noRAciNArrA\ 111* 



curved aiul spreading, in fruit loiipjtr tluui the calyx, some of (he 

 lower Olios occasionally with a Icafiikc bract at (lie base. Corolla nearly 

 \ inch across, dull lurid red, veined. Nucules jxreyish-brown, j inch 

 lonir, surrounded by a raised band, very thickly studded with short 

 doubly hooked spines. Pubescence variable in quantity, very soft to 

 the touch, coni|ihtely hiding the small tubercles at the base of the hairs 

 on the upper side of tlu; leaves in var. a, which, however, passes 

 insensibly into var. 16, which has the leaves green and somewhat 

 shining above. I'lunt smelling of mice. 



Soinetinies the root does not die after flowering, but produces barren 

 tufts, which ilower in the third year, so that it becomes " perenuaut." 



Common Hound's Tongue. 



Fi'Cncli, Ci/noglossc ojjiciiiah'. German, gilriiuchUchc Ilundzuugc. 

 This plant was formerly employed in moiliuinc, but is no longer used. It is narcotic 

 and somewhat a.stringent, and has been given with advantage in scrofulous complaints 

 in the form of decoction, and also ap]>lied externally, but its very disagreeable scent 

 has caused it to bo diseai-ded from modern practice. Among the older jjhysicians it 

 was regai-ded as an anti-spasmodic, and Sir \Vm. Coles tells us in his " Art ot 

 Simpling," that it " will tye the tongues of houndes, so that they shall not bark at 

 you, if it bo laid under the bottom of your feet as Miraldus writcth." 



SPECIES II.-CYNOGLOSSUM MONTANUM. Lam. 



PtATE MCXIX. 



Heich. Ic. Fl. Gei-m. ct Ilelv. Vol. X\' in. Tab. MCCCXXXIII. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, ¥[. Gall, et Germ. Exsico. No. 31G0. 



C. sylvaticum, " JIuithe ;" Uni. Engl. Bot. No. lC-12. Iluok. & Am. Brit. Fl. cd. viii 

 p. 296. 



Radical leaves elliptical, attenuated into rather long petioles; stem 

 leaves rather distant, the lowest ones stalked, elliptical, the inter- 

 mediate and ui>per ones oblong-elliptical, often more or less iianduri- 

 form, broad at the base and ample.xicaul. liacemes commonly without 

 bracts. Cal\x segments strapshaped or obloiig-strapshapcd, nearly as 

 long as the corolla. Nucules without a prominent margin, but with 

 the spines usually larger towards the margins than in the centre of 

 the disk of the face. Plant green, clothed Avith very thin short pube- 

 scence, harsh to the touch. 



In waste places and woods. TJare. It occurs in Surrey, Esse.v, 

 Middlesex, Northampton, Gloucester, Warwick, and O.xford. In 

 Scotland it is found in the coimties of Perth and Forfar, but doubt- 

 fully native. In Ireland it is very rare, and has only been found 

 near Dublin, where it is perhaps not native. 



England, [Scotland,] Ireland. Biennial. Spring, Summer. 



