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BORAGINE.E. [Symphytum. 



Mr. P. Kearns. Field near Belfast ; Mr. Templeton. Fl. June, July. 

 $ . — Corolla very beautiful, on expansion reddish-purple, afterwards 

 brilliant blue. " In Scotland and in England it is occasionally found 

 with white flowers." Hooker. 



2. Lithospermum. Linn. Gromwell. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla small, 5-lobed, funnel-shaped. Anthers 

 oblong, included in the throat of the corolla. Stigma obtuse, 

 bifid. Nuts shining, even or wrinkled. — Name from \160s, 

 a stone, and aireppu, a seed ; from its shining, very hard seeds 

 or nuts. The English, Gromwell, has the same origin in the 

 Celtic ; graun, a seed, and mil, a stone. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. L. officinale, Linn. Common Gromivell, Grey Mill. Nuts 

 even; corolla not much longer than the calyx; leaves lanceo- 

 late, rather acute, with lateral transverse ribs. Br. Fl. 1. p. 80. 

 E. Fl. v. i.p. 254. E. Bot. t. 134. 



Dry, waste and uncultivated places, and among rubbish, frequent. 

 Near Dublin, and many other parts of the country. FL May, June. 

 %- — One to one foot and a half high. Fl. pale yellow. Nuts 

 whitish-brown, highly polished. 



2. L. arvense, Linn. Com Gromwell or Bastard Alhanet. 

 Nuts wrinkled ; corolla not much longer than the calyx ; leaves 

 obtuse, without lateral ribs. Br. Fl. 1. p. 80. E. Fl. v. i. p. 

 255. E. Bot. t. 123. 



Corn fields and waste ground, frequent. Fl. May, June. 0. — Root 

 red. Flowers white. Seeds brown, pitted, polished. 



3. L. maritimum, Lehm. Sea-side Gromivell. Nuts keeled, 

 even ; leaves ovate, glaucous, besprinkled with callous points ; 

 stems all procumbent. Br. Fl. I. p. 81. E. Fl. i: i. p. 256. — 

 Pidmonaria maritima, Linn. — E. Bot. t. 368. 



Sea-side among sand or loose stones, but not common. Plentiful 

 at the Murrow of Wicklow ; coast between Balbriggan and Skerries. 

 Coast near Dundrum, County of Down ; Mr. Templeton. Fl. May, 

 June. %. — Lower leaves on footstalks and acute, upper ones sessile. 

 Flowers somewhat racemed, of a beautiful purplish blue : tube of 

 the corolla short. Whole plant very glaucous and when the bloom 

 is rubbed oil", rough callous points are seen upon the surface, which be- 

 come white and almost stony in drying, when the rest of the plant is 

 nearly black. 



3. Symphytum. Linn. Comfrey. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla cylindrical, campanulate ; tube very 

 short; limb ventricose, with five short lobes. Scales of the 

 orifice subulate, converging. — Name from av/xcpviv, to unite ; 

 from its supposed healing qualities. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



