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Not a native, very rare. In waste places ; recorded from a few stations in England and Scotland. 
June — July. Biennial. 
2. *Evergreen Alkanet. (Anchusa sempervirens. Linn.)— A very similar species, 
which is also an escape from cultivation, with intense blue flowers, inch across, a shorter 
corolla-tube, and broader, egg-shaped leaves. \Plate 18. 
Not a native, rare. By waysides and hedges, widely distributed in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 
May — August. Perennial. 
VIII. BUGLOSS. (LYCOPSIS. Linn.) — A small genus distinguished from the Alkanet 
(Anchusa) by the curved tube of the corolla. Flowers small, with a hairy green bract below each 
flower, in i -sided clusters coiled in bud (scorpioid racemes). Calyx of 5 sepals, united only at the 
base, free from and inserted below the seedcase (inferior) ; corolla of 5 petals, united into a curved 
funnel-shaped tube and spreading into an irregular oblique 5-lobed salver-shaped limb, the throat 
of the tube being closed with 5 prominent blunt scales, inserted below the seedcase (hypogynous) ; 
stamens 5, very short, included in and inserted upon the corolla-tube (epi-petalous) ; carpels 2 ; 
fruit of 4 wrinkled angular little nuts, attached by the base to the flat receptacle. Hairy plants 
with soft or bristly hairs and alternate entire leaves. 
Small BuglOSS. (Lycop'sis arven’sis. Linn.) — The only British species, with small 
blue flowers, about J inch across, with the corolla-tube curved and the stem 5 inches to 2 feet high, 
branched, and rather straggling, angular, brittle, and covered with stiff hairs. [ Plate 18. 
Not common. In cornfields and waste places, generally distributed throughout the British Isles. 
June — July. Annual. 
IX. LUNGWORT. (PULMONARIA. Linn.) — Flowers of a purplish-red, in i-sided clusters 
coiled in bud (scorpioid racemes). Calyx of 5 sepals, united into a bell-shaped tube and 
separating into 5 lobes, free from and inserted below the seedcase (inferior) ; corolla of 5 petals, 
united into a long funnel-shaped tube and spreading into a 5-lobed salver-shaped limb, the 
throat not closed with scales but open, having 5 small hairy bosses, inserted below the seedcase 
(hypogynous) ; stamens 5, very short, included in and inserted on the corolla-tube ; carpels 2, 
stigma undivided ; fruit of 4 little nuts, smooth and hard, attached by the base to the 
flat receptacle. Soft hairy herbs with leaves frequently blotched with white and creeping 
roots. 
(1) Narrow-leaved Lungwort. (Pulmondria angustifolia.) — Flowers blue; leaves narrow, 
lance-shaped, rarely spotted with white. 
(2) Common Lungwort. (Pulmondria officinalis.) — Flowers purple ; leaves broad, egg-shaped, 
always spotted with white. 
1 . Narrow-leaved Lungwort. (Pulmondria angustifolia. Linn.)— As just described. 
The flowers are at first rose-colour, then brilliant blue, fading to purple, very shortly stalked, in 
terminal forked clusters coiled in bud (scorpioid cymes); the stems are erect, 5-18 inches 
high, brittle, and hairy ; and the leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, narrowing at the base, some- 
times spotted with a greenish-white, the upper leaves being stalkless. 
Rare. In woods and hedge-banks in the Isle of Wight, the New Forest, Dorsetshire and other 
counties. February — June Perennial. 
2. Common Lungwort. (Pulmon&ria offieindlis. Linn.)— A very similar species, 
with flowers at first rose-colour and then purple, and with egg-shaped (ovate) leaves always spotted 
with white. [ Plate 18. 
