Echium.] boraginace*. 321 



tate accompanied by two leaves." — Br. Fl. p. 279. E. B. t. 45. 

 Curt. Br. Entom. x. t. et fol. 462. 



In waste places, amongst ruins, by roadsides, and on shady liedgebanks in 

 lanes ; a very dubious native of this island. Fl. May — August. 2^. 



Niton, Mr. Curtis, who thought it wild there, and has figured the plant in his 

 superb work on ' British Entomology,' from a specimen gathered at that place. 

 I have never seen it here in any satisfactory station, but have gathered it truly 

 wild both in Devonshire and the Channel Islands. Naturalized in the garden at 

 Montpellier House, Ventnor. 



IV. Lycopsis, Linn. Bugloss. 



" Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a curved 

 tube, the mouth closed with convex connivent scales : limb obhque. 

 Stamens included. Achenes depressed, concave at the base, seated 

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



1. Li. arvensiSjLi. Small Bugloss. " Leaves lanceolate repand- 

 denticulate very hispid, calyx erect while in flower." — ■ Br. Fl. p. 

 279. E. B. t. 938. 



On dry sandy banks, fields and pastures, in waste and cultivated ground, by 

 roadsides, &c. ; common, i^i. May. 0. 



V. Symphytum, Linn. Comfrey. 



" Calyx 5-cleft or 5-partite. Corolla enlarged upwards, its 

 throat closed with connivent lanceolate subulate scales. Achenes 

 ovate, excavated at the base, seated on an hypogynous disk, free 

 from the style." — Br. Fl. 



1. S. officinale, L. Co^nmon Comfrey. " Stem winged above, 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate attenuated at the base and very decurrent." 

 —Br. Fl. p. 280. E. B. t. 817. 



(3. Flowers rose-coloured. S. patens, Sihlh. 



By weedy river- and dilch-sides, in swampy thickets, along moist hedges and 

 watery lanes, &c. ; in many places abundantly. Fl. May — August. 2^. 



E. Med. ■ — Common along the stream between Ronde and Bridge Court, and 

 occasionally all the way to Budbridge. Abundant along the marsh-ditches in 

 Sandown level. By Bowbridge. 



W. Med. — Common about Brixton. Banks of the Medina, near Newport ; 

 Freshwater and Afton, rather common ; Mr. W. D. Snooke. 



/3. About Brixton. Sandown marshes, Mr. Curtis, who observed it there also 

 with flowers of the richest purple, and with others entirely green. 



VI. Echium,* Linn. Viper's Bugloss. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla irregular, the limb 5-lobed, oblique, 

 dilated upwards, open or naked ; tube short. Nuts obliquely 

 pointed, rough. 



* Name from £%if, a viper, the head of which reptile the seeds are thought to 

 resemble ; hence, according to the old doctrine of signatures, the plant was deemed 

 a remedy for the bite of venomous serpents, and obtained its English name of 

 Viper's Grass, &c. 



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