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SpnphJ/t'um.'] lix. boraginace^. 



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(supposed) power of creating irritation and inflammation in 

 tte throat. (!) The roots of A. tinctoria yield a red dye whicli 

 was used in former times to stain the face. 



1. A. ^ officinalis Ij , (common A.); leaves oblong-lanceolato, 

 spikes crowded unilateral, bracteas ovate-lanceolate as long as 

 the calyx. E. B, t. 662, 



Waste jrround, rare. On the Links at Hartley Pans, Northumber- 

 land. Kilsyth and Arnbrae; and at Uddingston, 8 miles from Glas- 

 gow. 7^. 6, 7. — Stem 1 — 2 feet high, rough and hispid. Cor, 

 deep purple, the segments of the Umh rather narrow. 



^, K. "^ semper vi7^ens L. (everg7^ee7i A.) ; leaves ovate, lower 

 ones upon long stalks, peduncles axillary, flowers subcapitate 

 accompanied by two leaves. E. B. t. 45. 



Waste ground, among ruins, and by road-sides, in many parts of 

 England ; perhaps wild in Yorkshire and Devonshire. Scotland, but 

 certainly introduced. If.. 5y 6, — Flowers of a beautiful blue. The 

 shape of the corolla is, as Sir J, E. Smith observes, rather salver- than 

 funnel-shaped; and thus the genus is with difficulty distinguishable 

 from Mj/osotls, unless attention be paid to the achenes, and the a?stiva- 

 tion of the corolla. Daily experience teaches that the more natural 

 the families, the greater is the skill requisite for framing decided 

 marks of distinction between the genera. 



7. Lycopsis Linn. 



Bugloss. 



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CaL deeply 5-cleft. Cor. funnel-sliaped, with a curved tiihey 

 the mouth closed with convex connivent scales : limb oblique. 

 Stamens included. Achenes depressed, concave at the base, 

 seated on an hypogynous disk, free from the style. — Named 

 from Xvizoc^ a wolf, and oil'/c, a face'; from a fancied resemblance 

 in its gaping jflower to the head of a wolf. 



1. L. arvensis L. (small B.) ; leaves lanceolate repand- 



denticulate very hispid, calyx erect while in flower. E. B. 

 t. 938. 



Corn-fields and hedge-banks, frequent* ©. 6, 7. — Whole plant 



very hispid ; hairs or bristles seated on a white, callous tubercle. 



Lower leaves lengthened into a petiole ; upper ones sessile, semiam- 



plexicaul. Racemes leafy. Flowers small, bright blue ; differing 



from those of Anckusa in th^ curvature of the tube. 



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^. Symphytum Linn. Comfrey. 



Cal. 5-cleft or 5-partite. Cor, enlargefiT iipwaiv.^, ..^ ....^^^ . 

 closed with connivent lanceolate s*ubulate scales. Achenes^^^i^ 

 ovate, excavated at the base, seated on an hypogynous disk, 

 free from the style. — Named from aviKpvoj^ to unite ; from its 

 imagined vulnerary qualities. 



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