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Chadlington, 7. Bees. Charlbury, Eynsham, abundant by river to 
Kelmscott. 
6. Thame. Wheatley Bridge, Blackstone, 1737. Dorchester, Iffley, etc. 
7. Thames. About Reading, Merrett. Goring, Hb. Lawson. Caver- 
sham, Sib. Sonning, Maple Durham, etc. 
Dr. Sibthorp has made a new species of the red or purple flowered 
variety, distinguishing it by a shorter and spreading calyx, a mark 
which we and several of our friends have in vain tried to discover, Sir J. 
E. Smith, E. B.t. 817, Dec. 1, 1800. Mr. R. A. Pryor quite confirms 
Sibthorp in regard to the plants being distinct. 
It may be well to draw attention to Sibthorp’s description of patens as 
quoted above. Sibthorp separates the ‘red flowered Comfrey’ from 
officinale by the patent as opposed to the converging calyx and the 
shorter corolla tube. No mention is made in the Student’s Flora or the 
Manual of Sibthorp’s description, but emphasis is laid on the colour and on 
the rougher texture of the plant. In this, rather following Reichenbach’s 
description, which I fail to see has special reference to Sibthorp’s plant. 
It is quite probable that red and white flowered forms of both varieties 
occur; whether the characters given by Sibthorp are constant, is another 
matter. 
Bright red, greyish blue, and green flowered forms also occur. 
The Comfrey which appears in great abundance on the riverbank, 
rearing its bold form above the lowlier herbage. When in blossom—every 
branch decorated with clusters of pendant bell shaped flowers, varying in 
every shade of colour from white to deep purple—the Comfrey is one of 
the most ornamental among the many floral beauties that grace the water 
side. Hail’s Book of the Thames, 24. 
* * S. asperrimum, Bieb. Prickly Comfrey. 
Alien. Waste ground near Iffey. 
ANCHUSA. L. 
* A. sempervirens, L. 
Comp. Cyb. 282. Syme, E. B. vii. 111.1113. Nym. 511. Bx. 48. 
Alien. Waysides and waste places. B. June-Aug. 
8. Swere. Beyond Andrew’s Pits, A. Beesley. Crouch Hill, 7. Brayne, 
about 1820. Roadside « long way from the village Mollington, 
0. V. Aplin. 
4, Ray. Waste ground, near Rousham, Miss Armetriding. 
LYCOPSIS. L. 
L. arvensis, L. Field Bugloss. 
Anchusa arvensis, MB. Top. Bot. 328. Syme, E. B. vii. 109. 1111, 
Nym. 511. Bx. 21. 
