118 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. V. 



fleshy, black: stems three feet high, hairy, winged : flowers yellowish- 

 white. A variety has purple flowers. Perennial : flowers in May and 

 June : grows on the banks of rivers and ditches : frequent. The roots 

 are glutinous and mucilaginous, and have been used for coughs. 1^. 

 Bot. vol. xii. pi. 817. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 264. 302. 



2. S. tuberi'sum. Tuberous Cumfrey. Leaves egg-shaped, slightly 



decurrent, covered with coarse hairs, the upper ones opposite. Root 



white externally : flowers drooping, yellowish -white, tinged with green. 

 Perennial : flowers in July : grows on the banks of rivers and ditches : 

 common in Scotland; rare in England. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1502. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 264. 303. 



7. BORA'GO. BORAGE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply five-cleft. Corolla of one 

 petal, wheel-shaped; mouth bordered with five short notched 

 valves, or with awl-shaped valves, or with both. Filaments awl- 

 shaped ; anthers arrow-shaped or oblong. Germens four. Styles 

 cylindrical j stigma knobbed. Seeds four, egg-shaped, wrinkled. 

 Named from cor, the heart, and ago, to bring. 92. 



1. B. officindlis. Common Borage. Leaves egg-shaped, alternate; 

 mouth of the corolla with a double row of valves, the innermost awl- 

 shaped, bearing the stamens. Whole plant covered with very pungent 



bristles: flowers numerous, in terminal bunches: corolla brilliant blue, 

 large. The flowers were supposed to be cordial, and were infused in 

 drinks ; but quackeries of this kind are now out of fashion. Biennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in waste ground, near houses. En*. 

 Bot. vol. i. pi. 36. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 265. 304. 



8. ASPERU'GO. CATCHHEED. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply five-cleft, subsequently en- 

 larged, forming two erect lobes. Corolla of one petal, funnel- 

 shaped ; mouth nearly closed by five rounded horizontal valves. 

 Filaments very short ; anthers small, roundish. Germens four, 

 compressed. Style erect, long ; stigma blunt. Seeds four, ob- 

 long, compressed, attached to a central column in pairs. Name 

 from asper, rough. 93. 



1. A. procumbens. Trailing Catchweed. Calyx when in fruit com- 

 pressed. Stems prostrate, square, leafy, their angles prickly : leaves 



generally in threes, elliptical, dark-green, covered with bristles : corolla 

 small, blue. Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in waste ground : 

 rare. Durham. Dunbar castle ; near Aberlady, East Lothian. En. 

 But. pi. 36. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 263. 305. 



9. LYCO'PSIS. BUCLOSS. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply five-cleft. Corolla of one 

 petal, funnel-shaped; tube twice bent; mouth clothed with five 

 rounded, hairy valves. Filaments very small ; anthers oblong. 

 Germens four. Style thread-shaped, short ; stigma blunt, notched. 

 Seeds four, egg-shaped, cornered. Named trom lycos, a wolf, 

 and optis, a face. 94. 



