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GENUS YI. 
PULMONARIA, Tourn. THE LUNG- WORT. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character Calyx five-cleft, prismatically pentagonal, I vious pilose throat. Nuts four, one-celled, turbinate, fixed to the 
but campanulate while in fiuit. Corolla funnel-shaped ; with a per- | bottom of the calyx, imperforated at the base. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — All the species belonging to this genus are herbaceous plants, with spotted leaves, and 
terminal, corymbose racemes of flowers. All the species have the peculiarity of changing colour decidedly 
without fading, and, on this account, the flowers generally appear of two bright colours, such as pink and blue ; 
about half the flowers being of one colour, and the rest of the other colour. The names of Pulmonaria and 
Lung-wort, which signify the same thing, are said by some botanists to allude to the mucilaginous qualities of 
the leaves, which render them, when boiled, useful in coughs and other afiections of the lungs. 
1.— PULMONARIA MOLLIS, Horn. 
P. officinalis. Pair . ; P. 
Synonymes. — P. angustifolia, Bess 
Bcinalis var., Lin. 
Engravings Bot. Mag., t. 2422 ; and our fig. 2, in PI. 78. 
THE SOFT LUNG-WORT. 
Specific Character. — Leaves ovate ; lanceolate, acuminate, piib- 
escently tomentose, decurrent ; radical leaves petiolate. Tube of 
the calyx nearly as long as the corolla. 
Description, &c. — This plant is very nearly allied to the British species called P. angustifolia, and 
both differ but slightly from the common British Lung-wort. The present species has erect stems, and the leaves 
covered with soft long hairs. The plant is not very ornamental, as the flowers, which are partly of a dull pink. 
and partly purple, are more than half hidden by the calyx. The species is a native of the Pyrenees, whence it 
was introduced in 1805 
2.— PULMONARIA PANICULATA, Ait. THE BLUE-FLOWERED PANICLED LUNG-WORT. 
Synonyhies. — Lithospermum paniculatum, Spreng.; Mertensiapani- 
C’lata, G. Don. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., t. 146 ; Bot. Mag., t. 2680 ; and our figs. 
1 and 3, in PI. 78. 
Specific Character. — Stem leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, hairy. 
Calj'x very short ; limb of the corolla campanulate ; panicles of flowers 
nodding. 
Description, &c. — This plant varies so much in the size of the panicles, and in the size and colour of the 
flowers, as to appear almost like two distinct species, as will be seen by comparing figures 1 and 3, in Plate 78. 
The shape of the flowers is, however, the same in both ; and, upon examination, it will be found very distinct 
from that of the flowers of every other kind of Pulmonaria ; the tube being very short and almost globular, and 
the limb expanding into a sort of bell-shape. It is a very pretty species, from the brilliant colours of 
its flowers, which are either of a bright ultramarine blue, or of a pale pink. The species is quite hardy, and is 
a native of Hudson’s Bay, whence it was introduced by Dr. Solander in 1778. It is quite common in gardens, 
and it requires no particular care in its culture. It is propagated by dividing its roots. 
3.— PULMONARIA DAHURICA, Fisch. THE DAURIAN LUNG-WORT. 
Synonymes. — P. davurica, Sims.; P. amoena, Stev.; P. gracilis, Specific Character. — Radical leaves ovate, petiolate, rough. Stem 
Willd.; Lithospermum Daburicum, LeAnt.; Mertensia Dahurica, leaves linear- lanceolate, very smooth. Limb of the corolla cup-shaped 
G. Don. tube long ; style exserted. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 1743. 
Description, &c. — This species bears a general resemblance to the last ; but there are several important 
points of difference. The principal of these, are, — the length of the style, which projects beyond the corolla ; the 
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