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Note e, page 63, line 1. 



The Asperula. 



Class Tetrandr. Monog. x\sperula Odorata. The scent of the 

 Asperula Odorata, is said to drive away ticks and other insects 

 and to give a grateful flavor to wine. It is also said, that the 

 strongly aromatic flowers infused in water, far excel in flavor ail 

 the teas imported from China. Withering''s Bot. 



Note ^ page 68, line 4. 

 The Cralium. 



flowers of the Galium Verum, will coagulate boiling milk. 

 The French prescribe them in hysteric and epileptic cases. Boil- 

 ed in milk, they tinge wool yellow. The roots dye a very fine 

 red, not inferior to madder, and are used for this purpose in the 

 Island of Jura. Pennant 1772, p. 214. 



The expressed juice of the Galium Aparine, (class as above) 

 stem and leaves, to the amount of four ounces night and morning, 

 is very efficacious in removing many of those cutaneous eruptions, 

 which are called, although improperly, scorbutic. It must be 

 takea several weeks. Encuc. Brit. 



Note s, page 68, line 5. 



The Alchemilla, 



Bauhine, who was the most distinguished Botanist before the 

 era of Linnaeus, has powerfully recommended the astringent, vul- 

 nerary, and conglutinating qualities of this plant, the Ladies 

 Mantle, which is besides remarkable for the elegant form of its 

 plaited leaves. 



