HOREHOUND (0. Eng. harhune, Ger. Andorn, Fr. marrube)

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HOREHOUND (0. Eng. harhune, Ger. Andorn, Fr. marrube) . Common or white horehound, Marrubium vulgare, of the natural order Labiatae, is a perennial herb with a short stout rootstock, and thick stems, about i ft. in height, which, as well as their numerous branches, are coated with a white or hoary feltwhence the popular name of the plant. The leaves have

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

petioles, and are roundish or rhombic-ovate, with a bluntly toothed margin, much wrinkled, white and woolly below and

pale

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
pag- of pangere, to fix; "
pole
" is from the same original source)

green and downy above; the

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

are sessile, in dense whorls or clusters, small and dull-white, with a ro-toothed calyx and the upper lobe of the corolla

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

and bifid. The plant occurs in Europe, North Africa and West

Asia

ASIA

to North-West India, and has been naturalized in parts of America. In Britain, where it is found generally on sandy or dry chalky ground, it is far from common. White horehound contains a volatile oil, resin, a crystallizable

bitter

BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

principle
termed marrubiin and other substances, and has a net unpleasant aromatic odour, and a persistent

bitter

BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

taste

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

. Formerly it was official in British
pharmacopoeias; and the infusion, syrup or confection of horehound has long been in popular repute for the treatment of a host of dissimilar affections. Black horehound, Ballota nigra, is a hairy perennial herb, belonging to the same order, of foetid odour, is 2 to 3 ft. in height, and has stalked, roundish-ovate, toothed leaves and numerous

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

, in dense axillary clusters, with a green or purplish calyx, and a

pale

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
pag- of pangere, to fix; "
pole
" is from the same original source)

red-purple corolla. It occurs in Europe, North Africa and West

Asia

ASIA

, and in Britain

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of the Forth and

Clyde

, and has been introduced into North America.

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