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Show 386 The BRIETIS HHP RB Ack the -zsaoR i Gil -§ ER’) called a which loofe outer-fkin, . fome have : the cup;, but they‘ have a rough,Me r nie they ftand nakked in ; p feveral other plants, give inftances of feeds covered thus with a 2 rue, and fule. The mead: y-rue, DEY DS GON loofe fkin. ‘Thefe ftand round the ftyle. monoggynia ; the filaments in the flower being five, and Linnzus places this among the pentandria the flyle fingle. Bughfum fylocfire minus: Det Vals 2 ONL B Rieti se x. Common Hounds-Tongue. Cynoglofum vulgare. LCES,.2 The root is long andthick, black on the outfide, white within, and of a difagreeable fmell, but a fweetifh tafte. The firft leaves are numerous: they are very large, oblong, moderately broad, fharp-pointed, not indented, deeply veined, and of a bluith green colour. The ftalk is firm, upright, and toward the top divided. into feveral branches. Its colour is a whitifh green; and it is two feet and a half high. The leaves ftand irregularly on it; and refemble thofe from the root, but they are finaller. The flowers are very numerous, and of a deep SPB CT E.'S. coughs caufed by a thin, fharp rheum. It js good againft the fluor albus, and in overflow} of the menfes. A decoction of it drank y is excellent againft the bleeding ofthe piles and the root, powdered, and taken half a dramfor a dofe in. fharp loofenefles, attended with bloody ftools. 2. Small greén-leaved Hounds-Tongue, Cynegloffum minus folio virente. OC. 53; The rootis long and thick, black on the out. fide, white within, andfull of a flimyjuice. The firft leaves are oblong, broad, andtharppointed: they are ofa bright green on the upper fide, whitifh underneath, and foft to the touch. The ftalk is frm, upright, not muchbranched, blackifipurple : they are placed in long feries on and two feet high. the upper pares of the ftalks and branches; and The leaves aré placed irregularly onit: they are oblong, narrow, and green on the upperfide; but whitifh, and fomewhat rough underneath. The flowers ftand in the upperparts of the ftalks ; and are of'a bluifh purple, and fmall. The feeds are rough, and ftand round a point. they ate) of a difagrecable fmell. The feeds are very confpicuous: they'are large, rough, and fixed round.a'pointed ftyle. Itcis common by road fides, and in dry paftures s arid flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Cynogloffum majus vulgare. Others only Cynoglofiam. It is.a plant of very confiderable virtues. It is a balfamick\and aftringents andis excellent againft VTy TsO N il England. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Cynogloffum fempervirens, Others, Cynogloffa minorfolio virente PCBS. FS The.root is compofed of innumerable fibres, conneéted to a long thick head, The firft leaves are numerous: they are placed on long footftalks; and they are broad, fhort, and of a fine ftrong green :_ they are broadeft at the bafe, and tharp-pointed. The ftalks are numerous, very much branched, not upright, but irregularly diffufed, and ten inches in length. The leaves on thefe ftandirregularly, and they are narrower,.and more “oblong than thofe from the root. BR IiTIS HH 1. Small Wild Buglofs. TCE5.6 The root is long, flender, white, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The ftalk is upright, flender, hairy, of a pale green, anddivided irregularly into many branches. The leaves are placed alternately; and they are oblong, moderately broad, and of a freth green: they have nofootftalks : they are irregularly indented or waved on the edges; and they are hairy, and roughto the touch. The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches in confiderable numbers ; and they are {mall and blue: they rife fromhairy cups. The feeds are fmall and oblong, Tt is commoninbarren paftures, and in corn- fields; and flowers in July C.Bauhine calls it Bugloffum fylvefire minas. Others, Bugloffa minor. 2. Evergreen Buglofs. Bugloffum fempervirens. GOES. A This is avery elegant plant. The common writers have from the breadth of its leaves taken it to be a fpecies of dorage , but it is properly of the Zuglofs kind, : The root is long, thiclt, and white; andit is furnithed with manyfibres. The firft leaves are numerous, andvery large: DIVISION IL. Theflowersare placed onflender footftalks; an aré large, and very beautiful. Their colour is The root is long’and thick, black on the outfide, white within, andfull of a flimyjuice. fine fky blue; and they have a white crofs in the centre. The firft leaves are large, oblong, not very broad, and of a fine green “colour, but covered With.a grey hairynefs, which makes them rough C. Bauhine calls it Symphytum imi: facie. Morifon, Borago minor repe' levi. Others havecalled it Omphalodes. U § to the touch. The ftalk is rowid, upright, and toward the top divided into many branches: it is of a pale green, hairy, and a yard high. The leaves are placed alternately on it; and they have no footftalks: they are oblong, nar+ BU G ONS) Ss. Bl GEL, ONS) S i 3. Alkanet Buglofs. . Z. Buglofjum arvenfe radice rubente. ICED The rootis long,flender, and of a redifh colour. The ftalk is round, upright, branched, and hairy : it is a foot and half high ; and its colour is a pale green. The leaves are placed irregularly on theftalks and they are oblong and narrow, ofa faint green, and hairy. The flowers are fmall and white: they ftand in great numbers about the tops of the ftalks. The feeds are imall and brown. It is common in corn-fields, and on ground that has been dug. It flowers in June, C, Bauhine calls it Litho/pernum arvenfe radice rubra. Others, Bugloffum anchufe facie. -SPECIE s. touch. The flowers grow in great numbers onthe tops of all the branches ; and they are {mall, and of a purplifh blue, The feeds are large, and dark coloured. It is a native of Germany, and flowers in Auguft. C..Bauhine calls it Buglofium anguftifolium majus. Others, Bugloffum vulgare. The flowers are celebrated for their cordial virtue ; but they are not much ufed, boragint Go Be oN VIPERS Sober! they are broad, fharp-pointed, rough to the touch, and of a beautiful green, The ftalk is round, thick, hairy, and rough to the touch, of a frefh green, divided into numerous branches, and a yard high, The flowers are very numerous: theyftand all over the tops of the ftalks and branches; and they are ofa beautiful blue. Thefeeds are dark coloured, and fmall. Wehave it wild in dry paftures in Kent and Effex. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Buglofium latifolium fempervirens. Others, Borago fempervirens. row, of a pale green, hairy, and rough to the Bugloffim fativum vulgare: JZ The feeds are fmall, and covered with a rough fkin. It is a/native of Spain and Portugal, and flowers in April. Authors haye been much. perplexed to whet genus to refer this little plant; and it is therefore defcribed under a great variety of names. 3S BE CEES: FO REIGN Garden-Buglofs. FO RE LG NaS PE C1E.S. Borage-flowered Hounds-Tongue. Onphilides. We have it by way-fides in many parts of ik Ht ER SB Att. IIL. Une HE flower is formed of a fingle petal: it is tubular at the bafe, and is deeply divided into five obtufe fegments at the edge; and its Opening is covered up by five little, oblong {cales. Thecup is formed of one piece; and is tubular, and divided at the topinto five fegments. The feeds are four after every flower : they are oblong, cbtufe, and ftand naked. . Linnzus places this among the: pentandria monogynia ; the threads in the Aower beingfives andthe flyle fingle. : But he does not allow it to form a diftin& genus: he makes the Dugloffes fpecies of at kanct 5 but there is fufficient, diftinGion in the depth of the fegments ofthe flower. pi vi: USSs IV. 'BUGLOSS. £ Cit IU M. HE flower is formed ofa fingle petal: it is tubular at the bafe, and thence gradually expands into a very wide mouth; andis divided into five unequal fegments at the edge: two of thefe ftand upwards, and are longer than the others; andone in the lower part is fmaller than the others, and naturally turns back, The cup is formed of a fingle piece, and divided intofive fegments. The feeds after each flower are four; andthey are of a roundishfigure, and pointed. Linnzeus places this among the pentandria monogynia; the ftyle being fingle, and the threads five. DIVI- |
