APPENDIX. 



1089 



TETRANDRIA 

 M O N O G Y N I A. 



verum. GALIUM, p. 11 s- 



I have aflerted that the Highlanders ufe the roots 

 1 of this plant to dye a red color. 



Their manner of doing it is this: they fird flrip 

 the bark off the roots, in which bark the virtue 

 principally lies. They then boil the roots 

 thus ftripped in water, to extra^ what little 

 virtue remains in them i and after taking them 

 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 runnct already mentioned with the 

 . , ■ . decoction of this herb, the Highlanders com- 

 monly add the leaves of the Urtica dioica, or 

 ■ ■ Stinging Nettle^ v/ith a little fait. 



lanceokta. PLANTAGO. ;>. 118. 



Slan-lus. Gaiilis. i. e. The healing Plant. 

 ' The Highlanders afcribe great virtues to this plant 



in healing frefh wounds. Sometimes the frefli 

 leaves are apply'd alone, fometimes an ointmenc 

 made of it. 



4 A DIGYNIA; 



