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2. BORRAGO. Tourn. 



Calyx 5-parted; corolla rotate, with acute segments; orifice 

 crowned ; filaments converging ; achenia rounded, imperforate at base, 

 inserted lengthwise into an excavated receptacle. European herbs. 



1 B. OFFICINALIS. Common Barrage. Lvs. ovate, alternate, the lower ones 

 petiolate ; col. spreading ; ped. terminal, many-flowered. Native of England, 

 and with us a common inhabitant of the garden. The whole plant is rough 

 with short, bristly hairs, erect, 2f high, with terminal clusters of handsome, sky- 

 blue flowers during summer. It was formerly in high repute as a cordial. 

 The young leaves form a good salad and pot-herb. 



2. B. ORIENTALIS. (Psilostemon. DC.} Oriental Barrage. Lvs. cordate, peti- 

 olate ped. many-flowered ; sta. exserted, villous. An ornamental garden 

 plant' native of Turkey. Stem and leaves hairy. Flowers blue, appearing in 

 the spring months. 



3. SYMPHYTUM. 



Gr. cvpQvais, a joining or healing ; from its reputation for healing wounds. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla tubular-campanulate, orifice closed with 5, 

 subulate scales, converging into a cone ; achenia gibbous, imperfo- 

 rate. Tj. Oriental herbs. Flowers cyanic. 



S. OFFICINALE. Comfrev. 



Pilose ; st. branching 4roove ; Ivs. extensively decurrent, frie lower ana 

 radical petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, upper and floral lanceolate; sep. lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; cor. limb with 5 recurved teeth. A large, coarse-looking but showy 

 exotic, in our gardens and shrubberies, also naturalized in low grounds, Middle 

 States'. Whole plant rough with dense hairs. Stem 3 4f high, winged by the 

 decurrent leaves, bearing terminal, revolute racemes. Corollas white, pink and 

 red, appearing all summer. Root perennial. It abounds with mucilage and has 

 long been regarded as an efficient vulnerary. 



4. ANCHUSA. 



Gr. ay^ovo-a, paint; the root of one species was once used for staining the features. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla infundibuliform, vaulted ; tube straight, 

 orifice closed with 5 prominent scales ; achenia perforate at the base 

 and their surfaces generally rugose ; stamens included ; stigma emar- 

 ginate. Handsome herbs, mostly European. Fls. cyanic. 



A. OFFICINALIS. Bugloss, or Ox-tongue. Lvs. lanceolate, strigose ; spikes one- 

 sided, imbricated; cal. as long as the tube of the corolla. 7J. A rough garden 

 plant, native of Britain. The English name, Bugloss, comes from the Greek, 

 signifying ox-tongue, on account of the long, rough leaves. Stem 2i high, rough 

 with bristly hairs. Bracts ovate. Flowers purple, with a melliferous corolla 

 very attractive to bees. The leaves are juicy, and the root mucilaginous, used 

 in medicine to promote the eruption of the small-pox. Blossom^ all summer, f 



5. LYCOPSIS. 



Gr. \VKOS, a wolf, and or//, the eye ; name suggested by the small blue flowers. 



Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla funnel-form, tube incurved, orifice closed with 

 ovate, converging scales ; achenia perforated at base, ovoid, angular. 

 Distinguished from Anchusa only by the curved corolla tube. 



L. ARVENSIS. Wild Bugloss. 



Plant hispid ; Ivs. lanceolate, repand-denticulate ; roc. leafy ; fls. sessile ; 

 cal. shorter than the tube of the corolla. A very hispid, almost bristly plant, 

 found in fields and roadsides, Northern States, probably introduced. Stem 

 erect, branching, roundish, about a foot high. Leaves 5 or 6 times as long as . 

 wide, the margin irregularly and slightly toothed. Flowers small. Calyx erect. 

 Corolla sky-blue with white scales within. June, July. 

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