ASPERUGO, SMALL WILD BUGLOSS, in botany: A genus of the pentandria monogynia class; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order, Asperifoliae. The calyx of the fruit is compressed, with folds flatly parallel, and sinuous. There are two species, viz. the procumbens, or wild bugloss, a native of Britain;
Britain; and the Egyptiaca, a native of Egypt. Hor-
ses, goats, sheep, and swine eat the first species; cows
are not fond of it.