Lycopsis. XCIV. BORRAGINACEiE. ^1 



2. BORRAGO. Toura. 

 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. Ommon D 'Vrage. — Lvs. ovate, alternate, the lower ones 

 petiolate ; cal. spreading ; ped. terminal, many-flowered. — Native of England, 

 and with us a common inhabitant of the garden. The whole plant is rough 

 with short, bristly hairs, erect, 2f high, with terminal clusters of handsome, sky- 

 blue flowers during summer. It was formerly in high repute as a cordial. 

 The young leaves form a good salad and pot-herb. X 



2. B. oRiEN'TALis. (Psilostcmon. Z?C.) Oriental Barrage. — Z/f5. cordate, peti- 

 olate; fed. many-flowered; ste. exserted, villous. — An ornamental garden 

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

 the spring months. \ 



3. SYMPHYTUM. 



Gr. avfiipvcii, a joining or healing ; from ita 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. Flowers cyanic, 



S. OFFICINALE. Cnmfrcy. 



Pilose; s'. branching above; Irs. extensively decurrent, t'ne lower ana 

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

 acuminate ; cnr. 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 efficient vulnerary. % ^ 



4. ANCHDSA. 



Gr. uyx^'^'^^'-i paint ; the root of one species was once used for staining the 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., viostly European. Fls. cyanic. 



A. OFFICINALIS. Bucloss, or Ox-tougue. — Lrs. lanceolate, .strigose; spikes one- 

 sided, imbricated; caL zls, long as the tube of the corolla. — % A rough garden 

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

 signilying ox-ton-iue, on account of tlie long, rough leaves. Stem 2i high, 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, t 



5. LYCOPSIS. 



Gr. \vKOi, a wolf, and oi^, the eye ; name supgested 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. 

 — (D Distinguished frovi Anchusa only by the curved corolla tube. 



L. AflVKNSIS. Wild Buiri^ss. 



Plant hispid; Ivs. lanceolate, rcnand-deniiculate ; rac. leafy; /.t. .sessile; 

 cal. shorter than the tube of the corolla. — A very hispid, almost bristly p'ant* 

 found in fi 'Ids and roadsides, NorthiTn States, probably introduced." Stem 

 erect, branching', roundish, about a foot hi?h. Leaves 5 or 6 limes as long as 

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

 Corolla sky-blue with white scales within. June July \ 

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