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4.— SYMPHYTUM ASPERRIMUM, Don. THE PRICKLY COMFREY. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 929 ; and our fig. 5, in PI. 77. 
Specific Character. — Stem-leaves priekly, oval, acute, stalked ; floral leaves opposite ; racemes twin. 
Description, &c. — Tiiis species is by far the largest of the genus, as it grows to the height of five feet. 
The stem and stem-leaves are covered with small curved prickles, and the flowers are very showy. The species 
is a native of the neighbourhood of Mount Caucasus, and it was introduced in 1801. It is of the easiest 
culture. 
5.— SYMPHYTUM TAURICUM, Willd. THE TAURIAN COMFREY. 
Synonyme. — S. bullatum, Dec. I Specific Character. — Leaves cordate-ovate, rough, hairy ; limb of 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 1787. I the corolla contracted, or cup-shaped; stem branched, hispid, spotted. 
Description, &c. — The stem of this species is scarcely a foot high, and it is hairy and spotted with small 
reddish dots. The branches spread very much, and the leaves have a singular blistered appearance, as though 
the nerves had become contracted, and had drawn up the fleshy part. The flowers are of a pale yellow, or 
cream-colour, and they are produced in April and May. The species is a native of Tauria, or the neighbourhood 
of Mount Caucasus, whence it was introduced in 1806. It is quite hardy in British gardens. 
OTHER SPECIES OF SYMPHYTUM, BELONGING TO § 2. 
S. ECHINATUM, Lede. 
The native country of this species is unknown ; but it is veiy distinct, as the leaves and stem are covered 
with rough warts. It was first seen in British gardens about 1824. 
S. PEREGRINUM, Lede. 
Very little is known of this species; but it is supposed to be a native of Poland, and to have been 
introduced about 1816. 
GENUS IV. 
ONOSMA, Lin. THE ONOSMA. 
Lin. Sysl. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted. Corolla tubularly-cam- 1 the bases of the lobes. Nuts four, one-celled, ovate, stony, fixed to 
panulate ; throat naked. Anthers sagittate, connected together by \ the bottom of the calyx, imperforated at the base. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — Most of the species are small suffruticose plants, covered with a white down, and 
having crowded linear leaves, and large yellow flowers, which are usually secund, and drooping. The name of 
Onosma is taken from two Greek words, signifying agreeable to an ass. 
§ 1 Hairs or bristles stellate, rising from tubercles. 
l._ONOSMA TAURICUM, Marsch. THE GOLDEN-FLOWERED ONOSMA. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag., t. 889 ; and our^^. 6, in PI. 77. I linear-lanceolate, and covered on the under side with a whitish 
Specific Character. — Stem simple, except at the base. Leaves I down. 
Description, &c. — This is a very handsome species, from the large size of its dark yellow flowers. It is 
a dwarf plant, and grows in tufts, many stems rising from the same root. It is a native of Mount Caucasus, 
and was introduced in 1801. 
