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2. iS. tuherdsum (L.) ; 1. ovate oblong-attenuate below, stem-1. 

 lanceolate, uppermost slighlly decurrent, st, scarcely winged nearly 

 simple.—^. B. 1502.— St. 12—18 in. higb. Fl. yellowish 

 white, whole plant smaller and slenderer than the preceding. 

 Anth. twice as long as their filaments. — Damp woods and river- 

 banks, rare. P. VJ. VII. E. S. 



\S. asperrimum, S. tauricum, and S. orientale have been no- 

 ticed in England, but are not natives.] 



Tribe III. Lithospermea. 



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



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

 ceolate 1-ribbed, stem-/, narrowed below sessile, _^. in short lateral 

 scorpioidal cymes, stam. exceeding the corolla. — JH. B. 181. — St. 

 1 — 2 feet high. Lower 1. narrowing into a footstalk. Fl. at 

 first reddish, afterwards bright blue. — Dry places. B. VI. VII. 



E. S. I. 



2. E. plantagin'eum (L.) ; pUose-hispid, st. erect branched 

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

 atem-l. oblong narrowed from «. 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. Koot reddish. — 

 Jersey. Land's-end, Cornwall, "in some abundance "by Mr. 

 W. F. Kalfs, J:o/.B. xi. 20. B. VI.— IX. 



8. Pulmona'eia Linn. Lungwort. 



1. P. officinalis (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate with a long haft, 

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

 1 ft. high. L. spotted. — Woods and thickets, rare. P. IV. 

 V. E. 



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

 base, upper 1. sessile.— .E. B. 1628.— Fl. blue. St. 1 ft. high. 

 L. less frequently spotted.— Thickets in Hants. P. IV. V. E. 



9. Meeten'sia Roth. 



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

 acute rough with hard dots glabrous fleshy glaucous, nuts 

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

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

 tastmg like oysters. Nuts free, forming a pyramid, exceeding 

 the calyx. Pericarp membranous; seeds smaller than the 

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



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