PULMONARIA, in botany, a genus of the pentandria monogynia class. The corolla is funnel-shaped; and the calix has five sides. There are seven species, two of them natives of Britain, viz. the officinalis, or bugloss-cowslips; the leaves of which are reckoned pectoral and cordiac; and the maritima, or sea-bugloss.
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