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white, whole plant smaller and slenderer than the preceding. 
Anth. twice as long as their filaments. — Damp woods and 
river-banks, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
[.y. peregrinum (Ledeb.) {asperrimiim Bab. not Donn) Bot. 
Mag. 6466, S. taur'icum Willd., and S. orien'tale L. have been 
noticed in England, but are not natives.] 
Tribe III. Lithospermece. 
7. E'CHiUM Linn. Viper's Bugloss. 
1. E. rnJgdre (L.) ; tubercular hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 
ceolate 1-ribbed, stem-/, narrowed 6e/o(/'Sessile,_/?. in/our lateral 
scorpioidal cymes, stam. exceeding the corolla. — E. B. 181. — St. 
1 — 2 feet high. Lower 1. narrowing into a footstalk. Fl. red- 
dish, then bright blue.— Dry places. B. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
2. E. plantagin'eum (L.) ; pilose-hispid, st. erect branched 
diffuse, lower branches prostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, 
.ttem-l. oblong narrowed from a cordate half-clasping base with 
lateral ribs, spikes panicledlong simple, stam. scarcely exceeding 
the corolla. — E. B. S. 2798. — Stam. very unequal, 1 short, 2 
intermediate, and 2 longer. Fl. violet-blue. Root reddish.— 
Jersey. Land s-end, Cornwall. B. VI. — IX. E. 
8. Ptlmona'eia Linn. Lungwort. 
[P. officinalis (L.) : 1. ovate-lanceolate with a long stalk, upper 
1. oblong sessile.— .'s>. E. B. 1098.— Fl. pale parple. St. 1 ft. 
high. L. spotted. — Woods and thickets, scarcely naturalized. 
P. IV. v.] E. 
1. P. angustifolia (L.) ; 1. narrow-lanceolate narrowed 
to the base, upper 1. sessile. — E. B. 1628.— Fl. pink, then 
blue. St. 1 ft. high. L. less frequently spotted. — Thickets, 
rare. P. IV. V. E. 
8. Merten'sia Roth. 
1. J/, marit'ima (S. F. Gray) : st. procumbent branched, 1. 
ovate acute rough with hard dots glabrous fleshy glaucous, 
nutlets smooth. — E. B. 368. — Spreading, very glaucous. Fl. in 
cymes, purplish blue. Protuberances in throat of cor. yellow. 
L. tasting like oysters. Nutlets free, forming a pyramid, e.x;- 
ceeding the calyx. Pericarp membranous ; seeds smaller than 
the cavity. — Xorihern sea-shores. P. V. — VIII. E. S. I. 
