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DIVISION I. B Pv. 
-1. Small Wild Buglofs. 
Buglojum fylveftre minus. 
The root is long, Qender, white, and fur- 
niihed with numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, flcnder, hairy, of a pale 
green, and divided irregularly into many branches. 
The leaves are placed alternately ; and they 
are oblong, moderately broad, and of a frelh 
green : they have no footftalks : they are irrcgu- 
farly indented or waved on the edges; and they 
are hairy, and rough to the touch. 
The flowers (land at the tops of the branches 
in confiderable numbers ■, and they are fmall and 
blue : they rife from hairy cups. 
The feeds are fmall and oblong. 
It is common in barren patlurcs, and in corn- 
fields i and flowers in July. 
C.Bauhine calls it Buglopm fyhejlre minus. 
Others, Bugloja minor. 
2. Evergreen Buglofs. 
Bugtoff'um fempervirens. 
This is a very elegant plant. The common 
writers have from the breadth of its leaves taken 
it to be a fpecies of borage ; but it is properly ot 
the kiglofs kind. . 
The root is long, thick, and white ; and it is 
furnillied with many fibres. 
The firfl: leaves are numerous, and very large : 
ITISH SPECIES. 
they are broad, fharp-pointed. rough to the 
touch, and of a beautiful green. 
The ftalk is round, thick, hairy, and rough 
to the touch, of a frcih green, divided into nu- 
merous branches, and a yard high. 
The flowers are very numerous : they ftand all 
over the tops of the ftalks and branches ; and 
they are of a beautiful blue. 
The feeds are dark coloured, and fmall. 
V/e have it wild in dry pallures in Kent and 
Eflix. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Bii/Joffum latifolmm fanper- 
virens. Others, Borago femperuirens. 
3. Alkanet Buglofs. 
Buglajjum arvenfe radice rubente. 
The root is long, flender, and of a redilh colour. 
The fl:alk is round, upright, branched, and 
hairy : it is a foot and halt high ; and its colour 
is a pale green. 
The leaves are placed irregularly on the n:alks ; 
and they are oblong and narrow, of a laint green, 
and hairy. 
The flowers are fmall and white : they fland in 
great numbers about the tops of the ftalks. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is common in corn-fields, and on ground 
that has been dug. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lilbofpernum arnenfe raila 
rubra. Others, Baglojum ancbufr facie. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Gardcn-Buglofs. 
Burhjiim fativum vulgare. 
The root is long and thick, black on the out- 
Cde, white within, and full of a flimy juice. 
The firft leaves are large, oblong, not very 
broad, and of a fine green colour, but covered 
with a grey haiiynefs, which makes them rough 
to the touch. 
The ftalk is round, upright, and toward the 
top divided into many branches : it is of a pale 
oreen, hairy, and a yard high. 
° The leaves are placed alternately on it ; and 
they have no footftalks : they are oblong, nar- 
row, of a pale green, hairy, and rough to the 
touch. 
The flowers grow in great numbers on the tops 
of all the branches ; and they are fmall, and of a 
purplifli blue. 
The feeds are large, and dark coloured. 
It is a native of Germany, and flowers in Au- 
C .Bauhine calls kBuglofuin angnfiijoHum majus. 
Others, Buglojftim vulgare. 
The flowers are celebrated for their cordial 
virtue ■, but they are not much ufed. 
E N U S IV. 
VIPERS BUGLOSS. 
E C H I U M. 
rpHE flower is formed of a fingle petal : it is tubular at the bafe, and th nee graduaUy expand, 
A into a very wide mouth •, and is divided into five unequal fegments at the edge : ™; 
ftand upwards, and are longer than the others •, and one in the io^er part .s fmal er than h others 
and naturally turns back. The cup is formed of a fingle piece, and divided into five fegments. Th. 
feeds after each flower are four; and they are of a roundilh figure, and pomted. . 
JJnnteus places this among the pentandria monogpia ; the ftyle being fingle, and the threads hve. 
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