HORE'HOUND (AS. ho,rluinr, from hoIr, hoar '4- ham. noarhound), .11arrubizint. .\ genus of plants of the natural rder labiate. The spe cies are mostly per ennials, natives of the south of Europe and the East. (Inc spe cies, the common or white hore hound ( Marra Mum ru(garc ). is found generally throughout Eta rope. except in I the more north t TI1 regions.. and in the l'nited States, ing in waste place-.
waysides, etc. It is about 1 to feet high, bushy, with roundish.
ovate. crenate, wrinkled leaves, and almost globose whorls of white flowers. The whole plant has a whitish appearance. from the down with which its leaves are covered. It has an aromatic but not very agreeable smell. It is told'', stimulant, and laxative. and is popularly and ellivaciously 11-441 for ns an infusion, as it syrup with sugar, or as a candy. In Eng land the name horehound is applied also to an other plant, liollota nigra. called black
or fetid horehound. a fetid plant. also of the order Labial:1-, and of a germs very elosoly allied to Marruldum. 11 closely resembles the white horehound in taste, and possesses similar medi cal properties. third 11ritkl) plant. Lyroptot Eurrgyrust, a diandrous plant of the same natural order, is sometimes called water-horehound, and is also known as gypsywort. All these species have been introduced in the rnited States, and, in addition, six or eight species of Lycopits, or water-horehound, are rather abundant.
HORGEN, 114r'gcn. A town in Switzerland, on Lake Ziirieh, 10 miles south of Ziirieh (Map: Switzerland, r 1). it is a thriving industrial centre. with manufactures of cotton and silk goods. and chemicals. Population. in 188S, 5519; in flqq3.