Floral Illustrations of the Seasons

PULMONARIA paniculata.

Reading edition

Panicled Lungwort.

Illustration from Floral Illustrations of the Seasons Consisting of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants, Cultivated in the Flower Garden

Class and Order.—Pentandria Monogynia.

Syn. Pulmonaria paniculata. Curt. Bot. Mag., pl. 2680.

Root tuberous—stem branched, one to two feet high—leaves ovate, oblong, acuminate, strongly nerved—panicles leafy—flowers drooping—calyx five segments—corolla funnel-shaped, contracted near the base—when arrived at maturity, of a brilliant blue—stamens five—style equal with the stamens—stigma obtuse—plant hispid.

This beautiful plant, according to the "Bot. Mag.," 2680, is a native of Hudson's Bay, and was "Originally introduced to the Kew Gardens by the late Dr. Solander, in 1778." It is still rare, and difficult to cultivate, though in congenial situations it will sow its seed, and increase abundantly; but the general method of propagating it is by parting the roots. The plant from which the annexed drawing was made grows luxuriantly in a cold, stiff soil, and has endured our severest winters without protection. It flowers in June; and though each blossom falls off almost as soon as it becomes perfect, there is a succession for a considerable time. The most beautiful species of this genus are—

P. virginica.

— davurica.

Pl. 20.

Plate 21. Campanula Pulla. Drawn from Nature by M.R. Engraved by R. Havell Jun^r.