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5. Ltcop'sts Linn. Bugloss. 



1. L. aj-ven'sis (L.) ; 1. lanceolate repand-dentate very hispid, 

 cal. of fr. bellahaped erect.— ^. B. 938.— Fl. smaU, blue. Whole 

 plant very hispid with strong hairs each rising from a scaly 

 tubercle.- Fields and hedges. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



6. Stm'phtitim: Linn. Comfrey. 



1. S. offidndle (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate attenuate below, 

 stem-l. very decurrent .anceolate, st. winged in the upper part. — 

 -B. B. 817. — Height 1 — 2 feet, branching. Racemes in pairs, 

 drooping. Fl. yellowish white or purple. Cal.-segments some- 

 what spreading and pubescence rougher in the usually purple- 

 flowered variety, S. patens Sibth. 8y. E. B. 1116. — Common 

 in damp places. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



2. 8. iuberdsum (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong attenuate below, stem-l. 

 lanceolate, uppermost slightly decurrent, St. scarcely winged nearly 

 simple.— i?. B. 1602.— St. 12—18 in. high. Fl. yellowish white, 

 whole plant smaller and slenderer than the preceding. Anth. 

 twice as long as their filaments. — Damp woods and river-banks, 

 rare. P. VI. VU. E. S. 



\_S. peregrinum {asperrimum Bab.) Bot. Mag. 6466, S. tauricum, 

 and S. orientale have been noticed in England, but are not 

 natives.] 



Tribe III. Lithospermeae. 



1. E'cHiTJM lAnn. Viper's Bugloss. 



1. -B. mtlgdre (L.) ; tubercular hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 

 ceolate 1-ribbed, stem-?, nan-owed below S6ssile,_^. in four lateral 

 acoipioidal cymes, stam. exceeding the corolla. — JS. B. 181. — St. 

 1 — -2 feet high. Lower 1. narrowing into a footstalk. Fl. red- 

 dish, then bright blue.— Dry places. B. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. H. plantagin'eum (L.); pilose-hispid, st. erect branched 

 diffuse, lower branches prostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, 

 stem-l. oblong narrowed from a cordate half-clasping base with 

 lateral ribs, spikes panicled long simple, stam. scarcely exceeding 

 the corolla. — E. B. 8. 2798. — Stam. very unequal, 1 short, 2 

 intermediate, and 2 longer. Fl. violet-blue. Root reddish. — 

 Jersey. Land's-end, Cornwall. B. VI. — IX. E. 



8. PtTLMONA'EiA Linn. Lungwort. 



[P. offlcindlis (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate with a long haft, upper 

 1. oblong-sessile.- ;%. E. B. 1098.— Fl. pale pm-ple. St. 1 ft. 



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