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WILD FLOWERS. 



be the same. It is however apparently kept apart 



from this plant by the 

 distinct smoothness of its 

 fruit ; that of the Gdlium 

 aparlne being distinctly 

 bristled with hooked ap- 

 purtenances, as is also the 

 cross-leaved G. boreal?, on 

 which account these two 

 are separated from the 

 remaining galiums ; the 

 G. aparine is the grip 

 grass of Scotland, from its 

 cleaving, " gripping/' or 

 clinging to the dress of 

 the passer-by, or to the 

 coats, manes and tails of 

 horses ; it is the " bluid 

 tongue" of Scotch chil- 

 dren, so called from the 

 schoolboy fashion of whip- 

 ping the tongue with it in 

 order to make it bleed. 



This is properly the 

 " Robin-run-i-the-hedge," 

 though the name is fre- 

 quently applied to the stitch-wort (stelldria) which 

 in the same manner runs and twines through every 

 other hedge plant, so that when a blossom is found 

 it is frequently a matter of no slight difficulty to 

 trace the stem to its root. 



A tea made from the G. aparvne is administered 



GOOSE-GRASS OR CLEAVERS. 

 Gdlium aparlne. 



