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1. L. arvensis L. (small B.) ; leaves lanceolate repand- 
denticulate very hispid, calyx erect while in flower. E. B. 
t. 938. 
Corn-fields and hedge-banks, frequent. ©. 6, 7. — Whole plant 
very hispid ; hairs or bristles seated on a white, callous tubercle. 
Lower leaves lengthened into a petiole ; upper ones sessile, semiam- 
plexicaul. Racemes leafy. Flowers small, bright blue ; differing 
from those of Anchusa in the curvature of the tube. 
8. Symphytum Linn. Comfrey. 
Cal. 5-cleft or 5-partite. Cor. enlarged upwards, its throat 
closed with connivent lanceolate subulate scales. Achenes 
ovate, excavated at the base, seated on a hypogynous disk, 
free from the style. — Named from <rvp<pvu>, to unite; from its 
imagined vulnerary qualities. 
1. S. officinale L. (common C.) ; stem winged above, leaves 
ovato-lanceolate attenuated at the base and very decurrent. 
E. B. t. 817. 
Banks of rivers and watery places frequent. If. . 5, 6. — Stem 
2 — 3 ft. high branched above. Root-leaves ovate, petiolate. Ra- 
cemes in pairs, secund, drooping. Corollas large, yellowish-white, 
often purple. 
2. S. tuberdsum L. (tuberous C.) ; stem simple, leaves ovate- 
oblong attenuate at the base, upper ones only slightly decur- 
rent. E. B. t. 1502. 
Shady woods and river-banks; frequent in Scotland, particularly 
in the Lowlands. Rare in England, 'll. 6, 7. — Resembling the 
last, but it is very distinct. Upper leaves, from which the peduncles 
spring, generally in pairs, large, ovato-lanceolate, a little decurrent ; 
whereas those of S. officinale are very narrow, and run down into 
winged appendages to the stem. 
9. Borago Linn. Borage. 
Cal. deeply 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, having its throat closed 
with 5 erect obtuse and emarginate teeth. Stamens exserted : 
Jilaments bifid, the inner branch bearing the anther ; anthers 
linear-lanceolate, connivent. Achenes with an excavated base, 
seated on a hypogynous disk, free from the style. — Named 
from cor , the heart 1 , and ago, to bring, thence corrupted into 
Borago: or more directly from borrach, Celtic, a courageous 
or noble person. 
1. B. * officinalis L. (common B.) ; lower leaves obovate at- 
tenuate at the base, segments of the corolla ovate acute 
spreading. E. B. t. 36. 
Among rubbish and waste ground. $. 6, 7. — Whole plant 
1 Hence the old adage — “ I Borage always bring Courage.” 
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