GAL 
Tuperior, rourdifh, with four or five angles; ftyle thread- 
fhaped, as long as the’ ftamens ; fhigma blunt, four-lobed. 
Fruit unknown. 
eM, Caly x inferior, tubular, ia or fige-clek: Co- 
rolla tubular ; tin i in five deep {preading fegments. Two 
fiamens abor mime ermen fuperior, angular. 
1G. tri viiata: avs ee Cee is anative of the fhores 
of rivers in patie four or five feethigh. Leaves 
alternate, ft a oe ; "Teaflet equal , veel ae 
alas entire, {mooth; theirveins oe. arginal 2 
vers terminal, corymbofe, {mall, greenifh. It fee 
er akin to the order of Vitices 
GALISANO, Cars, in Ge cograph +2 cape on the N. 
coat of Spain. N.lat. 43° 28’. W. long. 30° 40’. 
GALISPA, a town on the E. coat of the ifland of 
Gilolo. N.lat.2° 4’. E. long. 127? 50’. 
GALIST 0, a town of Spain, in Eftramadura; 10 
miles E. of Cor 
GAL SCH, a town and difri& of Ruffia, in the go- 
vernment of Kota, onthe S. fide of a lake . the fame 
name; 56 niles E.N.E. of Koftrom "56's 
I. long. 60° 40! The lake is about 50 m ae in circum- 
ference, and oo = the river Koftroma by the 
{mall rivulet Var 
GALIUM, in in Bo ottiny, syo:Rioy of Diofcorides, from Oren 
mulk, becaufe the ancients believed it to have the 
curdling that flu id, Selah is denied b i 
mays, in 
n confe- 
. Matthiolus fays this a makes the milk fweeter. 
Ladies’ Bed-ftraw. Linn. Gen. 52. Schreb. 69. Willd. Sp. 
1. 584, Mart. Mill. Di. v..2. Sm. Fl. Brit. 173 
ie — v. 1. go. Juff. 196. Lamarck Titufte. t. 6a. 
Ger Clafs and order, 7etrandria Monogynia. Nat. 
Ord. ‘Stellacc, Linn. Rubiaceae, Juff. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth fuperior, minute, of four equal 
teeth ; fomietimes wanting. Cor. of one petal, wheel-fhaped, 
deeply ene acute 3 tube fcarcely any. Stam. Fila- 
r, awl-fha aped, calextedl into the corolla, fhorter 
than the rears anthers fimple. Pif, Germen of two 
gra ins; ftyle thread-fhaped, cloven ‘kalf-w ay down, ie: 
long ag) the a mens; ftigmas globofe, Peric. Two dry, c 
re globofe berries. Seeds se large, ae. 
Ee ‘Ch. Corolla of one petal, flat, fapetcs, feeds two, 
roundifh 
Obs. ouenet te divided his genus Aparine from Galium, 
» as he writes it, Gallium, on account 
the fruit in the former ; f this 
ric diftinGtion, that it Proves, in fome cafes, not a 
nent {pecific differe ence, at leaft-fo far as hairinefs i is con- 
cerned. Several fpecies 
roughnefs which cover their fruit. e genus, howev 
{till ftands divided in books into {pecies with a f{mooth Fruit, 
and others with a hairy or briftly one. erhaps a better 
diindion would be between an even and a tuberculated 
fru 
The habit of this genus is very flender ; the ftems herba- 
ceous, acutely quadrangular, oppolitely br: — 
brittle, except the central woody part, which is. tov 
elaftic. Leaves par * from four to eight or more in each 
whorl, linear inclining to obovate, wardly a dean never 
ovate ;. their margins oe often revolute. angles 
the fie em, and ribs, edges, and furfaces of the Tear are 
8 
-root is {fmall, either fibrous or creeping, in mof 
Tr. 
- rations without 
di fer perthanently in the kind. = . 
GAL 
ie bene with hooked saaeerr oad and very excellent {pecific 
are fometimes to i re e different direc- 
i ions ae thefe prickles on ac ee oe of the leaf. 
perennial, fometimes red like Madder. 
owifh, or dull red, in apo forked, occafionally axillary, 
pan icles or tufts. Cor ometimes awne ] 
citings 50 Specie of A Scrcin 
ce are 2 mprehending ten new ones not kno 
Willdeno ow, "The Flore Britaonicn has pease 
The genus is pray none 
The Galium Apa 8 commén in eid ground and: 
hedges, pelacn its Siow vers from June till § er.’ 
This fucculent a has no {mell, but to the tafte it 18 ie 
ifh, = fomewhat acrid. Diofcorides mentions an ointment 
made | - pas herb, — vith lard, as an ufeful ap~ 
see o difcufs flrum wellings ; 3 and Gafpari, ar 
It nee ” ruecefsfully aoa a ne lar practice. He alfo in- | 
forms us, that a deccétion of the plant, employed as a fo-: 
mentation, was found very efficacious in fivellings of the 
glands of the neck, which followed ac certain epidemic at Ve- 
rona 
Cullen, apie tried the jadeag in glandular indu. 
vantage. May fays, three 
ouces of the juice of ie plant, té Len’ pe 
P he character, in which the aparine 
as of late been chiefly efteemed, is that of an antifcorbutic ; 
for which purpofe a tea-cup full of its ao ale : : 
be taken every morning for nine or ten da 
dried plant cannot be ‘procured, “it may be’ ed i ina "tied 
ftate as tea. 
Other eae . a have been ufed medicinally, 
efpecially t m, cr yellow lady’s bed-ftraw, the 
flowers of which ha oe n recommended in hyfteric and 
i ts hefe flowers, as ee have afferted, 
contain an ee which cogulates milk ; but sche Bergius, 
Cullen, nor Young, erved this effed, after repeated . 
trials. "Woo saa s oi . Med. 
GALL. e Liv 
GALL, in i Manvia Medica. 
s beet etteemed one o 
‘The ee Lguer 
f thé greateft of all 
of gall 
— for freckles in the face : the manner of fing it is tis 
ee er sie parts of it, and of oilo 
an m: toa nd a ha efe, 
ounce af river cere mix ee well by oe oe keep 
them in a vial well fto pped : the end of the 
tickling fenfation felt in it ; jy alert 4 Ge fkin will 
come fcurfy, and both that and the freckles will fall off. If 
Acad. Par: 
09. 
The gall of divers evinels has been recorhmended for di. 
vers san but moft of tele are now reckoned fabulous and 
unfound 
With us ; thefe fluids are elyeis only for external pur- 
ofes ; a mixture of ox-gali’ with camphorated fpirit o 
wine is faid to ae an wfefal embrocation for fprains, ras 
rheumatic pains : 
GaL dhaddees “See Liver |. - a 
ia. 
