. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 76 BORAGINACEAE. Vol. III. Cynoglossum officinale L. Hound's-tongue. Gipsy Flower. Fig. 3508. Cynoglossum officinale L. Sp. PI. 134. 1753- Biennial, pubescent; stem erect, leafy to the top, stout, usually branched, ii°-3° high. Basal and lower leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, slender-petioled, some- times obtuse, 6'-i2' long, i'-z' wide; upper leaves lanceol
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 76 BORAGINACEAE. Vol. III. Cynoglossum officinale L. Hound's-tongue. Gipsy Flower. Fig. 3508. Cynoglossum officinale L. Sp. PI. 134. 1753- Biennial, pubescent; stem erect, leafy to the top, stout, usually branched, ii°-3° high. Basal and lower leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, slender-petioled, some- times obtuse, 6'-i2' long, i'-z' wide; upper leaves lanceolate, acute or acuminate, ses- sile, or the uppermost clasping; racemes several or numerous, bractless or sparingly bracted, simple or branched, much elon- gated in fruit; pedicels 3"-6" long; calyx- segments ovate-lanceolate, acute; corolla reddish-purple or rarely white, about 4" broad; fruit pyramidal, about 5" broad, each of the 4 nutlets forming a side of the pyramid, fiat on their upper faces, mar- gined, splitting away at maturity, but hang- ing attached to portions of the subulate style. In fields and waste places, Quebec and On- tario to Manitoba, South Carolina, Alabama, Kansas and Montana. Often a troublesome weed. Naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. Called also dog's-tongue, rose noble. Canadian or dog-bur. Sheep-lice. Tory-weed. Wood-mat. 2. Cynoglossum virginianum L. Wild Comfrey. Fig. 3509. Cynoglossum virginianum L. Sp. PI. 134- 1753. Perennial, hirsute; stem usually sim- ple, leafless above, stout, li°-2i° high. Basal and lower leaves oval or oblong, 4'-i2' long, obtuse at the apex, nar- rowed into petioles; upper leaves ob- long, or ovate-lanceolate, sessile and clasping by a cordate base, acute, nearly as large, or the one or two uppermost quite small; racemes 2-6, corymbose, bractless, long-peduncled; flowers blue, about 5" broad; corolla-lobes obtuse; calyx-segments oblong-lanceolate, ob- tuse, about 2"
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