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PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Symphytum. 



SYMPHYTUM. BIoss. funnel-shaped, bellying 



towards the top ; mouth closed by hollow 

 radiate valves, which have an open hole on 

 the outside near the border: nuts 4, perforated. 



officinale. S. Leaves egg-shaped, decurrent. 



Ludnu. m-Kn\ph. \~Ctirt. 23C-£. hot. 81/ '-Wtodv : 215- 

 Fl dan. 66i-Blackw. 252-Mattb. 96I-D0J. 134. 1- 

 Lob. obs. 315. l-Ger. em. 806. 1-Park. 523. l-Ger. 660. 



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. , 1 and 2*-H. ox. xi. e 2<). row 1. \-Pet. 2£). 5- Fucks. 69$- 



Trag. UC-J. B. iii. 593. 



Calyx close. Bloss. yellow white, tube as long as the calyx. 

 Valves spear-shaped, flat, covering the anthers ; edge studded 

 with small shining glands. 



Common Comfrey. Banks of rivers and wet ditches, P. May.* 

 Var. 2. Red-flowered. Calyx expanding, shorter than the 



tube of the blossom. 



Kmph. J . /. 2. * 





Symphytum patens. Sibth. Fl. Oxon. who considers it as a 

 distinct species. Frequently found growing with the preceding) 

 and flowering at the same time. 



S. Loaves half decurrent j the uppermost opposite. 



Jacq. Austr. 22j-Oi*. G3~Kniph. l~Clus. ii. l66. 2-Ger. 



em. 806". 3-lL ox. xi. 29. row 1. 3-J. B. iii. 5§*. 



Possibly a variety of the S. officinale* Root white, and not 

 black on the outside as that of the preceding. Linn. Root tube- 

 rous. Bloss. yellow white. 



Comft 



offi 



BORA 'GO. Bloss. wheel- shaped; mouth closed 



with rays : nuts 4, not perforated. - 



officinalis. B. All the leaves alternate : calyxes expanding. 



Kn'tph.Z-Ludnu. S-Fuchs. W2-Dod. 627. l-WWw.21/- 



E. hot. 36-Gerl em. 797- 2-J. B. iii. 574-Blackw. & 



* The particles of the Pollen appear in the microscope like two glo- 

 bules united together. The leaves give a grateful flavour to cakes * 

 panada, and the young stems and leaves are excellent when boiled, 

 roots are glutinous and mucilaginous, and a decoction of them is u se ^ * 

 dyers to extract the colouring matter of gum Uc Cows and Sheep c*J 



Horses, Goats, and Swine refuse it* Linn. 





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