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55. BORAGINE.E. 
7 ■ Symphytum Linn. 
1. S. officinale (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate attenuated below, 
stem 1. very decurrent lanceolate, st. winged in the uj)per part. — 
jK. B. 817- — Height 1 — 2 feet. Racemes in pairs, drooping, 
b'l. yellonish-white or purj)le. Cal. -segments somewhat spread- 
ing in the purple-flowered variety which is S. patens Sibth. — 
Common in damp j)laces. P. Y. VI. Comfrey. 
2. S. tuberosum (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong attenuated below, stem 1. 
lanceolate, uppermost slightly decurrent, st. scarcely winged nearly 
simple. — E. B. 1502. — FI. yellowish-white, whole plant smaller 
and slenderer than the preceding. Anth. twice as long as their 
filaments. — Damp places, rare. P. VI. YII. 
[S. asperrimum and S. orientale 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. vulgare (L.); tubercular-hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 
ceolate 1 -ribbed, stem 1 . 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 
blue. — Dry places. B. VI. VII. Viper’s Bugloss. 
2. E. violaceum (L.) ; pilose-hispid, st. erect branched diffuse, 
lower branches jirostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, stem 1. 
oblong narrowed from a cordate half clasping base with lateral 
ribs, spikes panicled elongate simjde, stam. scarcely longer than 
the corolla. — E. B. S. 2798. Lycopsis Ray. — Stam. very unequal, 
1 short, 2 intermediate, and 2 longer. Fl. violet -blue. Ilairs 
rising from minute tubercles. Root reddish ; it stains the paj>er 
in the herb, deep violet. — Jersey. B. VI. — IX. O. 
9. PuLMONARiA Linn. 
1. P. officinalis (L.); 1. ovate roundish or cordate, upper 1. 
oblong. — E. B. 118. — Whole plant more or less hispid. Fl. 
purple. L. often spotted. — Woods and thickets, rare. P. V. 
Lungwort. E. S. ? 
2. P. angustifolia (L.) ; 1. all lanceolate. — E. B. 1628. — More 
pubescent than the last, but scarcely distinguishable as a species. 
— Woods in Ilampshii’e. P. IV. V. E. 
10. Steenhammera Reich. 
1. S. maritima (R.); st. ))rocumbent branched, 1. ovate acute 
