GK& PEXTANDKIA MONOGYMA 



vltitc. Cforo/Za bluish white, small. Nut* covered with hooked prickles, aagtrlar 



wthe innor side, adhering at base to the stylo, or central column. 



tffcft. Borders of woods; fence-rows, &c. common. FL July. Fr. October. 



&bs. This obnoxious weed is well known to our farmers, in consequence of its 

 racemes of bur-like fruit entangling and matting the manes of their horses, an! 

 the fleeces of their sheep. There is one other species in the V. States, (E. Lap- 

 wb&— which I have seen in the adjoining county of Berks; but I believe it has noi 

 yet been found in Chester county. 



93. CYNOGLOSSUM. L. Kutt. Gen. 172, 

 [(.'rook, Kyon % a Dog, and Glossa, a to . from the form of the loaves.]) 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-form ; limb concave, 5-lobed ; tliroat 

 closed by 5 conuivent scales ; tube short. J\*ut$ depressed, ovule, cov- 

 ered with rigid prickles. 



l t. C. officinale, L. Silky-pubescent ; radical leaves lance-oblong, 

 petiolate, stem leaves lanceolate, sessile ; racemes paniculate. U 

 Hot. p. 254. 



Officinal CrsooLossrar. Vulgb — Common Hounds tongue. 

 GalL — Languede Chien. Germ. — Die.Hundszunge. Hisp. — Viniebla. 



Whole plant clothed with a soft pubescence. Root biennial, fusiform. Ktt 

 about 2 feet high, paniculately branched above. Radical leavesVio 12 inches is 

 length, and 2 to 3 inches wide, lance-oblong, petiolate; stem leaves 3 to 6 inches 

 long and half an inch to an inch wide, linear-lanceolate, acute, s . / lotcern 



numerous,in racemes, mostly erect, secund, and without bracts, on pedicels a fourth 

 of an inch to half an inch long. Ca/yxwgwen/soblong-ovate.rather obtuse, expand. 

 cd when in fruit. Corolla reddish or purplish brown (sometimes milk white) aboi I 

 as long as the calyx: limb concave; lobes rounded. Nuts depressed, ovate, attach- 

 ed to the central column by the under side of the apex, aimed with rigid prickles 

 which are minutely barbed round the obtuse point. 

 Hub. Road-sides, and about houses: frequent. F/. May— June. Fr. Aug. 



Oba- This species has been introduced;— and is extending Itself throughout th* 

 County* It may be readily known by its disagreeable odor,— somewhat r< gambling 

 •that of young mice* The plant once had some reputation fur medicinal proper- 

 ties; but is now, I believe, deservedly neglected. 



2, C. YiBGiYTcrnr, L. Hirsutcly pilose ; radical leaves oval-oblong, 

 petiolate, stem-leaves lanee-oMong, acute, sessile, amplexicaul and cor- 

 date at base; corymb terminal, on a long naked peduncle. Beck, Pot. 

 p. 254. 



C. axnplexicaulc. Mr. Jim. 1. p. 132. Pers Syn. 1. p. 159. Muhh 

 fatal, p. 19. Pursh>Jlm. 1. p. 133. Xutt. Cm. 1. p. 114. Bart. 

 Phil. 1. p. 102. Bigel. Post. p. 72. Florid. Cestr. p. 22. Lindl. 

 Ency.p. 122. Eat. Man. p. 117. 



Virginian Cynoglossum. Tulgo — Wild Comfrey. Hounds tongue. 

 Wkole plant roughly pilose. Root perennial. Stem about 2 feet high, simple, 

 Bather slender, mostly leafless 6 or 8 inches below the corymb. RaiUral leave? 

 about 6 inches long, and 3 inches wide, oval, of lance-oborate, narrowed at bas» 4 

 'fe a petiole about 3 intkes long; stem leaves 1 or 2lo 6 inches long, (diminishing aft 

 they ascend), and 1 to 2 inches wide, oblong, acute, cordate and subauriculate at 

 tra je, llesely .unbracing the sum. Plater* few* in a terminal cor jmbo* e pa&i&T«» 



