LIII. 



SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE. 



Common Comfrey. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Boragineje. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-cleft. Corolla cylindrical, in- 

 flated npwards ; throat closed with five subulate scales 

 conniving into a cone. Stiyma simple. Seed gibbous. 



Spec. Char. Stem winged above. Leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, very decurrent at the base. 



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SYNONYMES. 



ffu/iipuriv ctXXo. Dioscorides, 

 f Symphytum consolida major. Bauh. Pin. 259, 

 I Consolida major flore purpureo. Ger. Em. 806. 

 J Symphytum magnum. Raii Syn. 230. 

 SjTnphytum Consolida major, flore pallide luteo, quae femina. 



Tourn. Paris. 306. 

 .Symphytum officinale. Lin. Sp. PI. 195. Eng. Bot. t. 817' 

 Consoude ; Grande Consoude ; Langue de Vache. 

 Consolida maggiore ; Sinfito. 

 Consuelda ; Consolida mayor. 

 Consolda major. 



Beinwell ; Wallwurz ; Schwarzwurz. 

 Smeerwurtel ; Heelwortel ; Waalwurtel. 

 Kul sukerod. 

 Kostiwal ; Swalujk. 

 Walloost. 

 Zywokost. 

 Solnoi koren. 



Description. — The root is perennial, thick, tapering, some- 

 what branched, fibrous, of a brownish black externally, white 

 within. The stems are succulent, erect, branched, rough with 



