50 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Borago. 



Seeds rough with hooked prickles. Smell of the whole plant 



strongly fetid, compared to that of mice. 



The fresh plant bruised, and laid in a place frequented by rats 

 and mice, will, it is said, cause them to forsake the premises. Nar- 

 cotic. 



C. sylvaticum. Green-leaved H. Stamens shorter than 

 the corolla. Leaves spear-shaped, somewhat battledore- 

 shaped ; the upper ones clasping the stem ; all smooth 

 and shining- above ; hairy and warty beneath. Flowers 

 without bracteas. E. B. 1642. 



Road sides, liedyes. Sm. Woods. * Wychwood Forest. Sb. 



Bien. Ma^. 



Discrim. from Cyn. officinale by its more dilated Ls. at the base. 

 Ls. bright, shining green, smooth above. Fl. first reddish, after- 

 wards blueish. Plant almost without smell. 



SY'MPHYTUM.' Comfrey. 



S. officinale. Com^non C. Leaves egg-shaped-spear- 

 shaped, much running down the stem, finely hairy. E. 

 B. 8I7. C. 4. 18. Consohda major. G. E. 8O6. 

 /3. Symphytum patens. Sb. 70. 



Watery meadoivs, hanks of rivers, ditches. 



Per. May. 



Root externally black. Stem two or three feet, leafy, winged. Ls. 



root ones, stalked, broader. Fl. clusters in pairs, rolled back. 



Cor. yellowish white, sometimes purple. Sh. Sym. patens, a var. 



with red or purple flowers, and said to have a spreading, and 



shorter cal. Sh. 70. Banks of the Thames by Caversham. Sb. 



Side of the towing-path between High Bridge, and Heyfi eld's 



Hut. Bx. 



The root abounds in a pure mucilage. Ls. give a grateful 

 flavour to cakes and panada. Young stems and Is. good when 

 boiled. Decoction of the Is. to extract the colouring matter from 

 Gum Lac. 



BORAGO. Borage. 



* B. officinalis. Common B. Lower leaves inversely 

 egg-shaped, tapering at the base. Limb of the corolla 

 flat, much longer than the tube ; mouth with a double 

 row of valves ; the innermost awl-shaped, bearing the 

 stamens. E. B. 36. B. hortensis. G. E. 797- 



• From Sumphuo, Gr. to grow logether, from its supposed healing qualities, 

 in uniting wounds. 



