118 51. BORAGINACE^E. 



7. LYCOPSIS. Bugloss. 



L. ARVENSIS, L. Small Buyloss. Plant very hispid, hairs 

 from a white tubercle. Stem procumbent at the base, then erect, 

 12 18 in. high. Le. lanceolate, waved and denticulate, upper 

 ones clasping the stem. Spikes one-sided, terminal. Cor. pale 

 blue, curved in the middle. Achenes wrinkled. 



Frequent. Corn fields and hedge banks. (B) A 6 7. Near Rutherglen; 

 Cathcart; Carmyle; Gourock; plentiful in Bute ; Cumbrae and Arran. 



8. SfMPHYTUM. Comfrey. 



1. S. OFFICINALE, L. Common Comfrey. Stems erect, 

 branched and winged, 2 3 ft. high. Lower le. petiolate ; upper 

 ones sessile, decurrent to the next below, lanceolate, hispid. 

 Racemes in pairs, unilateral, drooping. Fl. dingy purple, seldom 

 pale yellow. 



Common. Moist fields and river banks. (E) P. 5 6- Kelvin; Cart at Lang- 

 side ; fields beyond Fossil, &c. 



2. S. TUBEROSUM, L. Tuberous Comfrey. Root tuberous. 

 Stem nearly simple, 12 15 in. high. Lower le. alternate below, 

 oblong ; upper ones nearly sessile, slightly decurrent. Racemes 

 small, few-flowered, unilateral, with a pair of large bracts at the 

 base. Fl. yellowish white. A smaller plant than the former. 



Common. Shady woods and damp places. (S) P. 6 7. Banks of Clyde, from 

 Bogle's hole to Kenmuir ; Cambuslang ; banks of the Kelvin, &c. 



9. BORAGO. Borage. 



*B. OJFICIXALIS, L. Stem 12 15 in. high. Lower le. attenu- 

 ate at the base, obovate or oblong, upper ones shortly stalked, 

 eared at the base. Fl. on long pedicels, drooping. Segments of 

 cor. acute. Anthers dark, contrasting with the brilliant blue cor. 

 Plant hispid, with bulbous hairs. 



Found occasionally as an outcast of gardens. B. 6 7. 



10. AsPERtfGO. German-Madwort. 



*A. PROCUMBENS, L. Stem procumbent, rough with bristles, 

 many of them curved or hooked. Lower le. stalked, upper ones 

 sessile, oblong or lanceolate, uppermost pair opposite, all slightly 

 hispid. Fl. axillary, solitary, or sometimes 2 3 together on short 

 recurved pedicels. Cor. small, blue. Achenes granulated. 



Waste ground near gardens, not native. (L) A. 6 7. Island of Bute, &c. 



11. CYNOGLtfssuM. Hounds-Tongue. 



* C. OFFICINALE, L. Stem erect, 1 2 ft. high, whole plant 

 covered with soft downy hairs, dull green, foetid. Lower le. 

 elliptical, stalked; upper ones lanceolate, sessile, clasping the stem. 



