. Flowers of the field. Botany. 34° PORACfNE.^ (j'Vj^ Latin put nil), the lungs, its spotted leaves being supposed, according to the old doctrine of "signatures," to indicate its value in lung-disease.) I. P. aiii'jisliliilia (Narrowdeaved Lungwort). — .\bout a foot high ; leave<; narrow lanceolate, the upper ones sessile, often spotted with pale green ; flowers pink in bud and afterwards deep blue- — Woods in Dorsetshire, the Isle"-of AVaght, and the New Forest.—Fl. February — June. Perennial. 2. P. ofju'iiidlis (Com- mon Lungwort).—Leaves ovate, always spotted ; flowers pal
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 34° PORACfNE.^ (j'Vj^ Latin put nil), the lungs, its spotted leaves being supposed, according to the old doctrine of "signatures," to indicate its value in lung-disease.) I. P. aiii'jisliliilia (Narrowdeaved Lungwort). — .\bout a foot high ; leave<; narrow lanceolate, the upper ones sessile, often spotted with pale green ; flowers pink in bud and afterwards deep blue- — Woods in Dorsetshire, the Isle"-of AVaght, and the New Forest.—Fl. February — June. Perennial. 2. P. ofju'iiidlis (Com- mon Lungwort).—Leaves ovate, always spotted ; flowers pale purple. — \\'oods : rare. Generally an escape from gardens.— Fl. April, j\Iay. Perennial. 8. Mertknsia (Smooth Gromwell, Lightwort).— Herbs with radical and cauline leaves, and blue- purple flowers in terminal cymes ; ealyx-tube short, deeply 5-cleft : corolla funnel - shaped ; stamens long, exserted ; nutlets fleshy. (Name in honour of F. C. Mertens, a Ger- man liotanist,) I. M. mar'itiina (Sea- side Smooth Gromwell).— The only British species, a singular plant about iS in, high, with fleshy, glaucous leaves, without bristles, but sprinkled with hard dots, which are very evident in dried specimens ; flowers blue-purple, crimson in bud. — Seashores in the north. When fresh the plant is said to have the flavour of oysters.—Fl. May, June. Perennial. 9. I\l\osi')ris (Mouse-ear, Scorpion-grass).—Herbs with stalked radical, and sessile cauline leaves, and terminal i-sided clusters of small, generally blue flowers : ealyx 5-cIeft ; eorolla salver-shaped. \vith blunt lobes, twisted in bud, and throat nearly closed by blunt scales : viillels smooth. (Name from the Greek, signif\ing a mouse's cai-, from the shape of the ofteli downy leaves.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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