PENTANDRIA—MONOGYNIA. Cynoglossum. 261 



dered, all attached horizontally to a central columnar re- 

 ceptacle^ formed of the hardened, permanent, angular 

 style. 

 Herbaceous, seldom perennial. Herb downy, hairy or 

 warty, often fetid. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute ; 

 the lower ones stalked, often rounded at the extremity. 

 Clusters numerous, stalked, bracteated or naked. Fl. 

 dull crimson, purple, or blueish. Seeds a kind of bur. 



1. C. officinale. Common Hound's-tongue. 



Stamens shorter than the corolla. Stem-leaves broadly 

 lanceolate, downy, sessile. Flowers without bracteas. 



C. officinale. Linn. Sp. PL 192. Willd. v. 1. 760. FL Br. 216. 

 Engl. Bot. v. 13. t. 92 1 . Curt. Lond.fascA. t. 1 6. Woodv. suppl. 

 t.2\6. Hook. Sent. 69. Lehm.Jsperif. 152. " Fl. Dan. *. 1147." 



C. n.587. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 260. 



Cynoglossum. Rail Syn. 226. Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 175./. 



C. majus vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 257. Ger. Em. 804./. 



C. vulgare. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 531. 532./. Camer. Epit.9\7.f. 



In waste ground, and by road sides, common. 



Biennial. June, July. 



Root fleshy, tapering. Whole herb of a dull green, downy and 

 very soft, exhaling when touched a pungent and nauseous scent, 

 like that of mice, or, as some say, the urine of dogs. Stem 2 

 feet high, branched, leafy, furrowed, hairy. Leaves with a strong 

 mid-rib, and several lateral veins ; those on the stem wavy, 

 broad at the base ; radical ones larger, a span long, tapering at 

 each end. Clusters terminal, panicled, without partial bracteas. 

 Calyx downy. Cor. and its valves dull crimson. Seeds obovate, 

 very rough. 



This plant is esteemed narcotic, and dangerous for internal use. 



2. C. sylvatiaim. Green-leaved Hound's-tongue. 



Stamens shorter than the corolla. Leaves lanceolate, some- 

 what spatulate; the upper ones clasping the stem; all 

 smooth and shining above; hairy and warty beneath. 

 Flowers without bracteas. 



C. sylvaticum. Hcenke in Jaeq. Coll. v. 2. 77. Fl. Br. 21 G. Engl. 

 Bot. v. 23. 1. 1642. With.228. Sibth.70. Hook. Scot. 69. Lehm. 

 Asperif. 157. 



C. officinale y. Linn. Sp. PL 193. 



C. officinale (3. Willd. v. 1 . 760. Huds. 80. 



C. n. 588. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 260. 



Cynogtossa folio virente. Raii Syn. 226. 



C. media altera, virente folio, rubro flore, montana, frigidarum re- 

 gionum. Column. Ecphr. 176. t. 175, excellent. 



