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fringed. Corolla funnel-form, nodding, tube bluntly
4-sided, smooth and glossy, 4 or 5 times longer than
the ca ly x ; limb cup shaped, erect or slightly spreading,
shallowly 5-cleft; segments rounded, erose. S ta mens
5, inserted in the mouth, with a blunt, naked
yellow scale between each, included within the limb;
filaments smooth, widened and bent backAvard just
beloAV the anthers, AAdiich are incumbent or attached by
their back to the filaments, erect. Style smooth, slender,
longer than the corolla. Stigma small, capitate.
Our draAving of this handsome species was taken
from a fine strong plant growing in the open ground,
at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, in June
la s t; AA'e have placed it in the genus Lithospermum
rather than Pulmonaria, as has been done by Lehman,
Link, and also Professor Sprengel in his Systema
Vegetabilium; the same situation is, also adopted for
Pulmonaria maritima by Sir James Ldward Smith;
they certainly agree better Avith Lithospermum than
Pulmonaria; but Ave think the whole section to Avhich
they belong Avould have been much better kept apart
as a distinct genus, as had been already done liy Roth
under the name of Mertensia; and we have no doubt
but it will be so constructed at some future period,
Avhen a gi'eater number of the species shall have been
examined in a living state : all those species Avith the
short calyx hitherto referred to Pulmonaria, must noAV
be transferred to Lithospermum; the greater part of
them are very ornamental herbaceous plants, and thrive
well in the open borders of the flower-garden, but like
a rich light soil to grow in ; they are increased by
parting the roots, or by seeds.
1. Calyx. 2. Corolla spread open, to show the insertion o f th e 5 stam en s,
and the small scale between each. 3. Stamen d e ta ch ed , showing its widened
filament. 4. Style and small c ap ita te S tigma.