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corolla. — An occasional escape from gardens. — Fl. June, July. 

 Biennial. 



2* A. sempervirens (Evergreen Alkanet). — A stout, bristly 

 plant with deep green, ovate leaves, and long-stalked, axillary, 

 crowded clusters of rather large flowers, which are of an intense 

 azure blue and have a short tube to the corolla. — Not generally 

 considered a native; but not an uncommon hedge-plant in 

 Devonshire. — Fl. May — August. Perennial. 



6. Lycopsis (Bugloss). — Differing from Anduisa chiefly in 



anch6sa sempervi'rens {Evergreen Alkanet). 



having a bent tube and an oblique limb to the corolla. (Name in 

 Greek signifying " a wolfs face," from some fancied resemblance 

 in the flower ) 



i. L. arvensis (Small Bugloss) — The only British species; a 

 branched, prickly plant, 6 — 18 in. high, with oblong, wavy leaves, 

 and forked, curved clusters of small blue flowers. — Waste ground ; 

 common, especially near the sea. — Fl. June, July. Annual. 



7. Pulmonaria (Lungwort). — Herbs with a creeping rhizome ; 

 radical and cauline leaves; terminal cymes of flowers with long, 

 5-cleft calyx; salver-shaped, polysymmetric corolla with naked 

 throat ; included stamens ; and smooth nutlets. (Name from the 



