Pi. ex. cal. 
42. RUBIACEi®. 252. Asperula. 481 
II. 252. ASPERULA. Dodonseus. Woodroffe » 
Calyx very small; corolla funnelshape, 4-cut; tube long; 
fruit dry, corklike. — Flowers panicled or umbelled, ter* 
minal. 
a. Asperuke. Flowers white; fruit hispid . 
1. Asperula odorata. Sweet woodroffe , 
Leaves lanceolate, 7 to 9 in a whirl ; flowers in bundles, 
peduncled; fruit hispid. 
Asperula, Raii Syn. 224, 1 ; Ger. em. 1124, 1. 
Asperula, sive Aspergilla odorata, Park. 563. 
Asperula odorata, Lin. S. P. 150. 
Woodrowe. Woodrowe.ll, 
Woods and pastures ; perennial; May. 
Root creeping; stem upright, panicle forked in threes; 
corolla white. — While drying exhales a pleasant fragrance, 
like new hay. 
b. Synanchicse. Flower reddish; fruit laid. 
2. Asperula minor . Small woodroffe*. 
Stem ascending, firm; leaves linear; upper leaves op- 
posite, large, unequal ; cor olive all 4-cut. 
Rubeola vulgaris quadrifolia lasvis, floribus purpurantibus, Raii Syn, 
225, 1. 
Synanchica Hist. Plant. Lugdunensis, Ger. em. 1120,5. 
Asperula repens Gesneri, seu Saxifraga altera Cmsalpini, Park. 453 , 
Asperula cynanehica, Lin. S. P. 151. 
Squinancy wort. 
Dry chalky places ; perennial; June. 
Root fibrous ; stem procumbent at bottom, afterwards 
ascending ; leaves or bracteae ovate ; flowers umbelled ; 
corolla flesh-colour, scented. 
III. 253. GALIUM. Dioscorides. Cheese-rennet . 
Calyx very small ; corolla rotate or bellshape, 4-cut ; 
fruit dry, globular. 
a. Corolla yellow ; fruit laid. 
L Galium verurn . • True cheese-rennet . 
leaves 8 in a whirl, linear, furrowed, rough above, edge 
not cut ; flowering branches short, many-flowered. 
Galium luteum, Raii Syn. 224, 1 ; Ger. em. 1126, 1 ; Park. 564. 
Galium verum, Lin. S. P. 155. 
Ladies' bedstraw. Our lady's bedstraw. Maid's hair. Petty muguet. 
Hedges and woodsides ; perennial ; July and August. 
Root dark green, creeping; stem ascending; panicle much 
branched, contracted ; flowers smell like honey.— Root dyes 
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