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f:\-pericnce teaches us tluit tlic more natural the families, the j^reatcT 

 is the difficulty of disthiguishing- the genera. 



4. CYNOGLOSSUM. 



1. C. ojficinale {common Hound' s-lniigiie), ^iGxn leaves lanceo- 

 late attenuate at the base sessile downv, statnen sh-jiter than 

 the cor. Light/, p. \S3. E.B.t. 921. 



Hab. Waste places, about towns and villages, as Burntisland and 



Kinghorn, Edinb. and foot of the hill of Kinnoul, Perthshire, &c., 



Lightf. H. June, July. J'. 

 Whole plant soft to the touch, dull green, of a fetid smell. Often 2 



feet high. Lower leaves on long footstalks. Flowers purplish red. 



Fruit rough. 



2, C. STjlval'icum (grcen-leavcd HounifS'longue), stem leaves 

 lanceolate broad at the ba^e shining sessile slig'illy iiairy Hud 

 scabrous especially beneathj stamens shorter than the cor. E, B. 



t. 1642. 

 Hab. Carse of Go\\Tie, G.Don. F^. June, July, c? ■ 

 Distinguished readily by the more or less shining and brightpr co- 

 loured leaves, free from jmbescence, and their diilercnt tig-.n=f. 

 Radical leaces ovato-lanceolate, on very long foot>:t;->llvs. 



f.. FULMONARIA. 



1. P. officinalis {common Lungwort)^ leaves scabrou?, radical 

 ones ovato-cordate petiolatc, superior ones of tlic stem sessile 

 ovate. E. B. L IIS. 



Hab. Arniston woods, abundant; Banks of N. Esk, near Kevockmill, 

 sparingly, Maugh. Banks of Clyde, about Dalbeth and Eas(ahil), 

 probably an outcast of the garden, Hoplc. Fl. May. 11 . 



About 1 foot high. CauHne leaves all more or less ovate, lower one.s 

 petiolate, upper ones sessile ; all with short hairs, frequently spotted, 

 Flotvers prnple. 



6. SYMPHYTUM. 



1. S. officinale (common Gnmfrey), stem winged above, leaves 

 ovato-ianceolate atteiuiate at the base and very decurrent. 

 Liglilf.p. 134. E. B t. 817. 



Hab. Banks of rivers ; water of Leith, opposite St. Bernard's •vvell, 

 and Coryton woods, Edinb., Dr. Parsons. Banks of Clyde, but 

 not common, Hopk. Cliesh, Mr. Arnott. F/. May, June. "2/ . 



Two to three feet high, branched above. Badical leaves ovate petio- 

 lated. Racemes in pairs, secund, drooping. Cornllas large, yel- 

 lowish white, often purple. 



2. S. tuberosum {tuberous -rooted Gonijrey), stem simple^ leaves 

 ovato-oblong attenuate at the base, upper ones only very 

 slightly decurrent. Light/, p. \Q9\. E. B. t. \^02. . 



Hab. First discovered, in Britain, by 3/r. Yalden, opposite the new 

 well at the water of Leith, and plentifully in Dr. Robertson's walk.s 

 at North Marchision. — CoUington woods, W^oodhall, &c, Edinb., 

 and or. the b.^.nk?; cf th:- Mcrth s.r.d South L.-5k, Mcu^'h. Ccmmor. ir. 



