BOTANY. 
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Thymus, Linn. 
486. T. vulgaris, Linn. — Common Thyme ; grows abundantly, 
cultivated in kitchen gardens both on the high and low lands, and 
blossoms and seeds freely. — Hab. S. of Europe. 
75. BorraginacE/E ( Borage Family). 
Borrago, Linn. 
487. B. officinalis, Linn. — Borage is cultivated in gardens; 
rather rare, but flowers and seeds well. 
Trichodesma, B. Br. 
488. T. zeylanicum, B. Br. — Ceylon Borage is mentioned by 
Boxburgh as growing on the Island. — Hab. Ceylon. 
Ehretia, Linn. 
489. E. pyrifolia, Don. — A pretty tree, about fifteen feet high, 
with thick clusters of small white flowers yielding a powerful and 
pleasant perfume, growing on the high land at Scotland, &c. Some- 
what uncultivated, but propagates from the roots. — Ilab. India. 
Echium, Linn. 
490. E. superbum. — Becently introduced as a garden plant at 
the Hermitage. 
Heliotropium, Linn. 
491. H. peruvianum, Linn. — Cherry-pie; grows uncultivated, 
and is common in gardens and shrubberies. Alt. 3'8 and upwards ; 
two varieties, dark and pale lilac, introduced about thirty years ago. 
— Hab. Peru. 
Lithospermum, Linn. 
492. L. tenuiflorum, Linn. — A small weed with white flowers, 
found wild in the cornfields on the high land. Hab. Egypt. 
Myosotis, Linn. 
493. M. palustris, With.— True Eorget-me-Not ; grows in 
gardens, but is very rare. This plant degenerates at St. Helena. I 
gathered some seed from exceedingly fine specimens growing in an 
