BORAGINACE^. 1 2 1 



atllicre to the clothes of paascrs-by and to the coats of animals. I.puvcs 

 oblanci'olati', suhohtuse, the lower ones iiaiTowed into winf^od petioles, 

 and sh;:litly dcciirreiit, those on the uj)|>or part of tlie stem scarcely 

 stall<t'd, nearly opposite, or 3 or 4 in a whorl, more or less clothed 

 with hairs, many of which are hooked-pointed. Peduncles very short, 

 at first erect, afterwards recurvcfl, I -flowered. Corolla ,1 inch across, 

 dull puri)lish blue. Calyx in fruit \ incli lon;r, dorsally compressed, 

 of 2 palmately laciniate valves, adprcssed to each other, with a pro- 

 minent network of veins, sparingly ciliated and clothed with bristly 

 hairs. Nucules yellowish-grey, ^ inch long, thickly studded with 

 smooth white scalelike patclies. 



Gennnn Mudwort. 



Fi-cncli, Ropetfe couchic. Gi>rraan, Liegivules SchlangeuiiiigleiH, 



EXCL I l^KD STECIES. 



MERTENSIA VIRGINICA. P>». 



According to Dr. Bromfield, this plant was found by the Rev. M. 

 Nicholls in the ruins of an old castle near Xetlcy Abbey, Hants. 



SYMPHYTUM ORIENTALE. Linn. 



Has been noticed in an apparently wild state in England, but 

 possesses no claim to be considered native. {Bab. Man.) I have not 

 seen specimens. 



SYMPHYTUM TAURICUM. Willd. 



Occurs as a garden escape at AUesley, Warwickshire, and on a 

 hedge-bank near the Observatory, Cambridge. 



SYMPHYTUM ASPERRIMUM. M. I^kh. 



Near the head of the valley leading from Oakfort to the Rocks, Bath. 

 Mr. T. B. Flower has, however, been unable to find it this year ( I8G6), 

 so it has probably disappeared. It formerly grew also at Duck-street, 

 between Audley End and Littlebury, Essex, but has not been seen 

 there for some time. It also used to grow near Mickleham, Surrey, 

 but in 1866 I could not find it in the station where ten years ago I 

 collected it. 



ECHINOSPERMUM LAPPULA. Lehm. 

 Occurred many years ago on shingle at Southwold, Sussex. Jt was 



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