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hairs. St. spreading. — On rubbish and in waste places, scarcely 
a native. B. VI. VII. Boraye. 
5. Anchusa Linn, 
•fl. A. officinalis (L.) ; I. lanceolate hispid, spikes crowded 
unilateral, bracts ovate-lanceolate, calyx-segments bluntish hairy 
on both sides, scales of the cor. hairy. — E. B. 662. — Fl. 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.) ; I. ovate, lower I. 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. — E. B. 45. — FL blue, 
rather salver- than funnelshaped. Cal. -segments narrow. St. 
Its — 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 eroso-dentate very hispid, 
cal. of fr. bellshaped erect. — E. B. 938. — Fl. small, blue. Whole 
plant very hispid with strong hairs each rising from a scaly 
tubercle. — Corn-fields and hedges. A. VI. VII. Bugloss. 
7. Symphytum Linn. 
1. S. officinale (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate attenuated below, 
stem I. very decurrent lanceolate, st. winyed in the upper part. — 
E. B. 817. — Height 1 — 2 feet. Racemes in pairs, drooping. 
Fl. yellowish-white or purple. Cal. -segments somewhat spread- 
ing in the purple-flowered variety which is S. patens Sibth. — 
Common in damp places. P. V. VI. Comfrey. 
2. S. tuberosum (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong attenuated below, stem 1. 
lanceolate, uppermost sliyhtly decurrent, st. scarcely winyed nearly 
simple.- — E. B. 1502. — Fl. yellowish-white, whole plant smaller 
and slenderer than the last. Anth. twice as long as their fila- 
ments. — Damp places, rare. P. VI. VII. 
[S. asperrimum and £. orientate have both been noticed in an 
apparently wild state in England, but possess no claims to be con- 
sidered as natives.] 
Tribe III. Lithospermece. 
8. Echium Linn. 
1. E. vulyare (L.); tubercular-hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 
ceolate 1 -ribbed, stem I. narrowed below sessile, fl. in short lateral 
spikes, stam. longer than the corolla. — E. B. 181. — Lower 1. at- 
tenuated into a footstalk. Fl. at first reddish, afterwards bright 
