botany, a genus of the pentandra monogyne clasps. The limbus of the corolla is tubular and somewhat ventricose, the saucers being clofed with subulate radii. There are three species, only one of them, viz. the officinale, or comfrey, a native of Britain. The root of the comfrey is a fine mucilage.

Symposiarch, in antiquity, the director, or manager of an entertainment. This office was sometimes performed by the person at whose charge the entertainment was provided. provided; sometimes by another named by him; and at other times, especially in entertainments provided at the common expense, he was elected by lot, or by the suffrages of the guests.