PL ex. cor, 31. BORAGINEiE. 115. iEgonychon. S5^ 



Fields ; annual ; May and June. 



Root branched, reddish ; stems upright, above branched ; 

 hairs adpressed; leaves sessile; Jiowe7-s sessile^ corolla whitish 

 yellow; cariopsides oval, white. — Root tinges oil red; juice 

 of the root used to dye the face red. 



XL 116. LITHOSPERMUM. Bioscorides. GromwelL 

 Calyx S-parted; lobes unequal, growing connivent; co- 

 rolla nearly bellshape; mouth nearly closed with 5 up- 

 right rotate tubercles ; aiithers nearly sessile, oblong ; cari-^ 

 opsides 4, 1 -celled, ovate, imperforate at the bottom; gyno- 

 basis small, flat. — Leaves veined; radical leaves not en- 

 larging after flowering ; j^ozf/er^ axillary; 



Lithospefmum officinale. Shop gromwelL 



Stem herbaceous, round, upright, very much branched ; 



leaves broad, lanceolate, veined, pointed, very rough ; iuLe 



of the corolla as long as the calyx. 



LUhospermum seu milium solis, Rati Syn. 228, 1. 

 LitiiOsperniUm minus, Ger. em. 609, 2. 

 Lithospermum vulgare minus, Park. 4S2. 

 Lithospermum officinale, Lin, S. P. 189. 

 Lilhospermum ochroleucum, Stokes Dot. M. M. 2T0. 

 Sntdlt gromwelL Gray mill. Grey millet. 



Edges of fields ; perennial ; May. 



Root branched; stem straight, much branched above i 

 leaves nearly sessile, above dark green, below paler \ flowers 

 yellow ; cariopsides smooth, bald. 



XII. 117. SYMPHYTUM. Dioscorides. Comfrey. 



Calyx 5-parted; corolla cylindrical, bellshape, mouth 

 closed; arches awlshape, forming a cone; nuts 4, 1-^celled, 

 perforated at the base; gynohasis flat,_small. 



1. Symphytum tuberosum. Tuberous comfreyi 



Stem simple ; leaves ovate, oblong, narrower at the base ; 



lower leaves petiolate ; upper leaves sessile^ rather decur- 



rent. 



Symphytilm tuberosumj Ger. em. 806, 3 ; Lin. S. P. 195. 



Moist shady places ; perennial ; July. 



Root tuberous, creeping, white on the outside; stein di- 

 vided at top into 2 peduncles ; leaves not in the least cut^ 

 above hairy, beneath smoother and paler, much veined^ ra-^ 

 cemes terminal, drooping. 



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