CIX. 



CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE. 



Common Hound 's-tongue. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Orel. Boragine^e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx four-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped; 

 tube short ; mouth closed with convex, connivent 

 scales. Stigma capitate. Nuts depressed, attached 

 laterally to the style or central column. 



Spec. Char. Radical leaves broad, lanceolate, waved, 

 downy, attenuate at each end ; cauline leaves sessile, 

 the upper somewhat ovate at the base. Stamens shorter 

 than the corolla. 



SYNONYMES. 



Description.— The root is biennial, long, fusiform, slightly 

 branched ; reddish black externally, whitish within. The stem is 

 thick, erect, leafy, striated, villous, branched above, and attains 

 the height of two feet or more. The leaves are numerous, alter- 



