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Cynoglossum O MPHALODES. BLUE 
Navelwort. 
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Clafs and Order. 
Pentandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. 
Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce claufa fornicibus. Semina 
deprefla interiore tantum latere ftylo affixa. 
Specific Character and Synonyms . 
CYNOGLOSSUM Omphalodes repens, foliis radicalibus 
cord at is* *. Linn. Sp. PL p. 193. Syfi. 
Vcgetab. p. 157. Scopoli FI. Cam. p. 124. 
/. 3. 
SYMPHYTUM minus borraginis facie. Bauh. Pin. 259. 
BOR AGO minor verna repens, folio laevi. MoriJ. hijl. 3. 
P- 437 * /• ll * L 26 - fig- 3 * 
A native of Spain, Portugal, and Carniola, and an inhabi- 
tant of woods and fhady fituations ; flowers in March and 
April. In the autumn it puts forth trailing {hoots, which take 
root at the joints, whereby the plant is molt plentifully pro- 
pagated ; thrives belt under a wall in a North border. 
* “ Stolones repunt non canlis florifer, cui folia ovalia, et minirae cordata* 
*« TOURNEFORTIUS feparavit a Symphyto, et dixit Omphallodem 
tc pumilam r vernam> fymphyti folio , fed bene monet LINNAEUS folam fruftua 
*' afperitatem aut glabritiem, non fufficere ad novum genus conftruendum,’* 
Scopoli FI, Cam . 124. 
