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into a long petiole, , wpper I. lanceolate slightly narrowed below 

 clasping. — C. sylvaticum Sm. — Cor. reddish, changing to blue. 

 L. sometimes very rough. Seeds without a prominent margin. 

 —Shady situations. B. VI. VH. E. I. 



Tribe II. Anchnsece. 



4. Boea'go Linn. Borage. 



*1. B. officinalis (L.) ; lower 1. obovate blunt attenuated be- 

 low, segments of the cor. ovate acute flat spreading. — Fl. blue. 

 Anth. very prominent. Stem-1. much narrowed below so as to 

 appear stalked, eared at the base. Whole plant hispid with 

 bulbous bail's. St. spreading, 12 — 18 in, high. — On rubbish and' 

 waste ground. B. VI. VII. E. S. 



6. Anchu'sa Linn. Alkanet. 



Jl. A. officinalis (L.) ; I. lanceolate hispid, spikes crowded uni- 

 lateral, bracts ovate-lanceolate, oal.-segm. bluntish hairy on 

 both sides^ scales of cor. hairy. — Fl. deep purple. Cai.-segm. 

 narrow, longer than tube. St. 1 — 2 feet high, rough with 

 deflexed hairs.-^ Waste gTound, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S.' 



J2. A. semper' virens (L.) ; I. ovate, lower 1. on long stalks, pe- 

 duncles axillary each bearing 2 dense spikes vidth' an interme- 

 diate flower, cal. -segments hairy on the outside only, bracts 

 minute lanceolate, scales of the cor. down)'. — Fl. blue, rather 

 salver- than funnel-shaped. Cal. -segments narrow. St. 1 j — 2 

 feet high, rough with spreading somewhat deflexed hairs. — 

 Waste ground near ruins^ rare. P. V. — ^M^II. E. I. 



fi. Lycop'sis Linn. Bugloss. 



1. L. arvem'sHs (L.) ; 1. lanceolate repand-dentate very hispid, 

 cal. of fr. beUshaped erect. — Fl. small, blue. WTiole plant very 

 hispid with . strong hairs each rising from a scaly tubercle.— 

 Fields and hedges.' ' A. VI. VH. E. S. I. 



7. Sxm'phitum Linn. Comfrey. 



1. 8. officinale (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate attenuate below, 

 stem-l. very decurrent lanceolate, «<. winged in the upper part. — 

 Height 1 — 2 feet, branching. Racemes in pairs, drooping. Fl. 

 yellowish white or pm-ple. Cal.-segments somewhat spreading 

 and pubescence rougher in the purple-flowered variety, S. patens 

 Sibth. — Common in damp places. P. V. VT. E. S. I. 



2. iS. tuberosum (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong attenuate below, stem-1. 

 lanceolate, uppermost slightly decurrent, st. scarcely winged nearly 



