SPERULA ODORATA. 



ASPERULA Lin. Gen. PL Tetr andria Monogynia. 



Car. r-petala, infundibuliformis. Semlna 2, globofa. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 12. Herb^e stellate. 



ASPERULA odorata foliis o&onis lanceolatis, riorum fafciculis pedunculitis. Lin. Svfi. Vegetal, p. T 2 r, 

 Sp.Pi. p. 1 50. * J ° 



ASPERULA caule ere&o, foliis octonis; petiolis ramolis ereftis, feminibus hirfutis. Halle?'. Hjft, n. 728. 



GALIUM odoratum. Scopoli Fl. Cam. n. 158. 



ASPERULA feu Rubeola montana odora. Baub. Pin. 334. 



ASPERULA. Ger. emac, 966. 



ASPERULA aut Afpergula odorata. Parkins. 563. Raii Syn. p. 225. Woodroof or Woodruffe. 

 Hudfion Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 66. Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 115. CW<?r i 7 /. D*«. t. 562. 



RADIX perennis, tenuis, articulatus, flavefcens, paulo | ROOT perennial, {lender, jointed, of a yellowifh colour, 

 infra terram repens, et plurimas fibrillas di- 1 creeping a little below the furface of the earth* 



mittens. | and fending down numerous fmall fibres. 



CAULIS eredtus, fpithamaeus, plerumquefimplex, tetra- 1 STALK upright, about a fpan in height, for the mofr. 

 gonus, quadrifulcatus, glaber. % part perfectly fimple, four-cornered, with a 



I groove on each fide, and fmooth. 



FOLIA plefumque ottona, verticillata, lanceolata, % LEAVES growing generally eight together in a whirl, 

 mucronata, glabra, fpinu lis ciliata. jig. 1. | lanceolate, terminating in a fmall point, fmooth 



^ and edged with fmall fpines. fig. 1. 



CORYMBUS terminalis, nudus, eredus. ? COR YMBUS terminal, naked, and upright. 



CALYX nullus. I CALYX wanting. 



COROLLA monopetala, alba, infundibuliformis. Tubus % COROLLA monopetalous, white, funnel-fhaped. Tube 

 brevis, germini infidens. Limbus quadripar- 1 mort, fitting on the germen. Limb divided 



titus, tubo longior, laciniis lanceolatis, paten- % into four fegments, longer than the tube, feg- 



tibus, crafiiufculis. j£g\ 2. | ments lanceolate, Spreading, thickim. fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filament a quatuor, ad apicem tubi, g STAMINA : four Filaments at the top of the tube, 

 breviffima, alba. Anther je albidae, longitu-| very mort and white. Antherje whitiih, the 



dine filamentorum, oblongae, fublineares, in-| length of the filaments, oblong, fomewhat 



cumbentes. fig. 3. % linear and incumbent, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, viride, fubrotundum, f PISTILLUM: Germen placed beneath the corolla, of 

 utrinque comprenum, obfolete didymum, hif- % a green colour, roundifh, flattened on both 



pidum. Stylus filiformis, albus, bifidus, | fides, obfcurely double, and hifpid. Styl,e 



antheris brevior. Stigmata duo, globofa,^ filiform, white, bifid, morter than the an- 



inaequalia. fig. 4, 5, 6. | therse. Stigmata two, globular and une- 



I qual. fig. 4) 5, 6. 



NECTARIUM : Glandula parva bafin ftyli cingens. % NECTARY : a fmall Gland furrounding the bafe of the 



I ftyle. 



PERICARPIUM : Bacca duas, ficcae, globofa?, coalitae, % SEED-VESSEL : two, dry, round, hifpid berries united 

 hifpidas. fig. 7. I together, fig. 7. 



SEMINA folitaria, fubrotunda, magna, fig. 8. % SEEDS fingle, large and roundifh. fig. 8. 



The flowers of Woodruff have an agreeable fmell, and the whole plant, when dried, diffufes an odour like that 

 of the fiweet-ficented Vernal-grafis. Kept among cloaths, it not only imparts to them an agreeable perfume, but, 

 according to Linnjeus, prcferves them from infects. 



Ray informs us, that it gives its flavour to vinous liquors ; and that the Germans ufe it much for that purpofe. 



As a medicinal plant, it is fuppofed to attenuate vifcid humours, and ftrengthen the tone of the Bowels, whence 

 it is recommended in obftructions of the liver and biliary ducts, and by fome in Epilepfies and Palfies : modern 

 practice has neverthelefs rejected it. 



It ils common in the woods about London, efpecially Charlton Wood; and flowers in May and June, 



