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they ftand naked in the cup s 
fule. The meadow-rue, and feveral other plants, 
loofe fkin. ‘Thefe ftand round the ftyle. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria monogynia 3 
the ftyle fingle. 
DIVISION I 
1. Common Hounds-Tongue. 
Cynogloffum vulgare. f 
The root is long and thick, black on the out- 
fide, white within, and of a difagreeable fmell, 
but a fweetifh tafte. 
The firft leaves are numerous: they are very 
large, oblong, moderately broad, fharp-pointed, 
not’ indented, deeply veined, and of a bluifh 
green colour. : 
The ftalk is firm, upright, and toward the 
top divided into feveral branches. Its colour is a 
whitith green; and it is two feet and a half 
high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it; and re- 
femble thofe from the root, but they are fmaller. 
‘The flowers are very numerous, and of a deep 
blackith purple! they are placed in long feries on 
the upper parts of the ftalks and branches ; and 
they are of a difagreeable fmell. 
The feeds are very confpictious: they are large, 
rough, and fixed round a pointed ftyle, 
It is common by road;fides, and in dry paf- 
tures 5 and flowers in June. 
C, Bauhine calls it Cyzegloffum majus vulgare. 
Others only Cywgglofum. — 
It is a plant of very confiderable virtues. It is 
a balfamick and aftringent; andis excellent againft 
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Borage-flowered Hounds-Tongue, 
7 Omphalodes. 
The root is compofed of innumerable fibres, 
conneéted to a Jong thick head. 
The firft leaves are numerous: they are placed 
on long footftalks; and: they are broad, fhort, 
and of a fine ftrong green: they are broadeft at 
the bafe, and fharp-pointed. 
The ftalks. are numerous, very much branched, 
not upright, but irregularly, diffufed, and ten 
inches in length. 
The leaves on thefe ftand irregularly; and they 
are narrower, and more oblong than thofe from 
the root. 
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but they have a rough, loofe outer-fkin, which fome have called a cap- 
give inftances of feeds covered thus with a peculiar 
the filaments in the flower being five, and 
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coughs caufed by a thin, fharp rheum. It i, 
good againft the fluor albus, and in overflowings 
of the menfes. A decoétion of it drank largely 
is excellent againft the bleeding of the piles ; and 
the root, powdered, and taken half a dram for a 
dofe in harp loofeneffes, attended with bloody 
ftools. 
2. Small green-leaved Hounds-Tongue. 
Cynogloffum minus folio. virente. 
The root is long and thick, black on the out- 
fide, white within, and full of a flimy juice. \ 
The firft leaves are oblong, broad, and fharp- 
. pointed: they are ofa bright green on the upper 
fide, whitifh underneath, and foft to the touch. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, not much branched, 
| and two feet high, 
The leaves are placed irregularly on it: they 
are oblong, narrow, and green on,the upper fide; 
but whitifh, and fomewhat rough underneath, 
The flowers ftand in the upper parts of the 
ftalks ; and are of a bluifh purple, and fmall. 
The feeds are rough, and ftand round a point, 
We have it by way-fides in many, parts of 
England. It flowers in July. ‘ 
C. Bauhine calls it Cyneglofinm, Sempervirens. 
Others, Cynogloffa minor folia virente, 
FOREIGN SPECIES: 
The flowers are placed on flender footftalks ; and 
are large, and very beautiful. Their colour is a 
fine fky blue; and they have a white crofs in the 
centre. 
The feeds are: fmall, and.coyered with a rough 
fkin. 
It is a native of Spain and Portugal, and flowers 
in April, 
Authors have been much perplexed to what 
genus to refer this little plant ; and it is there- 
fore defcribed under a great variety of names. 
C. Bauhine calls it Symphytum minus boraginis 
facie. Morifon, Borago minor repens verna folio 
levi. Others have.called it Omphalodes. 
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HE flower is formed of a fingle petal: it is tubular at the bafe, and is deeply divided into 
five obtufe fegments at the edge; and its opening is covered up by five little, oblong fcales. 
The cup is formed of one piece; and is tubular, and divided at the top into five fegments. The — 
feeds are four after every flower : they are oblong, obtufe, and ftand naked. 
Linnaeus places this among the pentandria monogynia , the threads in the flower being five, and the — 
flyle fingle. But he does not allow it to form a diftin& genus: he makes the dugloffes fpecies of al- 
Kanet ; buc there is fufficient diftinétion in the depth of the'fegments of the flower. 
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