ALIUM APARINE. CLEAVERS or GoOSE GrASS. 



GALIUM Linnaeu Gen. PL Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Cor. i-petala, plana. Sem. 2, fubrotunda. 

 Ran Gen. 12. Herb^: stellatje. 



GALIUM Aparine foliis octonis lanceolatis, carinis fcabris retrorfum aculeatis, genicuiis villofis, fru&ibus 

 hifpidis. Linntei Syfi. Vegetal, p. 127. Sp. PL 157. Flor. Suede, p. 45. 



GALIUM caule ferrato, foliis fenis, linearibus, lanceolatis, ferratis, petiolis unifloris. Haller h'fi, folv. 

 n. 723. 



GALIUM Aparlne. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. n. 157. 



APARINE vulgaris. Bauhln Pin. 334. 



APARINE Gerard emac. 11 22. Parkin/on $6j. Pail Syn. p. 225, Cleavers or Goofe-Grafs. Hudfon 

 FL Angl. p. 57. Oeder Flor. ~Dan. icon. 495. Lightfioot Flor. Scot. p. 117. 



RADIX annua, flbrofa. | ROOT annual, fibrous. •*. 



CAULIS tetragonus, angulis retrorfum aculeatis, de- | STALK quadrangular, the angles furnifhed with aculei 

 bilis, fragilis, geniculatus, bafi articulorum % or prickles, which bend backward, weak, 



villofus, ramofifumus, ad quatuor et ultra pe- | brittle, and jointed ; the bottom of the joints 



des altus, proxima quseque fcandens, adhae- % villous, very much branched, growing to four 



refcenfque. | feet or more high, climbing and adhering to 



I every plant near it. 



RAMI oppofiti. t BRANCHES oppofite. 



FOLIA fena ad o£tona, lanceolato~linearia,.mucronata, | LEAVES growing fix or eight together, ofafhapebe- 

 fuperne fcabra, inferne glabra margine et ca- $ twixt lanceolate and linear, terminating in -a 



rina retrorfum aculeatis. | point, rough on the upper fide, on the under 



^ fide fmooth, the edge and midrib, or keel 



f rough, with fharp prickles bending back- 



I wards. 



FLORES pauci, parvi, albidi, petiolis fcabris infiden- | FLOWERS few, fmall, and whitifh, fitting on rough 



tes. I foot-ftalks. 



CALYX nullus. | CALYX wanting. 



COROLLA minima, monopetala, rotata, albida, qua- ¥ COROLLA very minute, monopetalous, wheel-fha- 

 dripartita, laciniis ovato-acutis, fg. 1. | ped, of a whitifh colour, divided into four 



$ oval pointed fegments, Jig. 1. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, brevia, alba : | STAMINA: four fhort white Filaments : Anthe- 



ANTHERiE luteee, fig. 2. | rje yellow, fig. 2. 



PISTILLUM: Germen didymum, inferum, villo- ? PISTILLUM: Germen double, below the Corolla, 

 fum : Styli duo Corolla breviores : Stig- | villous: Styles two, fhorter than the Corol- 



mata globofa, fig. 4, 5, 6. ^ la: Stigmata globular, fig. 4, 5, 6. 



PERICARPIUM: Baccte duae, ficcae, globofae, coa- | SEED-VESSEL: two dry globular Berries, flightly 

 litse, hifpidae, aculeis recurvis, fig. 7. | joined together, rough with prickles bending 



I back at the point, fig. 7. 



SEMINA folitaria, reniformia, magna. * SEEDS fingle, fomewhat kidney fhaped, and large. 



THIS plant has mofl probably obtained its name of Cleavers, from its cleaving or adhering to whatever it comes 

 in contact with, which it is in a peculiar manner enabled to do, by its hooked prickles ; and that of Goofie-Grafis 

 from its being a favourite food of Geefe. 



It abounds in all cultivated ground, and by its quick growth, is apt to overpower many plants both in the 

 garden and field. Young quickfet hedges, in a particular manner, mould be carefully freed from it. It is an 

 early blowing plant, and produces its feed from June to September. 



Dioscorides obferves, that the fhepherds made ufe of it as a ftrainer to filter their milk through. 



If the accounts given of it, by writers on the Materia Medica, are to be depended on, it is not without 

 confiderable medicinal powers. 



The exprefl'ed juice of the feeds, ftalks, and leaves, are powerful againft the bites of vipers and fpiders ; and 

 -the fame dropt into the ears, cures the pain of them ; Raii hifi, p. 484. 



The herb mixed with lard, diffolves fcrophulous fwellings; idem. 



The tops are an ingredient in fpring broth, for purifying the blood ; Rutty Mater. Med. 



The feeds have been made ufe of by fome inftead of coffee ; idem. 



A ltrong decoction of the herb, taken to the quantity of twelve ounces, morning and evening, has brought 

 away gravel in many cafes ; idem. 



The root eaten by birds, has tinged their bones of a red colour, as in experiments made with madder ; idem. 



A decoction of the plant has proved highly ferviceable in a fimple gonorrhea; D. Palmer apud Dale. 



Of late this plant has been much celebrated in fcrophulous and cancerous fores : but experiments carefully made 

 with it, in St. Thomas's Hofpital, have not turned out in its favour. 



It is eaten by horfes, kine, fheep, and goats, but refufed by fwine ; Linn. Amacn. Acad. 



The Catyx in this fpecies, is certainly wanting. 



