( s ‘y) | : : 
may be conveniently fubftituted for that of althza in all the compo- 
fitions in which the latter is officinally directed, or extemporaneoully, 
for the general purpofes of an emollient and demulcent. This opinion 
feems alfo to have the authority of Dr. Cullen, who fays, “ while. 
mucilaginous matters are retained in our lifts, Ido not perceive why 
both the Britith Colleges have entirely omitted the Symphytum. It 
may be of {fervice as alleged in diarrhoeas and dyfenteries.’ 
CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE.. COMMON HOUNDS- 
de aa! : TONGUE, 
SYNONYIMA. Cynogloffum, Pharm. Geoff: v. 3.394. Dale. 135, 
Afton. v. 1: 428. Lewis. 268. Ed. New Difpenf. 181. Bergius.82. 
Murray. V. 2.102. Cullen. v. ii. 413. Cynogloflum majus vulgare. 
Baub. Pin, 257. Ger. Emac. 804. Park. Theat. 511. Raii. 
Hifi. 489. Synop. 226. Cynogloffum foliis ellipticis lanceolatis, _ 
- fericeis, caule foliofo. Hall. Hift. Stirp. Helv. nh. 587. C. offici- 
nale. Scop. Flor. Carn. 191. Hudfon. Fl. Ang. 80. With. Bot. 
Arr. 192. Curt. Fl. Lond, - : Te 
Pentandria Monogynia, Lin. Gen. Pl. 183. 
- Gen. Ch. Cor. infundibuliformis, fauce ¢laufa fornicibus. Semina 
: _ depreffa, interiore tantum latere ftylo affixa. 
Sp. Ch, C. ftaminibus corolla brevioribus, foliis lato-lanceolatis bafi 
| attenuatis tormentofis feffilibus, laciniis calycinis oblongis, 
: Hort. Kew. oe Sats: : 
ROOT perennial, long, tapering, blackith on the outfide, whitith 
within, Stalk two or three feet in height, ereét, grooved, villous, 
leafy, branched. Radical leaves large, on long footftalks, exceeding 
a o - a foot 
