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of fine blue flowers, the inner of which are regular in form, 

 the outer much larger, and their corolla very irregular and 

 expanded. The leaves from the root are lanceolate and ser- 

 rated, the leaves of the stem are deeply cut, and the whole 

 plant hairy. 



DEVIL'S BIT. ScaMosa succisa. 



Plate 1, fig. 16. 



Corolla four cleft. Lower leaves ovate, upper leaves oblong. 

 In the south of the kingdom on heaths ; in woods, &c. The 

 heads of flowers are round, of a delicate blue color, all of the 

 same size and shape. The stem is rather hairy, as are also the 

 leaves, the lower generally stalked and ovate the upper oblong 

 and a little toothed. The root is curious, appearing as if bitten 

 off half way down, which caused the country people, who could 

 not account for it, to call the plant the Devil's Bit. It was 

 once used in medicine. 



O. S. Small Scabious, common only in the chalk counties. The co- 

 rollas of this are five-cleft, and the leaves deeply cut. 



BEDSTRAW. GALIUM. 

 YELLOW BEDSTRAW. Galium verum. 



Plate \, fig. 17. 

 Flowers yellow. Leaves linear, about eight in a whirl. 



Banks and thickets own the Yellow Bedstraw, which, with 

 its very abundant, clustered, and minute flowers, is a general 

 favorite. Its linear drooping leaves ; thin, jointed stem, and 

 round, shining, naked, smooth seeds, agree in delicacy with the 

 golden florets. The roots are used by the Highlanders of Scot- 

 land, instead of madder, to dye woollen cloth of a red color. 

 All the Bedstraws are in flower in June. 



WATER BEDSTRAW. Galium palustre. 



Plate 1, fig. 18. 



Flowers white. Leaves oblong, blunt, four to six in a whirl. 

 This pretty plant grows on the borders of ditches and ponds. 

 The stem is generally hairy, and the leaves blunt. The flower 

 stalks are long, and the whole panicle of flowers very much 

 spread out. The fruit is green when young, and black afterwards. 



