248 54. BOEAGINiCEiE. 



solitary, blue, upon short peduncles. Cal. of the fr. much en- 

 larged. — Rich waste ground, rare. A. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. CTNOCrLos'stTM Linn. Hound's-tongue. 



1, C. officindh (L.); 1. downy acute, lower 1, eUiptie contract- 

 ing into a petiole, upper I. lanceolate narrowed helow subcordate 

 hfilf-clasping, nutlets with thickened prominent margin. — E. B. 

 921. — About 2 feet high. Covered with soft adpressed hairs. 

 Cor. dull crimson, veiny ; veins disappearing in drying. Nut- 

 lets flat in front. Fetid, rarely subglabroua and nearly scentless. 

 —Waste ground. B. VI. Vll. E. S. I. 



2, C. montdnum (Lam.) ; I. slightly hairy acute nearly gla- 

 brous and shining above rough beneath, inferior oblong narrowed 

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

 clasping, nutlets without thickened edge. — C. sylvaticum Sm. 

 E, B. 1642. Clothed with straight spreading hairs. — Cor. 

 reddish, changing to blue. L. sometimes very rough. — Shady 

 situations. B. VI. VII. E. t 



Tribe II. Anchusete. 

 3. Bora'bo Linn. Borage. 



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

 low, segments of the cor. ovate acute flat spreading. — E. B. 36. — 

 Fl. blue. Anth. very prominent. Stem-1. much narrowed be- 

 low so as to appear stalked, eared at the base. Whole plant 

 hispid with bulbous hairs. St. spreading, 12 — 18 in. high. — 

 On rubbish and waste ground. B. VI. VII. E. S. 



4. Anchtj'sa Linn. Alkanet. 



f 1. A. ojficindlis (L.) : I. lanceolate hispid, spikes crowded uni- 

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

 both sides, scales of cor. hairy. — E, B. 662. — Fl. deep purple. 

 Cal.-segm. narrow, longer than tube. St. 1 — 2 feet high, rough 

 with deflexed hairs. — Waste ground, 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 with an interme- 

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

 minute lanceolate, scales of the cor. downy. — E. B. 45. — Fl. 

 blue, rather salver- than funnel-shaped. Cal.-segments narrow. 

 St. li — 2 feet high, rough with spreading somewhat deflexed 

 hairs.— Waste ground near ruins, rare. P. V. — VIII. E. I. 



