fox-glove; a genus of the angiospermia order, belonging to the didynamia clas of plants.—There are five species; five of which are hardy, herbaceous, biennial and perennial plants, and the sixth a tender shrubby exotic. The herbaceous species rise two or three feet high, crowned with spikes of yellow iron-coloured or purple flowers. The shrubby sort rises five or six feet high, having spear-shaped rough leaves, four or five inches long, and half as broad; the branches being all terminated with flowers growing in loose spikes.—All the species are easily raised by seeds.—An ointment made of the flowers of purple fox-glove and May-butter, is much commended by some physicians for scrophulous ulcers which run much and are full of matter. Taken internally, this plant is a violent purgative and emetic; and is therefore only to be administered to robust constitutions. The country people in England frequently use a decoction of it with poly-pody of the oak in epileptic fits. In Italy, fox-glove is esteemed an excellent vulnerary.