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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
they ftand naked in the cup ; but they have a rough, loofe outer-fkiu, which fonne have called a cap- 
fule. The meadoio-rue, and feveral other plants, give inftances of feeds covered thus with a peculiar 
loofe (kin. Thefe ftand round the ftyle. . , „ . ■ n 
Linnxus places this among the fenlandria mmgynia ; the filaments m the fiower being five, and 
the flyle fingle. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I. Conamon Hounds-Tongue. 
Cynoglo^um vitlgare. 
The root is long and thick, black on the out- 
fide, white within, and of a difagreeable fmell, 
but a fweefifii tade. 
The firft leaves are numi;rous : they are very 
large, oblong, moderately broad, fliarp-pointed, 
not indented, deeply veined, and of a bluifli 
green colour. 
I'he ftalk is firm, upright, and toward the 
top divided into feveral branches. Its colour is a 
whitifti green and it is two feet and a half 
high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it; and re- 
fetrble thofe from the root, but they are imaller. 
TheTiowers arc very numerous, and of a deep 
blackifti 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 confpicuous: they are large, 
rough, a/id fixed round a pointed ftyle. 
It is common by ro^d-fides, and in dry paf- 
tures i and fiowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls ir Cjmghjfum iifi"' -"nliarc. 
Others only CjncghS"''"- 
it is a plant of very confiderable virtues. It is 
a balfamick and aftripgent ; and is excellent againft 
DIVISION II. 
coughs caufed by a thin, fharp rheum. It is 
good againft the jlmr albus, and in overflowings 
of the menfes. A decoclion 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 lharp loofenelTes, attended with bloody 
ftools. 
2. Small green-Icaved Hounds-Tongue. 
Cynoglojfum minus fol'.a uirmte. 
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 ftiarp- 
poinled : they are of a bright green on the upper 
fide, whitifii 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 whitifti, and fomewhat rough underneath. 
The flowers rtand in the upper parts of the 
! ftalks j and are of a bluifti purple, and fmall. 
The feeds are rough, and ftand round a point. 
; We have it by way-fides in many parts of 
I England. It flowers in July. 
IC. Bauhine calls it CymghJJiim fempervirefis. 
Others, Cynoglcjfa minor foUo virentE. 
FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Borage- flowered Hounds-Tongue. 
Omt hahdes. 
The root is compofed of innumerable fibres, 
connetted to a long thick head. 
The firft leaves are numerous : they are placed 
on long footftalksj ' arid they are broad, ftiort, 
ind of a fine ftrong green : they are broadeft at 
the bafe, and fharp-pointed. 
The ftalks are numerous, very much branched, 
not uprighr, 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 mai'.- , 
The flowers are placed on flcnder footflalks; and 
are large, and very beautiful. Their colour is a 
fine fiiy blue ; and they have a white crofs in the 
centre. 
The feeds arc fmall, and covered with a rough 
n<in. 
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 therei 
fore dcfcribed under a great variety of names. 
C. Bauhine calls it Symphytum minus bcragims 
facie. Morifon, Borago minor repms vernci folia 
licvi. Others have called it Omihalodes. 
GENUS III. 
B U G L O S S. 
BVGLQSSVM. 
THE flower is formed of a fingle petal : it is tubular at the bafe, and is deeply divided into 
five obtufe fcgmcnts at the edge ; and its opening is covered up by five little, oblong fcak-s. 
The cup is formed of one piece ; and is tubular, and divided at the top into five fcgments. The 
feeds are four after every Sower : they are oblong, obtufe, and ftand naked. 
I.innsus places this among the fmtandria monogynia ; the threads in the flower being five, and the 
flyle fingle. But he docs not allow it to form a diftindl genus : he makes the luglojfes fpecies of al- 
kanit ; but there is fulEcient diftinftion in the depth of the fegments of the flower. 
