. Flowers of the field. Botany. 344 BORAGINE/Il pearl-grey, stony nutlets, which remain on-the dead, leafless shoots in autumn. — Dry places; not unfrequent.—Fl June — August. Perennial. 3. Larvense (Corn Gromwell).—Stem about a foot high, soli- tary, erect, branched ; leaves narrow, hairy ; flowers small, creain- white ; calyx lengthening when in haiit, and containing 3 or 4 brown, wrnikled nutlets.— <, - —-,. TV Cornfields; common. Fl. May—July. Annual. II. EcHiU-M (Viper's Bu- gloss).—Usually large, rough herbs with their flozi'ers in scorpioid clusters ; calyx deeply 5-cleft; corolla mo
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 344 BORAGINE/Il pearl-grey, stony nutlets, which remain on-the dead, leafless shoots in autumn. — Dry places; not unfrequent.—Fl June — August. Perennial. 3. Larvense (Corn Gromwell).—Stem about a foot high, soli- tary, erect, branched ; leaves narrow, hairy ; flowers small, creain- white ; calyx lengthening when in haiit, and containing 3 or 4 brown, wrnikled nutlets.— <, - —-,. TV Cornfields; common. Fl. May—July. Annual. II. EcHiU-M (Viper's Bu- gloss).—Usually large, rough herbs with their flozi'ers in scorpioid clusters ; calyx deeply 5-cleft; corolla mono- symmetric, sub-cam panulate, its throat naked, stamens very long, unequal in length, ex- serted. (Name from the Greek echis, a viper, against the bite of which it was formerly considered an anti- dote.) I. E. vulgdrc (C<jmrnon A'iper's Bugloss). — A hand- som'e* plant, 2—3 feet high, remarkable for its bristly, or almost prickly stems and leaves, and numerous curved, lateral spikes oi flowers, which on their first opening are bright rose-coloured and finally of a brilliant blue.— Dry places : common. The roots are very long and taper- ing, and descend per[)endicu- larly into the loose soil in which the plant usu-ally grows. There is a white-flowered variety. The name Bugloss is of Greek origin,^ signifying av'^ tongue, referring to the shape and roughness of the leaves.—Fl. June— August. ])iennial. 2.* E. plaiUaglucum, with narrower leaves and more spreading spikes of dark \'iulet flowers, occurs in Cornwall and Jersc\.— l'"l. June—September. unuon l^ipfi i Iju^i::.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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