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TETKANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Rubia. 



shaped, 4 in a whirl, but only 2, or 3 at the base of the fruit 





Mountains 



stalks. Bloss. white, very numerous. 



Cross-vuort Madder. Cross-leaved Goose-grass* 



in Westmoreland and Wales. [Near Pooley Bridge, by Uls- 

 water, Cumberland. Near the ferry at Winander Meer. Mr* 

 Woodw. — Banks of the River near Down. Mr. Brown. — Rocks 

 about Strid, near Bolton Abbey. Mr. Wood. — Trigiwulcan 

 rocks ; also about half a mile from Llanberris, in the gravel by 

 the side of the second Rivulet in the way to Llanrwst. Mr. 

 Griffith. — Near the lower end of Winandermere, opposite 



Fell Foot. Mr. Jackson.] 



P.July, Aug 



Apari'ne. G. Leaves 8 in a whirl, spear-shaped; keel rough with 



prickles pointing backwards: joints woolly. 



Curt.-Woodv* 26Q-FL dan* 495-E. hot. SlG-Sheldr. 13- 

 Va'ill. 4. 1-DoJ. 353-Lob* obs. 46*4. 3. Aparine-Ger* 963. 

 l-Ger. em. UQZ-ParL 56j~H. ox. ix. 22. rovu 2. 1, 

 Jpanne-Pet* 30. U-Blackvo. 39-Matth. 8QJ-Fuchs. 50- 



J. B. iii. 7 1 3-Trag. \9\~Walc. 



Stem 4-cornered, the angles set with prickles pointing back- 

 wards. Joints woolly at the base* Leaves 8 or 10 in a whirl, 

 between strap and spear-shaped, rough above, smooth underneath f 

 the edges and the keel set with prickles pointing backwards^ 

 Branches opposite. Leaves from 4 to 7> or more in a whirl. B/oss 

 white. 



Catchvoeed. Goose-grass. Cleavers* Clivers. Cleavers 



Goose-grass. Hedges, frequent. 



A. May, June.t 





RU'BIA. BJoss. 1 petal, bell-shaped: berry 1- seeded. 



tincto'rum. R. Leaves annual: stem prickly. 



Var. 1. Anglica. Leaves smooth, shining, deciduous : blos- 

 som with 5 divisions. 



E* hot. 851-H. ox* ix. 21. 2~Pet. 30. 3. 



This plant and its present places of growth are mentioned b) r 

 Ray and by Miller, but it does not seem to accord exactly with 

 any of the Linnaean species, neither can it be Haller's 70S. Mr. 



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* The roots afford a red dye for woollens. 



+ The branches are used by the Swedes instead of a soi to strain milk* 

 Young. geese are very fond of them. The seeds may be used instead of 

 cotfee. The plant is eaten by horses, cows, sheep and goats. Swine re- 

 fuse it. Linn.— The expressed juice of the stem and leaves, taken to the 

 amount of 4 ounces, night and morning, is very efficacious in removing 

 many of those cutaneous eruptions which are called, although improperly* 

 Scorbutic. It must be continued for several weeks. The Sphinx Stelfota- 



~~ff,jmd the Sphinx Euphorbia, feed upon the different species of Galium 



