PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Symphytum. 283 
Ludw. 45— FI. Dan. 482— Woodv. 212— Kniph. 1. two figures — E. Bot. 118. 
{but the uncoloured radical leaves are those of P. angustifolia. E.) Black w. 
376— Ger. 662. 1. and 663. 4 —Clus. ii. 169. 1— Dod.'l35. 1— Lob. Obs. 
317. 1 —Ger Em. 808. 1— II. Ox. xi. 29. 8— Wale. — Park. Par. 251. 1— 
J. B. iii. 595—Matth. 1040. 
Stems ten or twelve inches high ; numerous, branchless, angular, upright, 
hispid. Leaves entire, hispid, light green, with white spots on the up¬ 
per surface. Root-leaves egg-heart-shaped, on long leaf-stalks, not much 
lengthened out at the base. Lower stem-leaves egg-spear-shaped. Upper 
leaves heart-spear-shaped, half embracing the stem. Sowerby’s figure 
in E. Bot. wants the lowest root-leaves, which are always egg-heart¬ 
shaped. Robson. Leaves frequently with white spots. Blossom purplish 
red when newly expanded, soon changing to blue. Tube white ; mouth 
hairy. 
Spotted Lungw t ort. Cowslip of Jerusalem. Broad-leaved Lung¬ 
wort. (Woods and thickets, rare. E.) In Cliff Wood, about six 
miles west of Darlington. Mr. Robson. In a shady lane about a mile from 
Bromham, Wiltshire. Mr. Norris. (Between Thurleigh and Milton Ernys, 
Bedfordshire. Abbot. Arniston woods, abundant; banks of the north 
Esk, near Kevock-mill. Maughan. Grev. Edin. E.) P. April—May* 
(2) Calyx only half as long as the tube of the blossom. 
P. marit'ima. Leaves egg-shaped, (glaucous, sprinkled with callous 
points; E.) stems branched, trailing. 
Dicks. H. S. — {E. Bot. 368— Curt. E.)— Light/. 7— Dill. Elth. 65— El. 
Dan. 25— Pluk. 172. 3— H. Ox. xi.28. row 2. 12— Park. 766. 5—Sibbald. 
12. 4. 
{Herb remarkably glaucous, turning blackish when dried. Stems a foot in 
length. Seeds not polished. E.) All the leaves sessile ; upper ones 
oval, lower ones oval battledore-shaped. Harriman. Blossoms pink 
before they expand, immediately after changing to fine blue. Atkinson. 
Sea Bugloss. Sea Lung-wort. (Welsh: Llys yr ysgyfaint arfor ; 
Glesyn y morlan. P. maritima. Linn. With. Lightf. Curt. Sm. FI. Brit. 
Willd. Lithospermum maritimum. Lehm. Hook. Sm. E.) On sandy 
. shores. Near Maryport, Cumberland. Rev. - Harriman. About 
Aberdeen. Mr. Browne. West shore of the Isle of Walney. Mr. Atkin¬ 
son. (North-east coast of Anglesey. Rev. H. Davies. Bot. Guide. 
About Aberystwith. Evans. Shore by the Ormes Head. Mr. A. Aikin. 
The Southans, Devonshire. Mr. Cornish. Shores of the Firth of Forth. 
Mr. Winch. E.) P. July.t 
SYM'PHYTUM.J Bloss . funnel-shaped, protuberant towards 
the top: mouth closed by awl shaped, converging 
valves, which have an open orifice on the outside, near 
the border: Nuts four, perforate. 
* When burnt, it is said to afford a larger quantity of ashes than any other vegetable; 
often one-seventh of its weight. Sheep and goats eat it. Cows are not fond of it. Horses 
and swine refuse it. Chrysomela nemorum feeds upon it. (The speckled appearance of 
the leaves has been imagined to resemble the human lungs, and hence was vainly inferred 
their salutary effect on that viscus. E.) 
+ Dr. Blair attributes a narcotic power to this plant, in some instances fatal. The taste 
disagreeably resembles oysters. E.) 
f (From to cement; probably alluding to the healing quality of the mucila¬ 
ginous roots. E.) 
