- 

 naria Z. ; E, B. t. 368. 

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Steenliammera lleich. Lithospermum 



Sea-coast among sand or loose stones. Rare in England, and only 

 on tlio west coast. Wales. Plentiful in the north and west, rarely in 

 tjie last of Scotland. Between Fortran and Skerries, Ireland. %. 

 o, 6.— This is (luitc a northern planl, extending to the arctic regions. 



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