Lycopsis Arvensis. Field, or Small Wild Bugloss, 
LYCOPSIS Lin, Gen. PL Pentandria Monogynia. 
Corolla tubo incurvato. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 13. Herbr! asp.erifoli.«. 
LYCOPSIS arvenfu foliis lanccolatis hifpidis, calycibus florefcentibus erectis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetal, 
p. 160. Sp.Pl.p. 199. FI. Suec. n. 167. FI. Lappon 77. 
LYCOPSIS foliis afperrimis, undulatis, ferratis, linguiformibus. Hall. hijl. 605. 
ECHIUM Fuchfii feu Borrago fylveftris. I. B. III. 581. 
BUGLOSSUM fylveftre minus. Bauh. pin. 256. Parkin/. 765. Dillen. Nov. Gen. Tab. 3. 
BUGLOSSA fylveftris minor. Ger. emac. 799. Raii Syn. p. 227. Huifon. FI. Angl. p. 82. 
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 135. 
RADIX annua, frmplex, fibrofa, albida. « ROOT annual, limple, fibrous, and whitilh. 
CAULIS pedalis, et ultra, ere&us, fubangulofus, STALK a foot or more in height, upright, flightly 
hifpidus, plerumque fuperne tantum ramo- ^ angular, hifpid, for the moll part branched 
f US4 -0 at top only. 
FOLIA alterna, fefiilia, lanceolata, obtufiufcula, pa- ? LEAVES alternate, feflile, lanceolate, bluntifh, hifpid. 
pillofo-hifpida, fubtus pallidiora, 
margine undulata, fubrevoluta. 
hairs iffuing from fmall papillae, paleft on 
the under hde, veinlefs, waved at the edge, 
and flightly rolled back. 
fpeflantes. 
BRACTE/E foliis fubfimiles. 
FLORES caerulei, fpicati, fecundi, fefliles, deorfum | FLOWERS blue, growing m fpikes, all one way, 
" " $ feflile, and turned backward. 
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I FLORAL-LEAVES fomewhat like the leaves them- 
0 felves. 
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CALYX: Perianthium, quinquepartitum, hifpi- <* CALYX : a Perianthium deeply divided into five 
diim, perflftens, laciniis oblongis, acutis, | fegments, hifpid, and permanent; the feg- 
longitudine fere corollae. <> ments oblong, pointed, and almoft the 
^ length of the corolla. 
COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis ; tubus | 
cylindraceus, curvato-flexus, Jig. 2. limbus 
femiquinquefidus, obtufus ; faux claufa fqua- | 
mulis quinque, pilofis, albis. Jig. 3. <> 
COROLLA monopetalous, funnel-fhaped ; tube 
cylindrical, crooked, Jig. 2. limb flightly 
divided into five fegments, obtufe ; mouth 
clofed by five, fmall, white, hairy feales. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, minima, ad flex- <). STAMINA : five Filaments, very minute, at the 
uram tubi corollae ; Antheras parvae, | curvature of the tube of the corolla ; An- 
fufeze, fg. 4. <> the RvE fmall and brown. Jig. 4. 
PISTILLUM: Germina quatuor, viridia, glabra; $ PISTILLUM: Germina four, green and fmooth ; 
Stylus filiformis, longitudine flaminum-, | Style filiform, the length of the flamina; 
Stigma obtufum, fubbifidum. Jig. 5. <> Stigma obtufe and flightly bifid, fig. 5. 
PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyx finu femina fovens, f SEED-VESSEL none, the Calyx which contains the 
maximus, laciniis eonniventibus donec fe- feed in its bofom, is very large, doling 
mina nigrefcant deinde patentibus. q together till the feeds grow black, and then 
<> fpreading. 
SEMINA quatuor, majufcula, nigri cantia, reticulato- <> SEEDS four, largifli, nearly black, with a reticulated 
rugofa, acutiufcula; Jig. 6 . | or wrinkly furface, and a little pointed, 
» . fig- 6 - 
RECEPTACULUM punttis quatuor fufeis excavatis f RECEPTACLE marked with four round dots, hol- 
notatum. ^ lowed out. 
The Lycopjis Arverjis is a very common plant in the corn fields, efpecially fucli 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 hulbandman : it may be found in bloffom from May to July. 
The following account of the medicinal virtues of this plant appeared lately in moll 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 wifli 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 publiffied, for 
“ the general good of buffering mankind, a fpecific remedy againfi the Anthrax, or corrofive ulcer, otherwife 
“ called Carbuncle, or Plague-Sore. The curative prefeription was communicated to him by the perfon who 
" has adminiflered it for many years to patients of that defeription, and with conflant fuccefs. It confifts 
,f Amply in the ufe 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 firfl fix or feven hours, the patient will feel a painful and burning heat in the part. 
“ It often happens that on taking pff the firfl apparel, the Hough gets loofe and difeovers a wound, which heals 
" in a few days, by applying to it a plafter of the unguent called Bafilicon. If the cafe fhould be otherwife, 
“ the firfl method of cure nnift be repeated. This fecond application of the bruifed plant, which will not 
“ occafion above two hours pain to the patient, will be fully fufficient to remove the flough, and then the ufe 
“ of the above plafler effe6ls a fpeedy and radical cure.” 
