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1. S. officinale, Linn. Common Comfrey. Leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate, decurrent, finely hairy. Br. FL 1. p. 81. E.FL v. 

 V. p. 263. E. Bot. L 817. 



Hanks of rivers and moist meadows. Kelly's Glen above the gap of 

 Ballinascoruey. Abundant in the County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore, 

 On the Cave-hill ; Mr. Tempieton. Near Cork ; Mr. J. Drum- 

 mond. Fl. May, June. %. — Two or three feet high, branched 

 above. Hoot leaves ovale, petiolated. Hacemes in pairs, secund, 

 drooping. Corollas large, yellowish-white, often purple. 



4. Borago. Linn. Borage. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft, usually spreading. 

 Scales of the orifice obtuse, emarginate. Nuts wrinkled, — 

 Name from Cor, heart, and ago, to bring : thence corrupted 

 into Borago, or, as the French spell it, Borrago. 



Pentandria . Mon ogynia. 



1. B. officinalis, Linn. Common Borage. Limb of the 

 corolla flat, much longer than the tube, mouth with a double 

 row of valves ; the innermost awl-shaped, bearing the stamens. 

 Br. Fl I. p. 8 J. E. FL v. i. p. 263. E. Bot. t. 817. 



Among rubbish and waste ground, but scarcely indigenous. Way 

 side at Glenmire, near Cork. Old Abbey of Timoligne, County of 

 Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. June, July. $. — Whole plant very 

 hispid. Corolla large, brilliant blue, with very prominent stamens. It 

 forms an ingredient with wine, water, lemon, and sugar in a favourite 

 English drink called a cool tankard. 



5. Lycopsis. Linn. Bugloss. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed ; limb nearly 

 erect; tube incurved. Scales of the orifice ovate, prominent, 

 converging. Stigma emarginate. Nuts sculptured at the 

 base. — Name from \vkos, a wolf, and otyts, a face; from a 

 fancied resemblance in the gaping flower to the head of a 

 wolf. Pentandria. Mo?icgynia. 



I. L. arvensis, Linn. Small Bugloss. Leaves lanceolate, 

 wavy, somewhat toothed, very bristly ; stalks of the flowers 

 and fruit erect; limb of the corolla slightly unequal. Br. FL 1. 

 p. 82. E. FL v. i. p. 267. E. Bot. t. 938. — Anchma arvensis, 

 Lehm. 



Corn fields, and sandy grounds near the coast, frequent. Fl. June, 

 July. 0. Whole plant very hispid ; hairs or bristles seated on a white, 

 callous tubercle. Hacemes leafy. Flowers small, bright blue, differ- 

 ing from those of Anckusa in the curvature of the tube. 



6. Anchusa. Linn. Alkanet. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed ; the limb erect; 



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