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near Constantinople, on the banks of rivulets. Willd. enum. 1. 

 p. 183. Sims, hot mag. 1912. Lehm. asper. 2. p. 845. Pall, 

 cat. fl. taur. in act. petrop. 1792. p. 306. Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 

 129. Tourn. itin. 2. p. 243. t. 14. cor. p. 7. Buxb. cent. 5. 

 t. 68. Plant hairy. Corollas white, size of those of S. offici- 

 nale. Calycine segments linear, acute. 



Orii/a/"Comfrcy. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1752. PI. 2 feet. 



8 S. CACCA'SICUM (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 128.) stem branched, 

 hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, half de- 

 current, clothed with soft hairs, canescent beneath : upper ones 

 opposite; calyxes obtnse ; limb of corolla campamilate. %.. 

 HI Native of Caucasus, among bushes at the river Terek, be- 

 tween Mosdok and Kisljar. Root branched, black. Plant 

 hairy. Very like S. officindle, but more soft. Stem angular, 

 paniculately branched at apex. Calyx hispid. Corolla con- 

 stantly blue. 



Caucasian Comfrey. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 

 feet. 



9 S. TAUKICCM (Willd. act. scrut. berol. 3. p. 120. t. 6. f. 1. 

 enum. 1. p. 184.) stem branched, hairy; leaves cordate-ovate, 

 bluntish, petiolate, hairy, bullately wrinkled above : floral ones 

 opposite, sessile ; calyx 5-parted ; lobes of corolla obtuse. If. . 

 H. Native of the south of Tauria, and Caucasus. Curt. bot. 

 mag. 1787. S. orientale, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 1X9.? Tourn. 

 itin. ed. germ. 2. p. 337. t. 35. Jacq. eclog. p. 119. t. 81. 

 Stem branched. Plant hairy. Corolla milk-white. 



Var. p, bullatum (Jacq. eclog. 119. no. 81. Horn, suppl. 

 hort. hafn. p. 13. Ledeb. in Schrad. journ. 4. p. 60.) leaves bul- 

 late, unequal at the base; corollas rather swollen. If. . H. 

 Native of Caucasus. Stems dotted with red. Corolla pale 

 vellow, or cream-coloured. 



Taurian Comfrey. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1806. PI. 1| to 

 feet. 



10 S. ASPE'RRIMCM (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 129.) stems branched, 

 muricated ; leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated, running into the 

 petioles, hairy above, and strigose beneath : upper ones op- 

 posite, nearly sessile ; calyx muricated, acute ; limb of corolla 

 campanulate. TJ. H. Native of Caucasus and Tauria, on the 

 margins of rivulets. Willd. enum. 1. p. 183. Curt. bot. mag. 

 t. 929. S. asperum, Lepechin, nov. act. petrop. vol. 14. p. 444. 

 S. orientale folio subrotundo aspero, flore caeruleo, Tourn. cor. 

 p. 7. Root black. Plant tall, and very rough, but beautiful 

 when in blossom. Stem beset with retrograde strigae. Corollas 

 downy outside, red before expansion, afterwards blue. Leaves 

 broad. 



J'ar. p, hybridum (Loud. hort. brit. p. 54.) This is a smaller 

 variety, and appears to be a hybrid between S. orientale and 

 S. asperrimum. 



J'ery rough Comfrey. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1799. Plant 

 5 to 7 feet. 



f Species hardly known. 



US. ECHIXA'TCM (Ledeb. cat. hort. dorp, suppl. 1811.) 

 leaves muricated : lower ones cordate : floral ones sessile, nearly 

 opposite ; calyx spreading, twice shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla; stem much branched. 1. H. Native country un- 

 known. 



Echinated Comfrey. PI. 2 feet ? 



12 S. RACEMOSUM (Stephaii, in Willd. herb, ex Roem, et 

 Schultes, syst. 4. p.^752.) leaves ovate, sessile ; racemes very 

 long, erect. "21. H." Native of Persia. 



Racemose-flowered Comfrey. PI. 



What are Symph. lae've, Bess. cat. hort. crem. suppl. 1812? 

 Symph. intermedium, Fisch. cat. hort. goreinki ? and S. pere- 

 grinum, Ledeb. ? 



Cult. All the species of Comfrey are extremely hardy, and 



VOL. IV. 



will grow in any soil and situation. Some are very handsome 

 border flowers ; and are well fitted for woods or shrubberies, as 

 they will grow under the shade of trees or shrubs. They are 

 easily increased by dividing at the root in Spring ; or by seeds, 

 but the former mode is preferable. 



VIII. COLSMA'NNIA (named after John Colsmann, a pro- 

 fessor at Copenhagen ; author of Prodromus descriptionis Gra- 

 tiolae Hafn. 1793. 8vo.) Lehm. mag. berol. ges. nat. freund. 8. 

 p. 92. t. 4. asper. p. 3. and 356. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx petaloid, penta- 

 gonal, 5-parted. Corolla cylindrically-campanulate, with a naked 

 throat. Anthers sagittate, distinct. Nuts 4, 1-celled, ovate- 

 triangular, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, perforated at the 

 base. A hairy plant, with yellow, pedicellate flowers, which are 

 disposed in terminal racemes. 



1 C. FLA'VA (Lehm. 1. c.) "$.. H. Native of the Levant. 

 Root brown outside. Sterns numerous, erect, simple, beset with 

 adpressed, yellowish, soft hairs, like all other parts of the plant. 

 Leaves obovate-lanceolate, bluntish, attenuated at the base, 

 silky : lower ones petiolate. Flowers pedicellate, disposed in 

 terminal racemes, drooping before florescence, secund : lower 

 ones furnished with lanceolate bracteas. Calyx unequal. Co- 

 rollas yellow, downy outside. Style purplish. 



JW/#ir-flowered Colsmannia. PI. ^ foot. 



Cult. This plant will answer very well as a low border 

 flower : it will grow well in common garden soil ; and will be 

 easily propagated by dividing at the root, or by seed. As the 

 plant is rare, some of it should be grown in pots, so that it may 

 be protected in winter. 



IX. STOMOTE'CHIUM (from <m\tou, ttomoo, to close the 

 mouth ; and f\u>y, Echion Bugloss. This genus differs from 

 Kchium in the mouth of the corolla being closed by vaulted pro- 

 cesses.) Lehm. asper. 4. and 395. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-angled, 5- 

 cleft. Corolla tubularly-cylindrical ; throat closed by roundish, 

 fleshy, muricated processes. Anthers oblong, inclosed. Nuts 

 4, 1-celled, roundish, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, perfo- 

 rated at the base. A shrubby, scabrous plant. 



1 S. PAPILLOSUX (Lehm. asp. p. 396.) \j . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Stem and branches angular, smooth 

 below, and roughish above. Leaves alternate, sessile, almost 

 half stem-clasping, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, stifT, with revolute 

 edges, scabrous from papillae, especially above ; papillae white, 

 hispid in the young state. Flowers contiguous, nearly sessile, 

 secund, small, with an ovate, hispid bractea to each, disposed in 

 spicate racemes, terminating the branches, erect, constituting 

 terminal panicles. 



Papillose Stomotechium. Shrub. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, sand, and peat, is a good soil for 

 this shrub ; and cuttings may be rooted in the same kind of soil 

 under a hand-glass ; but the surest way of increasing it, is by 

 layering down the young shoots, having a little nick cut in each 

 shoot so laved. Seeds are sometimes produced, by which the 

 plant may be reared. 



X. ONO'SMA (from ococ, onos, an ass ; and 00-^7;, osme, 

 smell ; grateful to the ass.) Lin. gen. no. 187. ed. Schreb. no. 

 247. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 326. t. 67. Juss. gen. 130. ed. 

 Usteri, p. 146. Lehm. asper. p. 4. and 366. 



LIN. STST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 tubularly-campanulate ; throat naked. Anthers sagittate, con- 

 nected together by the bases of the lobes. Nuts 4, 1-celled, 

 S s 



