APPENDIX. 1089 



TETRANDRIA 

 M O N O G Y N I A. 



laerum, GALIUM, p. 115. 



I have alTerted that the Highlanders ufe the roots 



of this plant to dye a red color. 

 Their manner of doing it is this : they firfl: ftrip 

 the bark off the roots, in which bark the virtue 

 principally lies. They then boil the roots 

 thus ftripped in water, to extradl what little 

 virtue remains in them -, and after taking thetn 

 out, they laft of all put the bark into the li- 

 quor, and boil that and the yarn they intend 

 to dye together, adding allum to fix the co- 

 lor. 

 In making the runnet already mentioned with the 

 decoction of this herb, the Highlanders com- - 

 monly add the leaves of the Urtica dioua, or 

 Stinging Nettle, wirh a little fait, 



kr.ceoIat:u PLANTAGO. />. 11 8. 



Slan^lus. Gaulis, i. e. The healing Plant. 

 The Highlanders afcribe great virtues to this plant 

 in healing frefh wounds. Sometimes the frefh 

 leaves are apply'd alone, fomenmes an ointment 

 made of it. 



4 A DIGYNIA. 



