320 BORAGiNACE^.. [Bovago. 



Western extremity of East-end, near Boncluirch farm. Puclcaster, and in Berry 

 lane, leading frnm Niton to Chale, G. Kirkpatrick, Esq. 



The var. /3. differs in no respect, except in the somewhat greener colour and 

 shining appearance of the le'aves, from the less degree of pubescence which 

 imparts hairiness and opacity to the plant in its ordinary form. To this want of 

 downiness may possibly be owing the weak smell of the bruised leaves, as com- 

 pared with the more hoary state of the species, between which and the present 

 variety every intermediate gradation may be found ; nor indeed do I think that 

 C. officinale is ever seen with us here so copiously clothed with pubescence as I 

 believe to have remarked it in other places. Our variety must not be confounded 

 with the other British species, C. sylmticum, Hsenke (C. montanum, Lam.), a very 

 different plant, having leaves of a lively grass-green, of a very different shape, and 

 rough with callous points, besides other marks of distinction. 



HoLind's-tongue is extensively naturalized in N. America. I remarked it grow- 

 ing abundantly about Hamilton and elsewhere in Canada. 



II. BoEAGO, Linn. Borage.* 



" Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, having its throat closed 

 with 5 erect obtuse and emarginate teeth. Stamens exserted ; 

 filaments bifid, the inner branch bearing the anther ; anthers 

 linear-lanceolate, connivent. Achenes with an excavated base, 

 seated on an hypogynous disk, free from the style." — Br. Fl. 



f 1. B. officinalis, L. Common Borage. " Lower leaves obo- 

 vate attenuated at the base, segments of the corolla ovate acute 

 spreading."— 5r. Fl. p 280. E. B. t. 30. 



In dry, rough, waste places, cultivated ground, amongst rubbi.sh, by roadsides 

 and along fences and hedges, also in pastures occasionally, but always near houses, 

 and certainly not truly indigenous, though pretty frequent, in such situations. 

 Fl. May— September. 0. 



E. Med. — In a lane leading from Sandown village to the mar.shes. In 1837 

 I saw part of a clover-field at Bonchurch quite blue with it. At Arreton. By 

 Bans farm, near St. Lawrence. In pasture-ground below Little Buddie farm. 

 Niton. At Godshill, and near Brading, Mr. W. D. Snooke. 



W. Med. —Plentifully in a field on the S. side of Yarmouth. At Norton. 



III. Anchdsa, Linn. Alkanet. 



" Calyx 5-cleft or 5-partite. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube straight, 

 its mouth closed with convex connivent scales, the segments im- 

 bricated (not twisted). Stamens included. Achenes depressed. 

 Nuts concave at the base, seated on an hypogynous disk, free 

 from the style."— Br. Fl. 



1 1. A. sempervirens, L. Evergreen Alkanet. " Leaves ovate, 

 lower ones upon long stalks, peduncles axillary, flowers subcapi- 



* Name said to be derived from cor, the heart, and ago, I bring about ; hence 

 the proverb, 



" Ego Borago gaudia semper ago'' 

 I Borage bring good courage, 



or good spirits and joyous hilarity, as the Latin gaudia imports, a sense which our 

 English word courage will also bear, whose root is the same as that of the herb 

 reputed to inspire it. 



