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cal. of fr. bellshaped erect. E. B. 938. Fl. small, blue. Whole 

 plant very hispid with strong hairs each rising from a scaly 

 tubercle. Fields and hedges. A. VI. VII. 



7. SYMPHYTUM Linn. Comfrey. 



1 . S. officinale (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate attenuated below, 

 stem-l. very decurrent lanceolate, st. winged in the upper part. 

 E. B. 817. Height 12 feet. Racemes in pairs, drooping. Fl. 

 yellowish-white or purple. Cal. -segments somewhat spreading 

 and pubescence rougher in the purple-flowered variety, S. patens 

 Sibth. Common in damp places. P. V. VI. 



2. S. tuberosum (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong attenuated below, stem-l. 

 lanceolate, uppermost slightly decurrent, st. scarcely winged nearly 

 simple. E. B. 1502. Fl. yellowish- white, whole plant smaller 

 and slenderer than the preceding. Anth. twice as long as their 

 filaments. Damp woods and river banks, rare. P. VI. VII. 



[S. asperrimum, S. tauricum, and 5. orientate have been noticed 

 in England, but are not natives.] 



Tribe III. Lit/iospermea. 



8. ECHIUM Linn. Viper's Bugloss. 



1. E. vulgare (L.); tubercular-hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 

 ceolate 1 -ribbed, stem-Z. narrowed below sessile,^, in short lateral 

 spikes, stam. exceeding the corolla. E. B. 181. Lower 1. at- 

 tenuated into a footstalk. Fl. at first reddish, afterwards bright 

 blue. Dry places. B. VI. VII. 



[2. E. violaceum (L.) ; pilose-hispid, st. erect branched diffuse, 

 lower branches prostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, stem-l. 

 oblong narrowed from a cordate half-clasping base with lateral 

 ribs, spikes panicled elongate simple, stam. scarcely exceeding 

 the corolla. E. B. S. 2798. Stam. very unequal, 1 short, 2 

 intermediate, and 2 longer. Fl. violet-blue. Hairs from minute 

 tubercles. Root reddish. Jersey. B. VI. IX.] 



9. PULMONARIA Linn. Lungwort. 



1. P. ojficinalis (L.); 1. ovate roundish or cordate stalked, 

 upper 1. oblong sessile. E. B. 118. Whole plant more or less 

 hispid. Fl. purple. L. often spotted. Woods and thickets, 

 rare. P.V. E. S.? 



2. P. angustifolia (L.) ; 1. all lanceolate. E. B. 1628. More 

 pubescent than the last, 1. rarely spotted ; scarcely distinguish- 

 able as a species. Woods in Hampshire. P. IV. V. E. 



