Aparine major Plinii, Johnson’s Gcrarde, p. 1122, with a figure — Cynoglossa 
topiaria forte Plinii, Bauh. Hist. v. iii. p. €01, with a figure. The same cut is 
put in the preceding page, for C. folio virente — German Maduort, Petiv. H. 
Brit. t. 29. f. 12. 
Localities. — In roads, waste plates, on dunghills, and among rubbish ; rare. — 
Cambridgeshire ; In the hedge of a lane leading to Newmarket, near the church 
which stands by the King’s House, and in the close by the church- yard : Rev. 
R. Relhan. It used to grow near Newmarket, but has not been found there 
for many years: Rev. J. Hemsted. — Dorset; Chalky roads by the way-side, 
but I have forgotten the place: Rev. G. Crabbe, in B. G. — Essex ; Near Pur- 
fleet : Mr. Alchorn, in “ Huds. FI. Angl.” Warner, in his “ Plant® 
Woodfordiensis,” p. 19, has introduced this as an Essex plant, but from his 
reference to Ray, it is clear that he meant Lycopsis arvensis ; see t. 21. — 
Northumberland; In the Holy Island: Ray. On Bamborough Castle, and 
on rubbish by the road-side below it: Miss N lvison & Miss Forster, in “ FI. of 
Northumb.” — Shropshire ; In a field near the confluence of the rivers Corve and 
Teme, Ludlow: Dr. Evans. Gathered in the same locality since, by Dr. 
Joseph Babington: N. B. G. — Somersetshire ; In the corn-fields near Bath : 
Mr. Hill, in “ Blackst. Sp. Bot.” — Suffolk ; At Wangford, near Brandon : Mr. 
F. Eagle, jun. in B. G. About the ciiurch at Newmaiket: Rev. R. Relhan. 
— Sussex; Near Boxley : Ray. — WALES. Caernarvonshire; North sideof 
Llandido Rocks, as you descend down to the LlSch ; in a most perilous situ- 
ation, and certainly wild : Mr. Griffith, in B. G. — SCOTLAND. Berwick- 
shire; In the Holy Island: Ray. On Bamburgh Castle, confined to a small 
spot: Miss Nevison, “ FI of Berw.” — Forfarshire ; Near to the town of 
Achmithie; and also at the village of Westhaven: Mr. G. Don, in Headrick's 
" Agricul. of Forfarshire,” p. 31. — 1 Elginshire ; Burghead : G. Gordon, in 
N. B. G. — Haddingtonshire ; By the church at Dunbar: Dr. Parsons, in 
“ Lightf. FI.” Plentifully among the ruins of the Castle at Dunbar, in 1808 : 
Sir W. J. Hooker, in “ FI. Scot.” Guillon Links: Messrs. Ahnott and 
Stewart, in “ FI. Edin.” Near LufTness, in a neglected field : N. B. G. 
Annual, — Flowers in April and May. 
Root small, tapering. Stems procumbent, branched, square, 
leafy, from 1 to 2 feet long, their angles beset with small, hooked 
spines or bristles. Leaves alternate, nearly opposite, or sometimes 
3 or 4 from nearly the same point of the stem, oblong-spear-shaped, 
the lower ones petiolate, (stalked,) all clothed with hispid hairs on 
both surfaces, and having the margin and mid-rib furnished with 
bristly hairs, which point forwards. Flowers small, axillary, soli- 
tary, on very short peduncles, which are upright at first, but after- 
wards curve downwards. Calyx (fig. 1.) small, hairy, becoming 
much larger after flowering (see figs. 2 & 7). Corolla (fig. 3 & 4.) 
with a short, cylindrical, white tube ; rounded, blue segments ; and 
white or reddish scales. Seeds whitish, finely granulated. 
This plant is a native throughout Europe and Siberia, by way- 
sides, hedges, on walls, and among rubbish. — Horses, goats, sheep, 
and swine are said to eat it ; cows are not fond of it. 
