ORD. Ix. STELLAT. 
Hrom Séella, a star where the leaves surround the stem like the radii 
of a circle. 
era RE ERP are 
RUBIA TINCTORUM. -DIER’s MADDER. 
S=S— 
SYNONYMA. Rubia. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. « Rubia 
sylvestris aspera. g Rubia tinctorum sativa. Bauh, Pin. p. 333. 
Rubia tinttorum. Gerard. Emac. p. 1118. Rubia major sativa. 
Park. Theat. p. 274. Rubia sylvestris monspessulana major. J. 
Bauh. Hist. vol. iit. p. 715. Rubia tinétorum. Rati Hist. p. 480. 
Vide Hall. Stirp. Helv. n. 708. Rubia foliis senis. ..Miller’s Dié. 
EguSeodaur vel EgeSodery Grecorum, 
Class Tetrandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin, Gen. Plant. 127. 
Bin Gen. Ch. Car. 1-petala, cau ganattites Balai 2, manosperme.’ 
Sp. Ch. R.foliis annuis, caule aculeato. Mant. 330. 
THE root is perennial, long, round, jointed, beset with small 
fibres, externally of a bright red colour, but towards the center 
yellowish : the stalks are equine gular, slender, procumbent, jointed, 
Tout or five feet in length, and covered with rough short points, by 
which they adhere to the neighbouring plants for support: the 
leaves are elliptical, pointed, rough, ciliated, and are placed in 
whorls of four, five, or six together at the joints of the stem: the 
No, 15. ‘Sx 
