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The BRITISH HER BAAS 
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WoOD RUF FE EE. 
ASPERULA. 
HE flower is formed of a fingle petal. The lower part is fafhioned into a fomewhat long tube 5 
and the edge is fpread out, and divided into four narrow fegments ; which are oblong, pointed, 
and turned backwards. 
The cup is fmall, and divided into four parts at the rim; and it ftands 
upon the rudiment of the fruit, The feeds are two after every flower ; and they are covered with a 
loofe fkin, and grow together. 
‘Linneus places this among the ¢etrandria monogynia ; the threads in the flower being four, and the 
ftyle fingle. 
DIVISION IL 
Woodruffe. 
Aperula vulgaris, 
The root is fibrous, and fpreading. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, not much 
branched, and eight inches high: it is of a pale 
green, and of a tender fubftance. 
The leaves are placed at the joints in a ftel- 
lated manner, a confiderable number together , 
and they are long, narrow, fharp-pointed, {mooth, 
and of a dark green. 
DIVISION I. 
Blue Woodruffe. 
Afperula carulea, 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, and a foot and 
half high: it is of a pale green, and net much 
branched. 
The leaves are placed in the ftellate manner at 
the joints feveral together: they are long, nar- 
row, and of a pale green; and they are a little 
hairy. 
The flowers are {mall and blue: they ftand in 
Govi Boi oN US 
BRITISH 
SPECIE S. 
The flowers are fmall, white, and of a very 
fragrant fmell: they grow in tufts, almoft in the 
manner of umbells, on the tops of the ftalks, 
The feeds are large and round. 
It is common in our woods, and flowers in 
May. 
C.Bauhine calls it Ajperula feu rubeola mon- 
tana odora. Others, A/perula odorata. 
It is good againft obftrutions of the vifcera; 
but it is not in ufe. 
BrOcR°E I'G N.S PE CT bis 
a little tuft at the top of the ftalk ; and they are 
furrounded by a feries of leaves which rife above 
them, and in a manner hide them. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
It is common in the corn-fields of Italy, and 
flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Aperula cerulea arvenfis, 
Others, A/perula cerulea. 
Its virtues are the fame with thofe of the 
former. 
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Cah Ai V'EPR?S, 
APARINE. 
HE flower is formed of a fingle petal ; and is divided almoft to;the bafe in 
T cup is very fmall: it is formed alfo of a fingle piece, 
the rudiment of the fruit. 
ftyle fingle. 
In his Genera Plantarum he makes it a diftin& genus ; 
with the gallium, taking away its old generical name: but t 
The feeds are large and roundifh, with a dent 
are covered feparately with a loofe, rough fkin, and grow together. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria monogynia’ 
to four fegments. The 
divided into four parts; and it ftands on 
in the middle; and they 
3 the threads in the flower being five, and the 
but in his fpecies, fince publithed, he joins ir 
his is wrong, for the plant is fufficiently dif- 
tint by the form of the feeds; and the old name is better preferved, 
1. Common Cleavers. 
Aparine vulgaris. 
The root is flender, and creeping. 
The ftalks are numerous, fquare, of a pale 
_ whitifh green, and two feet or more in length : 
they ufually rife among buthes ; and they ftick to 
every thing they touch, otherwife they would not 
be able to fupport themfelves upright. They are 
not much branched: they are covered with rough, 
hooked hairs. : 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale 
green: there grow about fix of them at every 
joint, difpofed like the rays of a ftar, 
The flowers are {mall and white: the feeds are 
round, double, and included in rough, loofe fkins. 
It 
