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fld., branched; pedicel I-I3 in., decurved ; bracts linear or lanceolate. 

 Si pals subulate-lanceolate. Corolla § in. diam., bright blue ; lobes triangular- 

 ovate. Anthers purple-black, spurred at the back. Nutlets £ in. — Distrib. 

 Mid. and S. Europe, N. Africa; introd. in America. — Used as a cordial, but 

 has no sensible properties. 



2. SYMPHYTUM, Tournef. Comfrey. 



Perennial coarse hispid herbs ; roots tuberous or fascicled. Leaves, radical 

 petioled, cauline sessile or decurrent, upper often opposite. Flowers in 

 terminal forked cymes, drooping, bracteate, white blue purple or yellow, 

 honeyed, proterandrous. Calyx 5-partite or -toothed. Corolla tubular, 

 dilated above the middle, shortly 5-toothed, throat closed by elongate 

 ciliate scales. Stamens 5, on the middle of the corolla, filaments slender ; 

 anthers long, included. Style slender, stigma capitate. Nutlets 4, ovoid, 

 smooth, base broad excavated, receptacle flat. — Distrib. Europe, W. 

 Asia ; species 16. — Etym. doubtful. 



1. S. officinale, L. ; stem broadly winged above, leaves decurrent. 



Biver-banks and watery places, from Caithness southd. ; (a denizen in N. 

 Britain, Wats.); Ireland; Channel Islands ; fl. May-June. — Hispid and 

 hairy. Rootstock branched ; roots fleshy, fibrous. Stein 1-3 ft., stout, 

 augular, branched. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, radical 4-8 in. ; petiole long, 

 winged ; cauline shortly petioled. Cymes scorpioid ; pedicels ^-J in. Sepals 

 small, narrow-lanceolate. Corolla § in., yellow, red or purple. Nutlets 5 

 in., shining. — Distrib. Europe, W. Siberia; an escape in the U. States. — 

 An old styptic ; young leaves sometimes cooked and eaten. 



S. officinale proper ; corolla ochreous. — Var. S. pa'tens, Sibth. ; rougher, 

 corolla purple. 



2. S. tuberosum, L. ; stem hardly winged, leaves scarcely decurrent. 

 Copses in wet places, N. Wales, Stafford, and Bedford, to Isla and Elgin; fl. 



June-July. — Hairy, not hispid, often glandular. Rootstock short, horizontal ; 

 root-fibres slender. Stem 1-2 ft., rather slender, leaf y. Radical leaves much 

 as in S. officinale in form, but longer petioled. Flowers rather smaller, 

 ochreous. — Distrib. Mid. Europe from France to Turkey. 



3. ANCHU'SA, L. ALKANET. 



Annual or perennial herbs, usually villous and hispid. Flowers in 

 scorpioid cymes, drooping, usually bracteate, blue or purple, rarely white 

 or yellow, honeyed. Calyx 5-fid or -partite. Corolla-tube straight or 

 curved, throat closed by hairs or scales ; limb oblique or spreading, 5- 

 partite. Stamens included. Nutlets 4, rugose or granulate, base broad 

 deeply concave, receptacle flat. — Distrib. Europe, W. Asia; species 30. 

 —Etym. doubtful. 



Section 1. Lycop'sis, L. (gen.). Corolla-tube curved, equalling or 

 exceeding the oblique limb. Nutlets with the ring equal at the base. 



A. arven'sis, Bicb. ; hispid, with tuberous-based bristles. Bugloss. 



