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1. S. qfficinale, Linn. Common Comfrey. Leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate, decurrent, finely hairy. Br. FL 1. p. 81. E.FL v. 

 i. p. 263. E. Bot. I. 817. 



Banks of rivers and moist meadows. Kelly's Glen above the gap of 

 Ballinascorney. Abundant in the County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. 

 On the Cave-hill ; Mr. Templeton. Near Cork ; Mr. J. Drum- 

 mond. Fl. May, June. 1. Two or three feet high, branched 

 above. Hoot leaves ovate, petiolated. Racemes in pairs, secund, 

 drooping. Corollas large, yellowish-white, often purple. 



4. BORAGO. Linn. Borage. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft, usually spreading. 

 Scales of the orifice obtuse, emarginate. Nuts wrinkled. 

 Name from Cor, heart, and ago, to bring : thence corrupted 

 into Borago, or, as the French spell it, Borrago. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. B. officinaUs, Linn. Common Borage. Limb of the 

 corolla flat, much longer than the tube, mouth with a double 

 row of valves ; the innermost awl-shaped, bearing the stamens. 

 Br. FL 1. p. 81. E. Fl. v. i. p. 263. E. Bot. t. 817. 



Among rubbish and waste ground, but scarcely indigenous. Way 

 side at Glenmire. near Cork. Old Abbey of Timoligne, County of 

 Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. June, July. $ . Whole plant very 

 hispid. Corolla large, brilliant blue, with very prominent stamens. It 

 forms an ingredient with wine, water, lemon, and sugar in a favourite 

 English drink called a cool tankard. 



5. LYCOPSIS. Linn. Bugloss. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed ; limb nearly 

 erect; tube incurved. Scales of the orifice ovate, prominent, 

 converging. Stigma emarginate. Nuts sculptured at the 

 base. Name from \VKOS, a ivolf, and otyis, a. face: from a 

 fancied resemblance in the gaping flower to the head of a 

 wolf. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. L. arvensis, Linn. Small Bvgloss. Leaves lanceolate, 

 wavy, somewhat toothed, very bristly ; stalks of the flowers 

 and fruit erect; limb of the corolla slightly unequal. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 82. E. FL v. i. p. 267. E. Bot. t. 93S.Anchusa arvensis, 

 Lehm. 



Corn fields, and sandy grounds near the coast, frequent. FL June, 

 July. 0. Whole plant very hispid ; hairs or bristles seated on a white, 

 callous tubercle. Racemes leafy. Flowers small, bright blue, differ- 

 ing from those of Anchusa in the curvature of the tube. 



6. ANCHUSA. Linn. Alkanet. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed ; the limb erect; 



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