By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 235 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Neighbourhood of Salisbury, " Mr. 

 James Hussey. 



2. South Middle District, " Westbury," Mrs. Overbury. 



3. South-west District, " Corsley," Miss Griffith. " Warminster," 

 Mr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. Korth-west District, Corn-fields at South Wraxhall, Spye Park, 

 and Bromham. " Nash Hill near Sandy Lane," Dr. R. C. Prior. 



6. North-east District, Corn-fields at Purton, Harden, and 

 Lydiard. " Great Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartlett. " Corn-fields 

 near New Mill," Flor. Marlb. Whole plant very hispid ; hairs or 

 bristles seated on a white, callous base. Floivers small bright blue ; 

 differing from those of Anchusa in the curvature of the tube. 



Symphytum, (Linn.) Comfkey. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 



Name. From {sumphuo) to grow together, in allusion to its 

 healing qualities. Comfrey according to Dr. Prior, from the Latin 

 word Confirma, to strengthen. 



1. S. officinale (Linn.) common Comfrey. Engl. Bot. t. 817. 



Locality. By the sides of the Avon, streams, and ditches, and 

 other moist places. P. Fl. May, June. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Very 

 common and generally distributed throughout Wilts. Leaves between 

 egg-shaped and spear-shaped, very decurreut, and winging the 

 upper part of the stem ; finely hairy. Corolla usually of a yellow- 

 ish white, sometimes purple ; this last variety is the S. patens of Dr. 

 Sib thorp, and is not unfrequent. It has a different aspect, but seems 

 to have no positive characters to separate it from the typical form. 



[" S. asperrimum, (Bieb.) Rough Comfrey, Curtis Bot. Mag. t. 929, 

 occurs in a hedge near Granham farm {North-east District). For- 

 meily cultivated." Flor Marlb. "l ^ 



* Some few years since S. asperrimum was found growing in some plenty in 

 the Oakford Valley near " The Rocks," just on the borders of Wilts, where I 

 am informed it was introduced by the late Mr. Horlock, as fodder for cattle. 

 The field being now ploughed up and drained, this plant has not been observed 

 for several seasons past. T, B. F. 



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