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cal. of fr. bellshaped erect.—E.B. 938.—F). small, blue. Whole 
plant very hispid with strong hairs each rising from a scaly 
tubercle.—Fields and hedges. A. VI. VII. Bugioss. 
7. Symppytum Linn. 
1. S. officinale (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate attenuated below, 
stem-l. very decurrent lanceolate, st. winged in the upper part.— 
£. B. 817.—Height 1—2 feet. Racemes in pairs, drooping. Fi. 
yellowish-white or purple. Cal.-segments somewhat spreading 
and pubescence rougher in the purple-flowered variety, S. patens 
Sibth.—Common in damp places. P.V. VI. Comfrey. 
2. S. tuberosum (L.); 1. ovate-oblong attenuated below, stem-l. 
lanceolate, uppermost slightly decurrent, st. scarcely winged nearly 
simple.—E. B. 1502.—Fl. yellowish-white, whole plant smaller 
and slenderer than the preceding. Anth. twice as long as their 
filaments——Damp woods and river banks, rare. P. VI. VII. 
[S. asperrimum and 8. orientale have both been noticed in 
England, but possess no claims to be considered as natives. | 
Tribe III. Lithospermee. 
8. Ecuium Linn. 
1. E. vulgare (L.); tubercular-hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 
ceolate 1-ribbed, stem-/. narrowed below sessile, fl. in short lateral 
spikes, stam. longer than the corolla. B. 181.—Lower 1. at- 
tenuated into a footstalk. Fl. at first reddish, afterwards bright 
blue.—Dry places. B. VI. VII. Viper’s Bugloss. 
(2. E. violaceum (L.) ; pilose-hispid, st. erect branched diffuse, 
lower branches prostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, stem-l. 
oblong nena | from a cordate half-clasping base with lateral 
ribs, spikes panicled elongate simple, stam. scarcely longer than 
the corolla.—E. B. S. 2798. Lycopsis Ray—Stam. very unequal, 
1 short, 2 intermediate, and 2 longer. Fi. violet-blue. Hairs 
rising from minute tubercles. Root reddish; it stains the paper 
in the herb. deep violet—Jersey. B. VI.—IX.] 
9. Putmonaria Linn. 
1. P. officinalis (L.); 1. ovate roundish or cordate, upper |}. 
oblong.—E. B. 118.—Whole plant more or less hispid. Fi. 
purple. L. often spotted—Woods and thickets, rare. P. V. 
Lungwort. E. 8.2 
2. P. angustifolia (L.); 1. all lanceolate—E. B. 1628.—More 
pubescent than the last, but scarcely distinguishable as a species. 
—Woods in Hampshire. P. IV. V. E. 
