248 BORRAGINE^!. [Eciiiu.M. 



lets 4, inserted by flat bases on the flat receptacle, ovoid or turbinate, 

 wrinkled, scabrid. DISTRIB. Chiefly S. Europe, and Oriental ; species 50. 

 KTY.M. ex, a viper, of disputed application. 



1. E. vulga're, L. ; cauline leaves lanceolate or oblong, rounded at the 

 base, cymes short, calyx exceeding the corolla-tube, stamens much pro- 

 truded. E. italwum, Huds. not of L. Vipers Bugloss. 



Waste ground on light soils in England ; an alien or colonist in Scotland, 

 Watson; S.E. of Ireland ; fl. June-Aug. Root fusiform, annual or biennial. 

 Stem 1-3 ft., erect or ascending below, stout, leafy. Radical leaves petioled, 

 4-8 in. ; cauline sessile, acute, rounded at the base. Cymes 1 in. or more, 

 axillary, recurved, lengthening in fruit, panicled towards the ends of the 

 branches ; bracts and calyx -lobes linear. Corolla f in., red-purple in bud, 

 then bright blue, rarely white. Nutlets angular, rugose. DISTRIB. Europe, 

 N. Africa, W. Siberia ; introd. in N. America. 



2. E. plantaerin'eum, L. ; cauline leaves linear-oblong cordate at the 

 base, calyx much shorter than the corolla-tube, cymes elongate, stamens 

 slightly protruded. E. viola'ceum, Brit. FL, not of L. 



S.W. of Jersey ; fl. June-Aug. Root fusiform, annual or biennial. Stem 

 1-3 ft., erect or ascending, diffusely branched. Leaves, radical 4-G in., lan- 

 ceolate, petioled ; cauline spreading, obtuse, sometimes dilated at the base. 

 Cymes 4-6 in., spreading, curved. Calyx-lobes subulate-lanceolate. Corolla 



I in., dark blue-purple. Nutlets as in E. vulgare. DISTRIB. Spain and 

 Mediterranean region to Greece. 



1*. BORRA'GO, Tournef. BORAGE. 



Annual or perennial herbs, hispid with tuberous based hairs. Flowers in 

 lax forked cymes, bracteate, blue. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate, throat 

 closed by notched scales, lobes acute. Stamens 5, on the throat of the 

 corolla, filaments stout, concave, with an obtuse tooth above ; anthers 

 elongate, mucronate, conniving, exserted. Style filiform, stigma capitate. 

 NutUts 4, rugose, inserted by a truncate concave base on a flat fleshy recep- 

 tacle. DISTRIB. S. Europe, N. Africa ; species 3. ETYM. doubtful. 



B. OFFICINA'LIB, L. ; corolla rotate, scales broad erect notched. 

 Waste ground, near habitations, in England and the Channel Islands only, 

 rare ; an alien, Watson ; fl. June-July. Root annual or biennial. Stem 

 1-2 ft., stout, succulent, leafy, branched. Leaves waved or sinuate-toothed, 

 subacute ; radical 4-6 in., ovate-lanceolate, petioles broad, winged ; cauline 

 sessile or contracted towards the auricled base, upper oblong. C'//mes axil- 

 lary and terminal, few-flowered, branched ; pedicels 1-1^ in., decurved ; 

 bracts linear or lanceolate. Calyx-lobes subulate-lanceolate. Corolla j{ in. 



I 1 I'M in., bright blue ; lobes triangular-ovate. Anthers purple-black, spurred 

 at the back. Nutlets J in. DiSTEiB. Mid and S. Europe, N. Africa ; introd. 

 in America. Used as a cordial, but has no sensible properties. 



2. SYM'PHYTUM, Toumef. CoMFREY. 



Perennial coarse hispid herbs, with tuberous or fascicled roots. Leaves, 

 radical petioled, cauline sessile or decurrent, upper often opposite. 

 Flowers in terminal forked cymes, bracteate, white blue purple or yellow. 

 Calyx 5-partitc or -toothed. Corolla tubular, dilated above the middle, 



