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You look inquifitively for the caufe Gali- 
of the fweet honey-like fmell you per- um ' 
ceh*e. It proceeds from thofe fpikes of 
fmali yellow flowers that border this 
field. If you apply your glafs to any 
one of them, you will find it is of the ' 
Clafs and Order T'etrandria Monogynia. 
The calyx i you obferve, is fmall, of one 
leaf, with four teeth ; the corolla mono- 
petalous, plane, without tube, divided 
into four (harp fegments. The fruit 
confifts of two dry berries, containing 
each a (ingle feed : therefore it is a Ga- 
Hum. The branches which fupport the 
fmall fpikes are very fhort. The leaves 
on the Mem grow in whirls, are fhort, 
linear, (harp, brittle, fulcated, and eight 
or nine in number. The (tern is brown 
and fquare: therefore it is the Galium 
fuerum y Ladies Bedflraw, or Cheefe-ren- 
ning. 
We are told by Mr. Pennant and by Mr. 
Lightfoot, that in the ifles of Jura, Uift, 
Lewis, &c. they ufe the root of this plant 
for dying red, and that a deco&ion of the 
flowers is ufed in the ifle of Aran, and in 
(Chefliire, to curdle milk for cheefe. You 
will 
