XXXIII. 



ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS. 



Common Bug Joss. 



Class V. Pentandria.— O^Y/er I. Monogynta. 



Nat. Ord. BoRAGINEiE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-cleft, or five-parted, persistent ; 

 tube straight, its mouth closed with five prominent 

 scales. Anthers included. Stigmas emarginatc. Nuts 

 concave at the base. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, strigose. Spikes 

 crowded, unilateral. Bractea; ovate-lanceolate, as long 

 as the calyx. 



SYNONYMES. 



Latin., 



Buglossum angustifolium majus. Bauh. Pin. 256. 



Buglossa vulgaris. Ger. Em. 798. 



Buglossum vulgare. Raii Hist. 493. 



Anchusa officinalis. Lin. Sp. PI. 191. 

 French . . Buglosse. 

 Tlalian ■ . Buglossa. 

 Spanish. . Buglosa. "■ 



German.. Ochsenzunge ; Gewtihnliche ochsenzunge. 

 Dutch. . . Ossetong 

 Swedish . Oxtunga. 



Description. — Ihe root is pereiiiiial, oblong, branched, about 

 the thickness of the finger, of a reddish brown colour externally, 

 nearly white within, succulent and inodorous. The stem, which 

 ri.ses to the height of nearly two feet, is covered with thick 

 rough hairs. The leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceolate, en- 

 tire, and clothed with hairs, each of which proceeds from a 

 hard white tubercle. The flowers are disposed in unilateral, 



