MADDER TRIBE. 



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GALIUM 



N^ (GoOSe-irTOSS). 



Well distinguished by its cruciform, smooth leaves, and 

 prickly fruit. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



3. ASP^RULA (Woodruff). 



1. A. odordta (Sweet Woodruff). Leaves about 8 in 

 a whorl ; flowers in stalked, terminal panicles ; fruit 

 rough with bristles. Moist woods, common. A de- 

 servedly favourite plant, not so much for its regularly 

 whorled, bright green leaves and pretty snow-white 

 flowers, as for its agreeable perfume when dry, which 

 resembles that of new hay. When it is desired to pre- 

 serve the leaves merely for their scent, the stem should 

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