Borraginaccea—Symphytum. 321 
the prickly bristles with which it is closely beset. The flowers 
are red in bud and eventually blue. A Caucasian plant, bloom- 
ing in Summer. 
S. Caucdsicum, from the same region, is a dwarf-growing 
species with bright blue flowers. 
4, ANCHUSA. 
This genus is very nearly allied to the last, but the corolla is 
funnel-shaped and the nuts rugose or granulate. The species 
number about thirty, and are found in ANTOE and West 
Asia. The derivation of 
the gencric name has not 
been satisfactorily ex- 
plained. Two species are 
found in waste places in 
Britain, but neither is 
considered to be indi- 
genous. A. officinalis, 
Alkanet, is a biennial 
having softly hispid 
narrow lanceolate leaves 
and terminal cymes of 
violet-blue flowers with 
white papillose scales, 
the corolla-tube equal- 
ling or exceeding the 4 
limb; and A. sempervi- 
rens is a perennial with 
rough ovate leaves and 
bright blue flowers about 
8 lines in diameter, in 
which the corolla-tube is 
shorter than the limb. 
1. A. Itélica (fig. 179). 
—A handsome perennial 
species from 3 to 4 feet 
high with shining foli- | 
age and bright blue Fig, 179. Anchusa Ttalica, ( nat. size.) 
flowers. The radical leaves are lanceolate and from 1 to 2 
feet in length. A native of the South of Europe, flowering all 
the Summer. 
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