242 54. BOEAoiNAOEa;. 



clasping.— C sylvaticum Sm. JE. B. 1642. Clotlied witli straight 

 spreading hairs. — Cor. reddish, changing to blue. L. sometimes 

 very rough. Seeds without a prominent margin. — Shady situ- 

 ations. B. VI. VII. E. I. 



Tribe II. Anchusea. 



3. Eoea'go Linn. Borage. 



*1. B. officinalis (L.) ; lower 1. obovate blunt attenuated be- 

 low, segments of the cor. ovate acute flat spreading. — E. B. 36. — 

 Fl. blue. Anth. very prominent. Stem-1. much narrowed be- 

 low so as to appear stalked, eared at the base. Whole plant 

 hispid with bulbous hairs. St. spreading, 12 — 18 in. hi^. — 

 On rubbish and waste ground. B. VI. VII. E. S. 



4. Ajstchtt'sa Linn. Alkanet. 



Jl. A. officinalis (L.) ; I. lanceolate hispid, spikes crowded uni- 

 lateral, bracts ovate-lanceolate, eal.-segm. bluntish hairy on 

 both sides, scales of cor. hairy. — E. B. 662. — ^Fl. deep purple. 

 Oal.-segm. narrow, longer than tube. St. 1—2 feet high, rough 

 with deflexed hairs. — Waste ground, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



J2. A. semper'virens (L.) ; I. mate, lower 1. on long stalks, pe- 

 duncles axillary each bearing 2 dense spikes with an interme- 

 diate flower, cal.-segments hairy qn the outside only, bracts 

 minute lanceolate, scales of the cor. downy. — E. B. 45. — Fl. 

 blue, rather salver- than funnel-shaped. Cal.-segments narrow. 

 St. 1| — 2 feet high, rough with spreading somewhat deflexed 

 hairs. — Waste ground near ruins, rare. P. V. — VIII. E. I. 



5. Ltcop'sis Linn. Bugloss. 



1. L. arven' sis (Jj.) ; 1. lanceolate repand-dentate very hispid, 

 cal. of fr. bellshaped erect.— ^. B. 938.— Fl. small, blue. Whole 

 plant very hispid with strong hairs each rising from a scaly 

 tubercle.— Fields and hedges. A. VI. VII. E. S. L 



6. Stm'phtium Linn. Comfrey. 



1. S. officinale (L.) ; 1. ovate -lanceolate attenuate below, 

 stem-l. very decurrent lanceolate, st. winged in the upper part. — 

 E. B. 817. — Height 1—2 feet, branching. Racemes in pairs, 

 drooping. Fl. yellowish white or purple. Cal.-segments some- 

 what spreading and pubescence rougher in the purple-flowered 

 variety, & patens Sibth. Su. E. B. 1116. — Common in damp 

 places. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



