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bling a Myosotis.—Upon shingle, Southwold, Suff., in very small 
quantity ; probably introduced.—A. VI.] E. 
3. Cynoctossum Linn. 
1. C. officinale (L.); 1. downy acute, lower 1. elliptical con- 
tracting into a petiole, upper 1. lanceolate narrowed below sub- 
cordate half clasping—H. B. 921.—Cor. dull crimson, veiny ; 
veins disappearing in drying. Nuts flat in front surrounded by a 
thickened prominent margin. Fretid, rarely subglabrous and 
nearly scentless.— Waste ground. B.VI. VII. Hound’s-tongue. 
2. C. montanum (Lam.); 1. slightly hairy acute nearly glabrous 
and shining above scabrous beneath, inferior oblong narrowed 
into a long petiole, upper 1. lanceolate slightly narrowed below 
claspng.—C. sylvaticum Sm., E. B. 1642.—Cor. reddish, chan- 
ging to blue. L. sometimes very scabrous. Seeds without a 
prominent margin.—Shady situations. B. VI. VII. 
Tribe II. Anchusee. 
4. Boraco Linn. Borage. 
tl. B. officinalis (L.); lower 1. obovate obtuse attenuated be- 
low, segments of the cor. ovate acute flat spreading.—F. B. 36. 
—Fl. blue. Stem-]. much narrowed below so as to appear 
stalked, eared at the base. Whole plant hispid with tubercled 
hairs. St. spreading.—On rubbish and waste ground, scarcely a 
native. B. VI. VII. 
5. Ancuusa Jann. 
tl. A. officinalis (L.); 1. lanceolate hispid, spikes crowded 
unilateral, bracts ovate-lanceolate, calyx-segments bluntish hairy 
on both sides, scales of the cor. hairy —E. B. 662.—FI. deep 
purple. Cal.-segments narrow, longer than the tube, St. 1—2 
feet high, rough with deflexed hairs.—Waste ground, rare. P. 
VI. VII. Common Alkanet. E. 
+2. A. sempervirens (L.); 1. ovate, lower 1. on long stalks, 
peduncles axillary each bearing 2 dense spikes with an interme- 
diate flower, cal.-segments hairy on the outside only, bracts mi- 
nute lanceolate, scales of the cor. downy.—B. E. 45.—F1. blue, 
rather salver- than funnelshaped. Cal.-segments narrow. St. 
1,—2 feet high, rough with spreading somewhat deflexed hairs. 
—Waste ground near ruins, rare. P. V.—VIII. 
6. Lycopsis Linn. 
1. L. arvensis (L.); 1. lanceolate erose-dentate very hispid, 
