Lycopsis Arvensis. Field, or Small Wild Bugloss. 



LYCOPSIS Lin. Gen. PL Pentandria Monogynia. 



Corolla tubo incurvato. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 13. Herb.e asperifoli.e. 



LYCOPSIS arvenfis foliis lanceolatis hifpidis, calycibus florefcentibus ereclis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetal* 

 p. 160. Sp.Pl.p. 199. Fl. Suec. n. 167. Fl. Lappon 77. 



LYCOPSIS foliis afperrimis, undulatis, ferratis, linguifonnibus. Hall. hift. 605. 



ECHIUM Fuchfii feu Borrago fylveftris. I. B. III. 581. 



BUGLOSSUM fylveftre minus. Bauh. pin. 25S. Parkin/. 765« Dillen. Nov. Gen. Tab. 3. 



BUGLOSSA fylveftris minor. Ger. emac. 799. Raii Syn. p. 227. Hudfon. Fl. Angl. p. 82. 

 Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 135. 



RADIX annua, ftmplex, fibrofa, albida, | ROOT annual, fimple, fibrous, and whitifh. 



CAULIS pedalis, et ultra, ere&us, fubangulofus, § STALK a foot or more in height, upright, (lightly 

 hifpidus, plerumque fuperne tantum ramo- | angular, hifpid, for the moll part branched 



fus. <> at top only. 



FOLIA alterna, feffilia, lanceolata, obtufiufcula, pa- LEAVES alternate, feffile, lanceolate, bluntifh, hifpid, 

 pillofo-hifpida, fubtus pallidiora, avenia, | hairs iffuing from fmall papillse, paleft on 



margine undulata, fubrevoluta. § the under fide, veinlefs, waved at the edge, 



I and flightly rolled back. 



, Q 

 FLORES cssrulei, fpicati, fecundi, fefliles, deorfum J FLOWERS blue, growing in fpikes, all one way, 

 fpeclantes. <> feflile, and turned backward. 



BRACTE.E foliis fubfimiles. f FLORAL-LEAVES fomewhat like the leaves them- 



§ felves. 



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CALYX: Perianthium, quinquepartitum, hifpi- fy CALYX : a Perianthium deeply divided into five 

 dum, perfiflens, laciniis oblongis, acutis, | fegments, hifpid, and permanent; the feg- 



longitudine fere corollse. ments oblong, pointed, and almoft the 



I length of the corolla. 



COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis ; tubus | COROLLA monopetalous, funnel-ihaped ; tube 



cylindraceus, curvato-flexus, Jig. 2. limbus § cylindrical, crooked, jig. 2. limb flightly 



femiquinquefidus, obtufus ; faux claufa fqua- | divided into five fegments, obtufe ; mouth. 



muiis quinque, pilofis, albis, Jig. 3. <> clofed by five, fmall, white, hairy fcales, 



I fg3- 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, minima, ad flex- <> STAMINA: five Filaments, very minute, at the 

 uram tubi corollas; Anther-E parvae, | curvature of the tube of the corolla ; An- 



fufcae, Jig. 4. $ ther.e fmall and brown, Jig. 4. 



PISTILLUM : Germina quatuor, viridia, glabra; <> PISTILLUM : Germina four, green and fmooth ; 

 Stylus filiformis, longitudine ftaminum ; t Style filiform, the length of the flamina ; 



Stigma obtufum, fubbifidum,^. 5. $ Stigma obtufe and flightly bifid, Jig. 5. 



<» 

 PERICARPIUM nullum, Calyx fmu femina fovens, $ SEED-VESSEL none, the Calyx which contains the 

 maximus, laciniis conniventibus donee fe- | feed in its bofom, is very large, clofing 



mina nigrefcant deinde patentibus. f together till the feeds grow black, and then 



<> fpreading. 



SEMINA quatuor, majufcula, nigri cantia, reticulato- <> SEEDS four, largifh, nearly black, with a reticulated 

 rugofa, acutiufcula, Jig. 6. | or wrinkly furface, and a little pointed, 



<► fig- 6. 



RECEPTACULUM punBis quatuor fufcis excavatis f RECEPTACLE marked with four round dots, hol- 

 notatum. ^ lowed out. 



The Lycopjis Arvenfis is a very common plant in the corn fields, efpecially fuch as are fandy, and on dry. 

 banks, in the neighbourhood of London. We have fometimes feen it fo plentiful as to be highly injurious 

 to the hufbandman : it may be found in blofTom from May to July. 



The following account of the medicinal virtues of this plant appeared lately in moft of our newfpapers : 

 without vouching for the truth of the report, we have thought it our duty to lay it before our readers, with 

 a fincere wim that the herb may prove as efficacious in its application, as is here reprefented. 



" The celebrated M. Jean Fontana, Member of the learned academy of Turin, has lately publifhed, for 

 " the general good of fufTering mankind, a fpecific remedy againft the Anthrax, or corrofive ulcer, otherwife 

 " called Carbuncle, or Plague-Sore. The curative prefcription was communicated to him by the perfon who 

 " has adminiftered it for many years to patients of that defcription, and with conftant fuccefs. It confifts 

 " (imply in the uk of a field-plant, called by Linnaeus, Lycopsis Arvensis. Bruife and pound the plant; 

 " lay it on the tumour ; fix it there by means of a bandage, and do not touch it before it hath remained twenty - 

 " four hours. During the firft fix or >ven hours, the patient will feel a painful and burning heat in the part. 

 " It often happens that on taking pfF the firft apparel, the flough gets loofe and difcovers a wound, which heals 

 <■ in a few days, by applying to it a plafter of the unguent called Bcjilicon. If the cafe mould be otherwife, 

 " the firft method of cure muft be repeated. This fecond application of the bruifed plant, which will not 

 '•' occafion above two hours pain to the patient, will be fully furficient to remove the Hough, and then the ufe 

 " of the above plafter effects a fpeedy and radical cure." 



