COROLLIFLOR^ 



2. P. officinalis (Common Lungwort). — Leaves 

 broader than in the last, and curiously spotted 

 with white ; root-leaves stalked ; stem-haves sessile ; 

 flowers purple. Woods and thickets, rare. Often 

 an escape from gardens, but said to be only truly 

 wild in Hampshire and Dorsetshire. — Fl. April, 

 May. Perennial. 



3. LiTHOSPERMuM (Gromwell) 



1. L. officinale (Common Gromwell, or Grey Millet). 

 — Distinguished by its erect stems, 2-3 feet high, 

 much branched towards the summit, which gener- 

 ally grow 5 or 6 from the same root ; oblong leaves 

 tapering to a point, bristly above, hairy beneath ; 

 by its small yellowish white flowers ; and, above 

 all, by its hard, white, highly polished seeds. Dry, 

 stony, and bushy places, not unfrequent. — Fl. June, 

 July. Perennial. 



2. L. arvense (Corn Gromwell). — Stejn branched ; 

 leaves narrow, tapering, hairy ; nuts wrinkled ; 

 stem about a foot high, branched from the lower 

 part, and having rather small whiteflowers, the calyx 



of which lengthens when in fruit, and contains 3 or 4 brown wrinkled 

 seeds. Cornfields, common. — Fl. May to J=uly. Annual. 



3. L. purpuro-cceruleum (Purple Gromwell). — A rare species, dis- 

 tinguished by its prostrate barren stems, from wlrich arise erect 

 flowering stems, bearing rather large purple- 

 blue flowers. Shady places on chalky or .iS!^, 

 limestone soils, in Wales and the south of 

 England. — Fl. May to July. Perennial. 



4. Mertensia {Smooth Gromwell) 



I. M. maritima (Seaside Smooth Grom- 

 well). — The only species. A singular plant, 

 the leaves of which are fleshy and covered 

 with a glaucous bloom ; they are destitute 

 of bristles, but are sprinkled with hard dots, 

 which are very evident in dried specimens ; 

 the flowers are purplish l)hie, and the plant 

 when fresh is said to have the flavour of 

 oysters. Sea-shores of North Wales, Scot- 

 land, and Ireland. — Fl. May, June. Per- 

 ennial. 



pulmonaria 



Officinalis 



(Common 



Lungwort) 



LlTHOSfEKMUM 



Officinale (Common 

 Gromwell) 



