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PULMONA'RIA* 



Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 



Natural Order. Boragi'ne/E, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 128. — Stn. Gr. 

 of Bot. p. 102. — Lindl. Syn. p. 163 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 241. — 

 Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 440. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 527 . — Asperi- 

 fo ' luf ., Linn. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. i. p. 247. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, tubular, pris- 

 matic, with 5 angles, and 5 equal segments, permanent. Corolla 

 (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, funnel-shaped ; tube cylindrical, as long as the 

 calyx ; limb in 5 shallow, rounded, moderately spreading segments ; 

 mouth naked and open. Filaments (fig. 3.) 5, very short, in the 

 mouth of the tube. Anthers oval, upright, converging. Germens 

 (fig. 4.) 4, roundish, downy. Style (fig. 4.) thread-shaped, shorter 

 than the calyx. Stigma small, bluntish, notched. Seeds 4, almost 

 globular, even and polished, hairy, attached to the base of the en- 

 larged, bell-shaped calyx. 



The funnel-shaped corolla, naked in the throat ; and the 5-cleft, 

 prismatic calyx ; will distinguish this from other genera, with a 

 monopetalous, inferior corolla, and 4 naked seeds, in the same class 

 and order. 



Two species British. 



PULMONA'RIA OFFICINA'LIS. Common Lungwort. Jeru- 

 salem Cows-lips. 



Spec. Char. Root-leaves between egg-shaped and heart-shaped, 

 on footstalks ; upper stem-leaves sessile, egg-shaped. 



Engl. Bot. 1. 118, (excluding the root-leaves, which belong to P. angusti - 

 folia). — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 194. — Huds. FI. Ang. (2nd ed.) p. 81. — Sm. FI. Brit, 

 v. i. p. 217. Engl. FI. v. i. p. 261. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 282. — Gray’s Nat. 

 Arr. v. ii. p. 353. — Lindl. Syn. p. 164. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 80. — Woodv. Med. 

 Bot. Suppl. t. 212. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 42. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 69. — Grov. 

 FI. Edin. p. 45. — Pulmonaria maculosa, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 808, (fig. 2, of 

 Gerarde, appears to be the present species, and not fig. 1). 



Localities. — In woods and thickets. Rare. — Bedfordshire ; Between Thur- 

 leigh and Milton-Ernys ; Rev. R. Relhan. — Cumberland; Near Keswick: 

 Mr. Hutton. — Gloucestershire ; Bitton ; Wick Rocks: Rev. H. T. Eli.i- 

 combe. — Hampshire ; Common in Exbury Wood: Mr. Rudce. — Northum- 

 berland; In a wood at Howick, plentifully : Rev. J. Dodd. — Surrey; Between 

 Croydon and Godstone: Dr. Miln. — Wilts; In a shady lane about a mile 

 from Bromham : Mr. Nonius. — Yorkshire; Cliff Wood, six miles west of 

 Darlington Durham: Mr. E. Robson. — WALES. Glamorganshire; Woods 

 between Neath and Pyle: Dr. Turton. — SCOTLAND. In Arniston Woods, 

 abundant; Banks of the N. Esk, near Kevookmill, sparingly: Mr. Maugham. 

 Banks of Clyde, about Dalbeth and Eastahill, probably an outcast of the garden : 

 Mr. Hopkirk. 



Fig. 1. Calyx.— Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Corolla cut open to show the five 

 Stamens. — Fig. 4. Germens, Style, and Stigma. 



* From Pulmo, the lungs, from the use formerly made of this and other Bo- 

 ragineas in pulmonary affections. In the present instance, the spotted leaves, 

 resembling the lungs, were the principal recommendation. Dr. Hooker. 

 f See Anchusa sempervirens, folio 48. 



