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7. Stm'phtttjm Linn. Comfrey-i 
1. S. officiiidle (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate attenuate below, 
stem-l. very dccurrent 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 
varietv, S. patens Sibth. — Common in damp places, P. V. VI. 
E. S. L 
2. S. tuberdsum (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong attenuate below, stem-l. 
lanceolate, uppermost slightly decurrent, st. scarcely winged nearly 
simple. — E. B. 1502. — St. 12 — 18 in. high. Fl. yellowish white, 
whole plant smaller and slenderer than the preceding. Anth. 
twice as long a^ their filaments. — Damp woods and river banks, 
rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
\_S. asperrimum, S. tauricum, and S. orientale have been no- 
ticed in England, but are not natives.] 
Tribe III. Lithospermea. 
8. E'cHiTJM Linn. Viper's Bugloss. 
1. E. vulgdre (L.) ; tubercular-hispid, st. erect simple, 1. lan- 
ceolate 1-ribbed, stem-/, narrowed helow sessile, y?. in short lateral 
spikes, stam. exceeding the corolla. — E. B. 181. — St. 1 — 2 ft. 
high. Lower 1. narrowing into a footstalk. Fl. at first reddish, 
afterwards bright blue. — Dry places. B. W. VII. E. S. I. 
\_E. violdceum (L.) ; pilose-hispid, st. erect branched diffuse, 
lower branches prostrate, radical 1. oblong-ovate stalked, stem-l. 
oblong narroived from a cordate half-clasping hose with lateral 
ribs, spikes panicled long simple, stam. scarcely exceeding the 
corolla. — E. B. S. 2798. — Stam. very unequal, 1 short, 2 inter- 
mediate, and 2 longer. Fl. violet-blue. Koot reddish. — Jersey. 
B. VI.— IX.] 
9. PtJLMONA'RiA Linn. Lungwort. 
1. P. officinalis (L.) ; 1. ovate roundish or cordate stalked, 
upper 1. oblong sessile. — E. B. 118.— Whole plant more or less 
hispid, 1 ft. high. Fl. purple. L. often spotted. — Woods and 
thickets, rare. P. V. E. S.? 
2. P. angiistifdlia (L.) ; 1. all lanceolate.— ^J. B. 1628.— More 
pubescent than the last, 1. rarely spotted ; scarcely distinguish- 
able as a species. — Woods in Hampshire. P. IV. V. E. 
10. Mertens'ia Roth. 
1. M. marit'ima (Don) ; st. procumbent branched, 1. ovate 
