AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 121 
Scorpion Grass, J/yoso¢zs, and the corolla is at 
first reddish-pink, then changes to bright blue. 
Lycopsts arvensis, the Small Bugloss, has a 
small blue flower, with white eye, somewhat 
crowded by surrounding leaves, the whole plant 
hispid with strong hairs rising from scaly tuber- 
cles. Hairs of this kind are very good objects 
for the microscope, when the leaves are mature 
and dry. 
In the same Nat. Order is Symphytum offict- 
nale, Comfrey, by the river-sides and in cottage 
gardens, valued for medicinal purposes both for 
man and cattle. This has also a rough pu- 
bescence ; the racemes of bloom are in pairs, 
and drooping. 
In cornfields there is Lzthospermum arvense, 
Corn Gromwell, flower small, white, nuts pale 
brown and pitted with little pores; and in dry, 
stony places ZL. Officcnale, Common Gromwell, 
with greenish-yellow flowers, and grey, polished 
nuts ; in both plants the leaves have adpressed 
bulbous hairs, but in ZL. Officznale, these are 
only on the upper surface. The flowers are 
somewhat like Myosotis in shape. 
By waysides you will now find Cyxoglossum 
officinale, Hound’s-tongue, a downy dull green 
