52 The Ufeful Family Herbals 
BuGLoss. 
BUGLOSSUM HORTENSE. 
A Rough and unfightly Plant kept in our — 
Gardens for the Sake of its Virtues, but very 
rarely ufed. It grows to a Foot and a half highs 
the Leaves are rough like thofe of Borage, but — 
they are l@ag and narrow, of a deep green Colour, — 
and rough Surface. The Stalks are alfo covered _ 
with a rough and almoft prickly Hairinefs. The 
fame Sort of Leaves ftand on thefe as rife imme- 
diately from the Root, only fmaller. The Flo 
ers ftand at the Tops of the Branches, and are very 
retty, though not very large; are red when. 
they fit ms but they ge become blue. 
The Root is long and brown. It flowers in Fun 
and Fuly. 
Buglofs fhares with Borage the Credit of being : 
a Cordial; but perhaps neither of them have any 
great Title to the Character; it is ufed like Borage 
in oan 0 for there isno Way of maki 
regular Prep of it, that is 
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