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ASPEROSA

Volume 2 · 99 words · 1797 Edition

town of Turkey, in Europe; it is a bishop's see, situated on the coast of the Archipelago. E. Long. 25. 20. N. Lat. 40. 58.

Asperugo, small wild bugloss, in botany: A genus of the pentandrae monogyne class; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order, Asperifolie. The calyx of the fruit is compressed, with folds flatly parallel, and sinuous. There are two species, viz. the procumbens, or wild buglos, a native of Britain; Britain; and the Egyptiaca, a native of Egypt. Horses, goats, sheep, and swine eat the first species; cows are not fond of it.