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Show 162 COMMON LUNGWORT. HISTORY. It is a plant common enough in hedges, and in shady and Reka aa eS rather moist situations. It flowers in May. Fromits beauty it has obtained a place in our gardens. he. MEDICAL VIRTUE. It is a popular remedy, as Dr. Woodville observes, probably from its spotted foliage, resembling in this the freckled appearance of the lungs. It is not admitted into our Pharmacopezias, and might have been rejected by me, unless the illustrious Haller had said that its viscous juice, possessing some degreeof acidity, had been found of use to take off a dryness of the throat, and in a case of cough, accompanied with spitting of blood. COMMON GROMWELE. LITHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE. $e Class V. Pentandria. Essent. Gen. Cuar. Order 1. Monogynia. Corolla funnel-shape, neck perforate, naked: Calyz five-parted, Srec. Car. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx: Leaves lanceolate: Seeds polished. : ss DESCRIPTION. Tur stem is erect, and beset with short bristly hairs. The leaves are alternate, sessile, pointed, hairy beneath, and studded with cartilaginous tubercles above. ‘The flowersare of a pale yellow colour. The calyx is divided into five segments. The Corolla is monopetalous, funnel-shaped, mouth naked, its border * cut into five blunt teeth, shining and extremely hard, The seeds are four, egg-shaped, mg |