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BORAGINE.E. XXXIII. CYNOOLOSSUM. 



Racemes simple, hairy. Calycine segments oblong, obtuse. 

 Tube of corolla length of calyx. Carpels covered with glochi- 

 date bristles. 



Lanceolate-leaved Hound's-tongue. PL 1 to 1| foot. 



14 C. VESICULOSUM (Wall. cat. no. 920.) hispid from strigae ; 

 stem much branched ; leaves oval, attenuated at both ends ; 

 racemes terminal, solitary or twin, slender ; calycine segments 

 ovate, acute ; carpels beset with glochidate prickles on the mar- 

 gins, and smooth in the centre. . H. Native of Nipaul. 

 Corollas rather small, white. Racemes bractless. 



Bladdery Hound's-tongue. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



15 C. HE'YNEI ; plant hispid from strigae; leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated ; racemes slender, terminal twin, or axil- 

 lary solitary ; carpels beset with glochidate prickles along the 

 margins, and tubercled in the centre, shorter than the calycine 

 segments, which are bluntish. # . H. Native of the East In- 

 dies, at Dindigul. C. lanceol&tum, Heyne, herb, ex Wall. cat. 

 no. 921. but not of Forsk. Racemes bractless. 



Heyne's Hound's-tongue. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



16 C. WALLI'CHII ; stem erect, angular, rather strigose ; 

 leaves oblong- lanceolate, 3-nerved ; racemes twin or solitary, 

 elongated, terminal, or from the axils of the upper leaves ; 

 flowers distant ; calyx spreading, longer than the carpels, with 

 ovate, mucronate segments ; carpels beset with glochidate pric- 

 kles along the margins, and tubercles in the centre. $ . F. 

 Native of Nipaul, in Gosainsthan. C. calycinum, Wall. cat. 

 no. 923. but not of Meyer. Leaves 3-5-nerved. Racemes 

 bractless. 



Wallkh's Hound's-tongue. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



17 C. CANE'SCENS (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 177. Willd. enum. 

 1. p. 180.) stem erect, branched at top ; cauline leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute, petiolate, erosely denticulated, hairy, clothed with 

 soft hairs beneath, somewhat 3-nerved ; racemes conjugate, di- 

 varicate, bractless. Q. H. Native of the East Indies. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 144. C. micranthum, Desf. pi. hort. par. 1804. p. 

 220. C. hirsutum, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 4. t. 489. exclusive of 

 the synonymes. C. racemosum, Roxb. fl. ind. ed. Wall. 2. p. 

 6. ex Lehm. Plant hispid. Flowers secund. Calycine seg- 

 ments ovate, obtuse. Corolla white ; throat and scales blue. 

 Carpels ovate, clothed with glochidate prickles. 



Canescent Hound's-tongue. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 

 2 feet. 



18 C. HIRSUTISSIMUM (Lehm. asper. p. 145.) stem erect, sim- 

 ple ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, half stem-clasping, acute, papil- 

 losely-hairy on both surfaces ; hairs spreading ; racemes soli- 

 tary, elongated, bractless. Q. ? H. Native of Africa. Stem 

 very hairy. Peduncles hairy, terminal and lateral, racemit'er- 

 ous. Calyx hairy, with oblong, obtuse segments. Carpels beset 

 with glochidate prickles. 



Very -hairy Hound's-tongue. PI. 1 to 1| foot, 



19 C. REVOLU TDM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 6. no. 3.) 

 stem erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, acute : cauline ones 

 sessile, hispid ; racemes subspicate, leafy, revolute at apex ; pe- 

 dicels lateral. . H. Native of Peru, in Huassa-Huassi, in 

 shady places. Pers. ench. 1. p. 160. Lehm. asper. p. 148. 

 Plant hispid. Stem angular. Pedicels drooping. Corolla 

 whitish-blue. Carpels beset with glochidate prickles. 



Revolute-racemed Hound's-tongue. PI. 3 feet 



20 C. SUAVE'OLENS (R. Br. prod. p. 495. Lehm. asper. p. 

 148.) leaves lanceolate, strigose; those of the branches half 

 stem-clasping ; racemes bracteate ; carpels echinated with equal 

 glochidate prickles. Native of New Holland. 



Sweet-scenled-fioviered Hound's-tongue. PI. 



21 C. AUSTRA'LE (R. Br. 1. c.) stems erect ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, strigose on both surfaces ; racemes bractless ; carpels echi- 



nated with glochidate prickles : the prickles on the back fewer, 

 and with a single row of longer ones along the margin. Native 

 of New Holland. 



Southern Hound's-tongue. PI. ? 



22 C. LANUOINOSUM (Lehm. asper. p. 148.) stem erect ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, half stem-clasping, woolly, and 

 hoary ; racemes terminal, loose, bractless. Native country un- 

 known. Stem furrowed, simple, white from wool. Calyx 

 woolly, with lanceolate, bluntish segments. Corolla very like 

 that of C. officinale. Carpels ovate, covered with glochidate 

 prickles. 



Woolly Hound's-tongiie. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



23 C. CLANDESTI'NUM (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 159. t. 42.) stem 

 erect ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, bluntish, half stem-clasping, 

 hairy ; racemes bractless ; corolla villous at top. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Portugal and Algiers. HofTm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 

 190. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 117. Lehm. asper. p. 149. C. 

 officinale, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 295. C. fulvum, Rudolph, in 

 Schrad. journ. 1795. p. 295. Pers. ench. under Auchusa Itd- 

 licn. Root fusiform. Plant pilose. Pedicels and calyxes 

 clothed with dense, yellow, silky hairs. Calycine segments lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse. Corolla violaceous, hardly longer than the calyx ; 

 limb tomentosely villous at apex. Carpels ovate, covered with 

 glochidate prickles. 



Clandestine Hound's-tongue. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1821. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



24 C. DIOSCORIDIS (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 457. prosp. p. 21. ex- 

 clusive of the synonymes. Lehm. asper. p. 150.) stem erect; 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated, dilated at the base, rather 

 hispid ; racemes elongated, bractless, loose. $ H. Native of 

 Dauphiny. C. elongatum, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 956. C. 

 Virginicum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 180. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes. C. remotum, Mcench, meth. p. 419. Root fusiform. 

 Stem simple, cauescent, beset with retrograde hairs. Racemes 

 pilose, terminal and axillary in the spontaneous plant ; but ter- 

 minating the stem and branches in the cultivated plant. Caly- 

 cine segments ovate, obtuse. Corolla red or flesh-coloured, 

 with deeper veins. Carpels ovate, clothed with short glochidate 

 bristles. 



Dioscorides's Hound's-tongue. Fl, June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 4 to 2 feet. 



25 C. OFFICINALE (Lin. spec. p. 192. fl. suec. 162. hort. 

 cliff 1 . 47.) stem erect, leafy ; lower leaves broad-lanceolate : su- 

 perior ones broadest at the base, acute, canescent from downy 

 tomentum ; racemes bractless, panicled at the time the flowers 

 are open. $ . H. Native of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North 

 America, in waste places, and by way sides and margins of 

 fields, and particularly near towns ; in Britain, in like situations, 

 but a doubtful native. Scop. fl. earn. ed. 2d. p. 124. Vill. 

 dauph. 2. p. 456. All. ped. 1. no. 124. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 

 158. Suter, fl. helv. 1. p. 105. Smith, engl. bot. t. 921. 

 Oed. fl. dan. t. 1147. Curt. fl. lend. t. 149. Regnault, bot. 3. 

 t. 364. Sturm, fl. germ. fasc. 9. icone. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. 

 p. 122. Pursh. fl. 1. p. 123. Mayrhoff, fl. mon. t. 23. 

 Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 196. Blackw. herb. t. 249. Plenck. icon. t. 

 76. Stem sulcately angular, branched at top, beset with soft, 

 incumbent hairs. Flowers nutant, secund. Racemes termi- 

 nating the stem and branches, canescent, villous. Calycine seg- 

 ments oblong, connivent. Corolla reddish ; processes of the 

 throat purple. Carpels ovate, densely clothed with glochidate 

 prickles. The whole plant has a disagreeable smell, like most 

 of the species, much resembling that of mice. It is suspected 

 to possess narcotic qualities. It has formerly been used in 

 medicine ; and Mr. Ray informs us, from Dr. Hulse, that a de- 

 coction of the roots inwardly, and cataplasms of them outwardly, 



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