CXXII. 

 RUBIA TINCTORUM. 



Dyers' Madder. 



Class IV. Tetrandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Rubiace^:. 



Gen. Char. Calyx an obsolete superior margin. 

 Corolla rotate or campanulate, four or five parted. 

 Fruit a two-lobed berry, nearly globose, one-seeded. 



Spec Char. Leaves four to six in a whorl ; smooth 

 above \ their edge and keel beneath scabrous. Stem 

 herbaceous, aculeate. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... cpvOpotiayop ; revOptov. 



jr-Rubia tinctorum sativa. Bauh. Pin. 333. 



J Rubia tinctorum. Ger. Em. 1118. Raii Hist. 480. 



\ Rubia major sativa sive hortensis. Park Theatr. 27 A. 

 vRubia tinctorum. Lin. Sp. PI. 158. Lam. ill. t. 60. f. 1. 



French Garance ; Garence. 



Italian .... Robbia ; Rubia. 



Spanish Rubia. 



Portuguese. Ruida. 



German . . . Krapp ; Krappwurzel ; Farberrothe. 



Dutch .... Krap ; Meekrap. 



Danish Krap. 



Swedish... Krapp. 

 Polish .... Marzana. 

 Russ Mariona. 



Latin 



Description. — The root is perennial, long 1 , cylindrical, creeping", 

 jointed, branched, beset with small fibres, of a light or dusky-red 

 colour externally, greyish-red or yellowish internally. The 



