/ Lycopars. XCIV. BORRAGINACEZ. 431 
2 BORRAGO. Tourn. 
Calyx 5-parted; corolla rotate, with acute segments; ‘orifice 
crowned ; filaments converging ; achenia rounded, imperforate at base, 
inserted lengthwise into an excavated receptacle —Huropean herbs. 
1. B. ofricinatis. Common Borrage—Lvs. ovate, alternate, the lower ones 
petiolate ; cal. spreading; ped. terminal, many-flowered.—@ Native of England, 
and with us acommon 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. + . 
2. B. ortenTiuis. (Psilostemon. DC.) Oriental Borrage-—Luvs. cordate, peti- 
olate; ped. many-flowered; sta. exserted, villous——@) An ornamental garden 
plant, native of ‘Turkey. Stem and leaves hairy. Flowers blue, appearing in 
the spring months. + 
- 3. SYMPHYTUM. 
Gr. cvpdveis, a joining or healing; from its reputation for healing wounds. 
Calyx 5-parted ; corolla tubular-campanulate, orifice closed with 5, 
subulate scales, converging into a cone; achenia gibbous, imperfo- 
rate.—2 Orvental herbs. Flowers cyanac. 
S. OFFICINALE. Comfrey. 
Pilose; st. branching above; Jvs. extensively decurrent, tne :ower ana 
radical petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, upper and floral lanceolate; sep. lanceolate, 
acuminate ; cor. limb with 5 recurved teeth_—A large, coarse-looking but sho 
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 eflicient vulnerary. + § 
4. ANCHUSA. 
Gr. ayXovoa, paint; the rootof 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, mostly European. Fis. cyanic. 
A. OFFICINALIS. Bugloss, or Ox-tongue—Lvs. lanceolate, strigose; spikes one- 
sided, imbricated; cal. as long as the tube of the corolla.—2 A rough garden 
plant, native of Britain. The English name, Bugloss, comes from the Greek, 
signifying oz-tongue, on account of the long, rough leaves. Stem 2t high, rough 
with bristly hairs. Bracts ovate. Flowers purple, with 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. dvxos, a wolf, and ow, the eye; name suggested 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. 
—® Distingwshed from Anchusa only by the curved corolla tube, 
L. arvensis. Wild Bugloss. 
Plant hispid; ivs. lanceolate, repand-denticulate; rac. leafy: fs. sessile; 
cal. shorter than the tube of the corolla.— A very hispid, simoat besa Aline 
found in fields and roadsides, Northern States, probably introduced. Stem 
erect, branching, roundish, about a foot high. Leaves 5 or 6 times as long as 
wide, the margin irregularly and slightly toothed. Flowers ll. Cal t. 
Corolla sky-blue with white scales pithin June, July. 6 we Senet ae 
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