118 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [cL. T. 



and lance-shaped, decurrent, covered with fine hairs. Hoot ob- 

 long, 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 : fre- 

 quent. The roots are glutinous and mucilaginous, and have been 

 used for coughs. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 817. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 264. 



302. 

 2. S. tuberosum. Tuberous Comfrey. 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. BOEA'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 ; stigma knobbed. Seeds four, egg-shaped, 

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



1. B. qfficindlis. 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. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 36. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 265. 304. 



8. ASPEKU'GO. CATCHWEED. 



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

 enlarged, 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, 

 oblong, compressed, attached to a central column in pairs. 

 Name from asper, rough. 93. 



1. A.procumbens. Trailing Catchiceed. 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. Eng. Bot. pi. 36. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 263. 305. 



9. LYCO'PSIS. Bu GLOSS. 



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 from 

 lycos, a wolf, and opsis, a face. 94. 



