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S. officinale Linn. : stem hispid; radical leaves on long petioles, 

 rough ; those of the stem ovate-lanceolate below, lanceolate above. 

 sessile, very decurrent and winging the upper part of the stem. 



HAB. Springy grounds. N. Y. and Penn. June. If. Stem 

 13 feet high, branched above. Racemes in pairs, secund. 

 .drooping. Corol large, yellowish- white. Apparently native 

 near Fairfield, N. Y. Comfrey. 



5. ECHIUM. Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corol subcampanulate ; tube very short ; 

 border broader, unequally and obliquely 5-lobed. Nuts im- 

 perforate at base, tuberculate. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



E. vulgarc Linn. : stem erect, bristly and tuberculate ; leaves lance- 

 olate, very hispid, radicle ones petiolate, spreading, very long; flow- 

 ers in lateral spikes ; stamens longer than the corol. 



HAB. Hills. N. S. June, July. $ .Stem 23 feet high. 

 Fioicers large, blue, in lateral spikes, which are at first recurved 

 but gradually become erect. .Introduced. Viper's Bugloss. 



6. LYCOPSIS. Linn. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corol funnel-form, with an incurved tube ; 

 orifice closed with convex connivent scales. Nuts perforate at 

 the base. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



L. arvensis Linn. : leaves lanceolate, repand-denticulate, very hispid ; 

 lower ones tapering into a petiole ; upper ones sessile, subclasping ; 

 racemes leafy ; calyx erect while in flower, shorter than the tube of the 

 corol. Anchusa arvensis Lehm. 



HAB. Sandy fields. N. S. June, July. ^.Stem 12 18 inches 

 high. Fioicers bright blue, in a leafy raceme. Introduced. ? 



Small Bugloss. 



7. MYOSOTIS. Linn. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corol salver-form ; tube short ; limb flat, 

 with 5 emarginute lobes ; orifice closed, with short connivent 

 scales. Nuts smooth or scabrous. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. M. palustris Roth. : leaves oblong-lanceolate, rough, with short 

 mostly appressed hairs ; racemes rather short ; peduncles when in 

 fruit divergent, twice as long as the 5-cleft spreading calyx ; border 

 of the corol expanded, longer than the tube. M. scorpioides JVilld.-~ 

 M. scorpioides var. palustris Linn. 



HAB. Ditches and wet grounds. Can. and N. S. May July. 

 14 Stem 12 18 inches high. Flowers very small, bright blue, 

 in secund racemes. Our plant differs from the foreign one, in 

 having the flowers .very small. Marsh Scorpion Grass. 



2. M. arvensis Sibth. : leaves oblong-lanceolate, hairy ; racemes verj 

 long ; pedicels when in fruit spreading, twice as long as the 5-cleft 



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