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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— CYNOGLOSSUM PICTUM, Ait. THE PAINTED, OR MADEIRA, HOUND’S TONGUE. 
Synonyheb. — C.creticum, Vill. ; C. cheirifolium, Jacg'. subrotund, dilated. Leaves lanceolate, woolly ; upper ones cordate at 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 2134 ; and our fig. 2, in Plate 77. the base. 
Specific Character. — Calyx and corolla nearly equal ; segments 
Description, &c. — This plant, though called the Madeira Hound’s Tongue, is also found in all the southern 
parts of Europe and in Barbary. It is distinguished from the common British Hound’s Tongue by the stem- 
leaves being cordate at the base, and the flowers much larger, of a pale-blue, beautifully veined with deep-blue. 
The plant is a hardy biennial, flowering from May to August ; and it was introduced in 1658. 
2.— CYNOGLOSSUM OMPHALODES, Lin. THE BLUE NAVELWORT. 
Synonymes. — Symphytum minus, Bauh. ; Borago minor, Morris ; 
Omphalodes venia, Dec. ; Picotia verna, Bwm. et SchuU. ; the 
comfrey-leaved Omphalodes. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 7; and o\yc fig. 1, in Plate 77. 
Specific Character. — Root creeping, Leaves oval, sometimes 
cordate. 
Description, &c. — This very pretty little plant is a native of Spain and Portugal, where it is found in 
woods and moist shady places. It flowers in March and April, and in autumn it sends forth a number of 
trailing shoots, which take root at the joints, and in this manner the plant spreads rapidly. It will grow 
in any common garden soil which is not too dry ; but it thrives most under a wall in a north border. 
3 —CYNOGLOSSUM NITIDUM, Willd. THE SMOOTH OR SHINING NAVELWORT, 
OR HOUND’S TONGUE. 
Synonymes. — C. lusitanicum, Brot. ; Omphalodes nitida, Hoff, et I Specific Character. — Corolla rotate. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 
Link ; O. lusitanica, Tourn. ; Picotia nitida, Rcem. et Sckult. | shining. Radical leaves petiolate ; stem-leaves sessile. Seeds pitcher- 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 2529. j shaped, tootlied at the margin. 
Description, &c. — This species is a hardy perennial, a ntitive of Portugal, where it grows in moist shady 
woods and low valleys. The flowers are small and blue, and they are produced from April till June. 
The species was introduced in 1812, and it is quite hardy in British gardens. 
GENUS III. 
SYMPHYTUM, Tourn. THE COMFREY. 
Lin. Sgst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-p.arted. Corolla cylindrically cam- I connive into a cone. Nuts four, one-celled, ovate, fixed to tlie bottom 
panulato; throat furnished with five subulate, vaulted processes, which I of the calyx, imperforated at the base. ( G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — All the plants belonging to this genus are herbaceous, with broad rough leaves, and 
terminal twin racemes of flowers. The name Symphytum is from two Greek words, signifying to make whole, 
in reference to the healing properties of the species. 
