Borraginacecz Symphylum. 3 2 1 



the prickly bristles with which it is closely beset. The flowers 

 are red in bud and eventually blue. A Caucasian plant, bloom- 

 . ing in Summer. 



S. Caucdsicum, from the same region, is a dwarf-growing 

 species with bright blue flowers. 



4. ANCHtrSA. 



This genus is very nearly allied to the last, but the corolla is 

 funnel-shaped and the nuts rugose or granulate. The species 

 number about thirty, and are found in Europe and West 

 Asia. The derivation of 

 the generic name has not 

 been satisfactorily e x- 

 plained. Two species are 

 found in waste places in 

 Britain, but neither is 

 considered to be indi- 

 genous. A. officinalis, 

 Alkanet, is a biennial 

 having softly hispid 

 narrow lanceolate leaves 

 and terminal cymes of 

 violet-blue flowers with 

 white papillose scales, 

 the corolla-tube equal- 

 ling or exceeding the 

 limb ; and A. sempervl- 

 rens is a perennial with 

 rough ovate leaves and 

 bright blue flowers about 

 8 lines in diameter, in 

 which the corolla-tube is 

 shorter than the limb. 



1. A.Itdlica(fLg.l79). 

 A handsome perennial 

 species from 3 to 4 feet 

 high with shining foli- 

 age and bright blue Fig - 179 - An chusa Italica. (Jnafc.rfze.) 



flowers. The radical leaves are lanceolate and from 1 to 2 

 feet in length. A native of the South of Europe, flowering all 

 the Summer. 



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