Hounsionc/ue nr^f/otvers 
III. The Defcriptions. T he fir?, or Common 
Houndltongue. It b.u a black thick, and long Root, 
Which is tough, or ditto, t/t to break, and Ml of a 
vifeatt s or clammy juice , fmeHing of a Jlrong til /cent 
much like to Dogs Pifs, as the Leaves alfo do, which 
feme call a foporiferous ftnell ; from this Root fprmg 
up many long and fomething narrow , tort, ana as 
it were hairy, dafkilh green Leaves, lying on the 
Ground, fomewhat like unto the Leaves ot Bttglojs, 
hut not altogether fo harfh in feeling to, from among 
which riles up a rough hairy Stalk, about two Feet 
hh'h with forre fmaller Leaves thereon than thole 
which grow below, and branched at the top into fe- 
veral parts with a fmall Leaf at the foot of every 
Branch, which is fomething long, with many Flow- 
ers fet along thole Branches, which are crooked, or 
V. The third, or Great Mountain Houndltongue. 
The Root is blackith on the outfide, and whitijh with- 
in, being fomething like the former it has alfo 
fpringlng from the Root many large, buf hairy and 
fo ft Leaves, lying oil the Ground, above a root: 
long, and an Hand breadth broad, of a wliitiih green 
color, having in every one of them t.ie middle Rib 
reddilh, with many green Veins running thro them, 
and reddifh FootHalks to Main them, thole- which 
are in the middle of them Handing more upright v 
from among which rifes up a thick, hollow, crelted, 
reddifh, woolly, or hairy Stalk, two reel or more 
high, replenifhed on all Tides with Rich like Leaves, 
but leffer and letter up to the top, where it fpreads- 
it felf out into four or five branches of flowers, 
Handing all on one fide, yet forming at fint a round 
Head, very pleafant to behold for the variety of co- 
lors therein, the hairy Halks of the flowers being 
green, and ending in five points, the f lowers being 
alfo hollow and long, and confifiing of five purpLi.li 
Salmon 3 s Herbal. 
Lab, 1 . 
11. The Kinds. Authors muke many Kinds of 
this Herb, but we (lull in this Difcourfe take notice 
oflno more than the fix following Kinds, vie. t . 
Cy miloffttm, Cmogloifum vmlgare , Cynoglojfuni mM 
vulgarc, Cynogleffa vutgoris, Out Common Hounds- 
tOiv’ue, and Common Great Houndltongue. -• ) 
myotUm maximum Lobclij , The Greatdt Iloun; . 
tongue. 5. Cyttog/afJ'.tm maximum Mont mum, c> 
nogloffi maxima Montana Rcgwnumjrtg, datum ha. 
Column*, Cynogltfum Sylvattcum Utile ™b'nteBarm 
him. Which he thinks to be the Iamb wtth the Cyno-, 
„/„a on Sflvaticum Uarcymcm Ihaltj, .and the cy , 
ibalZm Montanm tifalpini, The Great Moun- 
tain' Houndltongue. 4 - Lynogloffum temper _ 
lia.thnu, Cynogleffa media holm v, rente Column*, Eta 
green Houndltongue. y. C ynog/offum tmnrn Jive 
rulMuo: Comgioijum puftUum Mmenje LcMij, 
Sm'iil Houndltongue. o. Cynogloffttm minus Dote 
e'rnMo. Cym-gioffa minor Cord,, Cynog ofum Metm 
C, -reran f, Cynoebfftm puftlhm Rarbonenje Lugdu- 
nt!fs 4-tyfl!icnf,s. Small Houndltongue with 
b.eiv Flowers. 
turn inwards, before it flowers, and gradually opens 
as the Flowers blow, which Flowers coniflr of fear 
fmall, purplifh, red Leaves, lomething of a hid or 
dead color, fcarcely riling or (hewing themielves out 
of the rough green Husks in which they ltjndpwith 
feme Threads in their middle-, this Vkmt has iome- 
times been found with a white Flower-, alter tire 
Flowers are pail, Bat rough Seed conic m their pla- 
ces which has a fmall Thrcad,er Ppimirn the 
middle, and by reafon of its roughnefs eaftW cleaves 
to any Garment which it touches, not being readily 
P “lV d Thejeanl, or Create!): Houndltongue. This 
differs no, either in ,1s Root, Stalk, Branches Leaves, 
Flowers Seed Jiriell^ or manner of grtiwirtg? tiom the 
firft Common Kind but now defatted, but only in 
its magnitude, this being twice as large, which, is 
’ indeed the only difference. 
