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slender plant with leaves green abo\-e, not downy, with lew spread- 

 ing hairs, and reddish flowers, changing to blue. — Shady places in 

 the midland and eastern counties ; rare. — Fl. ^lay, July. 

 Biennial. 



*2. A.SPKRUGO (Madwort), represented by one species, A. pro- 

 cumbeiis, with prostrate, angular stems thickly set with rigid, 

 curved bristles, a few, small, blue flowers, solitary in the axils of 

 the upper leaves, occurs rarely ui waste ground, but is not 



SV-MPHVTUM OFFICIN-Ilj': {CcimilOIL Coiafrcy). 



indigenous. (Name from the Latin asper. rough.) — Fl. ^May — 

 July. Annual. 



3. Symphytum (Comfrey). — Coarse, rough plants with enlarged 

 roots ; caidine leaves often decurrent ; flowers in terminal cymes ; 

 corolla bell-shaped, dilated above the middle, with 5 short lobes, 

 and the throat closed with 5 awl-shaped, fringed scales ; stamens 

 included: nutlets smooth. (Name from the Greek siiinplnw, I 

 unite, from its supposed healing qualities.) 



T. .v. offia'uiile (Common Comfrey). — A large and handsome 



