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AS PE'R UL A* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Tetra'npria, Monogy'nma. 
Natural Order. Stella'ta:. Linnceus. — Lind. Syn. p. 128.; 
Introduce to Nat. Syst. p. 202 . — Rubia'cea:, Sect. 1. Juss. — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 459. 
Gen. Char. Calyx superior, of 4 small teeth, deciduous. Co- 
rolla (figs. 1 & 2.) monopetalous (of one petal), funnel-shaped. 
Tube nearly cylindrical, various in length. Limb in 4, occasionally 
but 3, deep, oblong, spreading segments. Filaments 4, short, in the 
mouth of the tube, alternate with the segments of the limb. Anthers 
of 2 round lobes. Germen inferior, of 2 roundish lobes. Style 
thread-shaped, divided at the upper part. Stigma capitate, small. 
Fruit dry, not crowned by the calyx, of 2 cells, and 2 seeds. 
Seeds solitary, roundish, large. 
The superior, monopetalous, tubular corolla, and 2-seeded dry 
fruit, without a crown, will distinguish this genus from others in the 
same class and order. 
Two species British. 
ASPE'RULA ODORA'TA. Sweet Woodruff, or Woodroof. 
Spec. Char. Leaves about 8 in a whorl, spear-shaped. Flowers 
panicled, on long stalks. 
Engl. Bot. t. 755. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 249. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd. ed.) p. 
66. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 172. — Engl. FI. v. i. p. 197. — With. (7lh ed.) v. ii. 
p. 220. — Lind. Syn. p. 130. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 65. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 
481. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 115. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 57. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. 
p. 32. — Furl. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 101. — Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 57. — 
Hook. FI. Scot. p. 50.— Grev. F’l. Edin. p. 35. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 36. — 
Aspirula, Ray’s Syn. p. 224. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1124. 
Localities. — In woods and shady places: not uncommon. — Woods and 
shady places about Oxford. Dr. Sibthokp, in FI. Oxon. — Copse on the banks 
of the Evenlode, near Ashford Mill, Oxon : and in Bagley Wood, Berks. W. B. 
— Oversley : Spernal : and Ragley Woods, Warwickshire. Mr. Purton, in 
Mid). FI. — In the Plantations about Coton House, near Rugby, Warwickshire. 
Mr. Nelson, 1831. — Aspley : King’s Wood, near Ampthill, Bedfordshire. 
Rev. C. Abbot, in FI. Bedf. — Fulbourn : Kingston : Hall Wood ; Cambridge- 
shire. Rev. R. Reliian, in FI. Cant. — Common in woods about London, 
especially Charlton Wood. Mr. Curtis, in FI. Lond. — Woods in Surrey. Mr. 
W. Pampi.in, jun. — Woods in Hertfordshire. Mr. Woodward, in With. Bot. 
Arr. — Near Armingdale Wood, Norwich. Mr. Cnow, ibid. — About Chep- 
stow, plentiful in the hedges. Air. Pitt, ibid. — At the Leasowes, near Hales- 
owen. Dr. Withering, ibid. — Woods about Garn, Denbighshire. Mr. 
Griffith, ibid. — In Langton Copse, and Broadly Wood, near Blandford. 
Dr. Pulteney, ibid. — Beech Wood on Lansdown. Rev. H. T. Ellicombe, 
Fig. 1. Corolla and Germen. — Fig. 2. Corolla opened lengthways, to show 
the 4 Stamens. — Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and Stigmas.— Fig. 4. Fruit. — Fig. 5. 
A hooked Bristle of the fruit. — All, except fig. 4. a little magnified. 
* From asper, Lat. rough, owing to the roughness of some species of the 
genus. 
t The 4th class in the Artificial System of Linn;f.us, containing all those 
plants which have perfect flowers with four dietinct equal stamens in each. 
