Lycopsis. XCIV. BORRAGINACEiE. 431 



2. BORRAGO. Tourn. 

 Calyx 5-parted; corolla rotate, with acute segments; orifice 

 crowned ; filaments converging ; achenia rounded, imperforate at base, 

 inserted lengthwise into an excavated receptacle. — European herbs. 



1. B. OFFICINALIS. Common Barrage. — Lvs. ovate, alternate, the lower ones 

 petiolate ; cal. spreading ; ped. terminal, many-flowered. — (i) Native of En<^land 

 and with us a common inhabitant of the garden. The whole plant is rou°-h 

 with short, bri.stly hairs, erect, 2f high, with terminal clusters of handsome, sky- 

 blue flowei-s during summer. It was formerly in high repute as a cordial. 

 The young leaves tbrm a good salad and pot-herb. ^ 



2. B. ORiENTALis. (Psilostemon. Z?C.) Oriental Barrage. — Z>s. cordate, peti- 

 olate ; ped. many-flowered ; sta. exserted, villous. — ® An ornamental garden 

 plant, native of Turkey. Stem and leaves hairy. Flowers blue, appearing in 

 the spring months. \ 



3. SYMPHYTUM. 



Gr. (TV^Kpvtxi;, a joining or healing ; from its reputation for healing wounds. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla tubular-campanulate, orifice closed with 5, 

 subulate scales, converging into a cone ; achenia gibbous, imperfo- 

 rate. — % Oriental herbs. Floioers cyanic, 



S. OFFICINALE. Comfrey. 



Pilose; St. branching above; Its. extensively decurrent, fne lOwer ana 

 radical petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, upper and floral lanceolate; sep. lanceolate 

 acuminate ; cor. limb with 5 recurved teeth. — A large, coarse-looking but showy 

 exotic, in our gardens and shrubberies, also naturalized in low grounds. Middle 

 States. Whole plant rough with dense hairs. Stem 3 — 4f high, winged by the 

 decurrent leaves, bearing terminal, revolute racemes. Corollas white*^ pink and 

 red, appearing all summer. Root perennial. It abounds with mucilage and has 

 long been regarded as an efhcient vulnerary. :j: ^ 



4. ANCHCSA. 



Gr. nyxov(xa, paint; the root of one species was once tised for staining tlie features. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla infundibuliform, vaulted ; tube straight 

 orifice closed with 5 prominent scales ; achenia perforate at the base 

 and their surfaces generally rugose ; stamens included ; stigma emar- 

 ginate. — Handsome herbs., mostly European. Fls. cyanic. 



A. OFFICINALIS. , Bugloss, ar O.v-tongue.—Lvs. lanceolate, strigose • spikes one- 

 sided, imbricated; cal. as long as the tube of the corolla.— "ZJ. A rou<?h warden 

 plant, native of Britain. The English name, Bugloss, comes from the Greek 

 signifying ox-tongue, on account of the long, rough leaves. Stem 2f hi<^h rough 

 with bristly hairs. Bracts ovate. Flowers purple, v/ith a melliferous corolla 

 very attractive to bees. The leaves are juicy, and the root mucilaginous used 

 in medicine to promote the eruption of the small-pox. Blossoms all summer, f 



5. LYCOPSIS. 



Gr. \vKo;, a wolf, and oijj, the eye ; name suggested by the small blue flowers. 



Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla funnel-form, tube incurved, orifice closed with 

 ovate, converging scales ; achenia perforated at base, ovoid, angular. 

 — ® Distinguished froin Anchusa only by the curved corolla tube. 

 L. ARVENsis. Wild Bugloss. 



Plant hispid ; Zrs. lancedate, repand-denticulate ; rac. leafy fls sessile- 

 ml. shorter than the tube of the corolla.— A very hi.spid, almost bristly plant' 

 found m fields and roadsides, Northern States, probably introduced Stem 

 erect, branching, roundish, about a foot high. Leaves 5 or 6 times as lono- as 

 wide, the margin irregularly and slightly toothed. Flowers small Calyx erect 

 Corolla sky-blue with white scales within. .Tune .Tulv ^ 

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