240 54. BOEAGnrACEJE. 



simple. — St. 12 — 18 in. higli. Fl. yellowish wMte, whole plant 

 smaller and slenderer tlian the preceding. Anth. twice as long 

 as their filaments. — Damp woods and river hanks, rare. P. VI. 

 VII. E. S. 



[jS. as]]errimum, S. tauricum, and S. orientale have heen no- 

 ticed in England, hut are not natives.] 



Tribe III. Lithospermece. 



8. E'cHitTM Linn. Viper's Bugloss. 



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

 ceolate 1-rihhed, stem-Z. narrowed below sessile,_^. in short lateral 

 spikes, stam. exceeding the corolla. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Lower 

 1. narrowing into a footstalk. Fl. at first reddish, afterwards 

 bright blue.— Dry places. B. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



[S. violdeeum (L.) ; pUose-hispid, st. erect branched diiiiise, 

 lower branches prostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, stem-l. 

 ohlong narrowed from a cordate half-clasping hose with lateral 

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

 corolla. — E. B. S. 2798. — Stam. very unequal, 1 short, 2 inter- 

 mediate, and 2 longer. Fl. violet-blue. Root reddish. — Jersey. 

 B. VI,— IX.] 



9. Puxmona'ria Linn. Lungwort. 



1. P. officindlis (L.) ; 1. ovate roundish or cordate stalked, 

 upper 1. oblong sessile. — Whole plant more or less hispid, 1 ft. 

 high. Fl. purple. L. often spotted. — /5. P. angustifolia (L.) ; 

 1. all lanceolate, more pubescent than the type. — Woods and 

 thickets, rare. — 13. Woods in Hampshire. P. IV. V. E. 



10. Mbkteu'sia Roth. 



1. M. maritima (Gray) ; st. procumbent branched, 1. ovate 

 acute rough with hard dots glabrous fleshy glaucous, nuts 

 smooth. — Lithospermum Sm. 8tenhammaria Fr. — Spreading, 

 very glaucous. Fl. in racemes, purplish blue. Protuberances 

 in throat of cor. yellow. L. tasting like oysters. Nuts free, 

 forming a pyramid, exceeding the calyx. Pencarp membranous ; 

 seeds smaller than the cavity. — Northern sea-shores. P. V. — 

 VIII. E. S. L 



11. Lithospek'mtjm Linn. Gromwell. 



1. L. officinale (L.) ; st. ei-ect much branched, 1. lanceolate 

 acute veined hispid with bulbous adpressed bristles above hairy 



