Moluccelea.
•M. Iccvis. W. Shell Flower. Brought from Molucca, and
cultivated for ornament; fine large flowers, with a singular, enlarged,
flat-oval calyx, which originates the English name. The
Moluccas afforded the species from which the genus was named.
ORDER 222. BORAGINEiE T he B orage T r ib e .
Corolla monopetalous, 5-cleft, sometimes 4-cleft, usually regular,
surrounded by a persistent calyx of 5 or 4 divisions ; throat
or upper part of the corolla open, or sometimes closed ; ovarium
4-parted ; style simple; stem round, leaves opposite, usually
rough.
Several genera of native plants belong to this order, of which
the species are not numerous ; some, cultivated, have been introduced
from other countries.
B orago. L. 5. 1.
B . officinalis. L. Borage, A rough-leafed plant, introduced
from England, and now partially naturalized ; was formerly
used as a distinguished cordial; fine blue flowers, with a flat border
or limb, and a finely rotate or wheel-shaped corolla.
S ymphytum.. L. a. 1.
S. officinale. L. Comfrey. Another plant of the gardens,
with white flowers in clusters, partially naturalized, and growing
for years'in the same place, and extending itself very little.
Formerly used as a vulnerary, and famed for healing wounds;; its
name is from the Greek for union; the English name probably
from its comfortable influence on wounds. Blossoms a long time ;
a mucilaginous plant; introduced from England.
A nchusa. L. 5. L.
A. officinalis. L. Bugloss. From the Greek for paint, as
the root of one species was used for staining the features, and the
English name is ox-tongue, on account of the shape of the leaves,
and their roughness, from the Greek for ox and tongue ; much
like Borage in properties ; introduced from Britain ; flowers
yellow.
PULMONARIA. L. 5. 1.
P. officinalis. L. Lungwort. Probably named from its use
in pulmonary affections ; a native of England ; rather rare, even
in gardens.
C ynoglossum. L. 5. 1. Hound’s Tongue.
The English name is the translation of the generic name, from
the Greek.
C. officinale. L. Common Hound’s Tongue. A woolly
plant, bearing deep-red' flowers, by roads and in fields ; of offensive
odor. It has been used as antiscrofulous ; seems to be a
native of this country as well as England.
C. Virginicum. L. Hairy also, with a stem nearly hispid ;
flowers blue. It is rather doubtful whether this species is in
Berkshire County, as once announced. Shady woods ; May.
L ithospermum. L. 5. 1. Stone Seed.
The English name is a translation of the generic name.
L. arvense. L. Corn Gromwell. Bearing white flowers,
with rough, hairy, sessile leaves.
L. officinale. L. Common Gromwell. Covered with stiff
hairs, with yellow axillary flowers, a foot or two high. This and
the preceding are not very common plants of the fields ; doubtless
introduced from Europe.
L ycopsis. L. 5. 1.
L. arvensis. L. Small Bugloss. Grows in sandy fields,
very hispid, with bright-blue flowers in a raceme ; corolla funnel-
form, with the tube incurved, and the throat closed with scales.
Named from the Greek for wolf and eye, on account of the im-
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