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ToGRAT'IFY, v,a, igratijicor, Lat.] To indulge ; 
to grant by compliance : 
You deer between the country and the court; 
Nor gratify whate’er the great defire, 
Nor grudging give what public needs require. Dryden. 
To delight ; to pleafe; to humour; to footh.—A pal¬ 
led appetite is humorous, and mull: be gratified with 
fauces rather than food. Taller, 
At once tlrey gratfy their fcent and tafte. 
While frequent cups prolong tiie rich repad. Pope. 
To requite with a gratification ; as, I’ll gratify you for 
this trouble. 
GRA'TING,/. On-board a fliip, a kind of grate- 
work on the upper deck. The att of rubbing againd 
fomc rougii body. 
GRA'TINGLY, Hardily; ofienfively. 
GRA'ITOLA, f. [dimin. from gratia, on account of 
its Inppofed medicinal good qualities.] In botany, a 
genus of the clafs diandria, order monogynia, natural 
order perfonat*, (fcrophulariae, Jujf.') Thegeneric cha¬ 
racters are—Calyx : perian'.hium five-parted, upright : 
feo^ments awi-diaped, permanent. Corolla : monope- 
.tatous, unequal ; tube longer than the calyx ; border 
four-parted, fnuill ; the upper fegment broader, emar- 
.ginate,.refiex ; the red draight, equal. Stamina: fila¬ 
ments four, awl-lhaped, lliorter than the corolla, the 
two lower Ihorter than the others, and barren ; the two 
upper fadeneclto the tube of the petal; anthers round- 
idi. Pidillunt: germ conic ; dyle draight, awl-diaped ; 
lligma two-lipped, after fecundation converging. Peri- 
carpium : capfule ovate, acuminate, two-celled, two- 
valved. Seeds very many, fmall. 'I'he ellence of the 
charadter confids in the two barren anthei it;. — EJ'cntial 
CharaBer. Calyx, feven-leaved, the two outm' leaves 
patulous ; corolla, irregular, reverfed ; damina, two, 
barren; capfule, two-celled. 
Species. i. Gratiola officinalis, officinal gratiola, 
hedge hydbp, or water hylfop ; leaves lanceolate, fer¬ 
rate ; flowers peduncled. Root perennial, creeping, 
thick, flediy, with niany dender fibres ; dalks leveral, 
upright, a foot or more in height, fmooth, jointed 
leaves oppolite, feffile, pointed, bright green, fmooth, ’ 
two indies long, and-two lines or more in breadth, with 
a few Imall ferratures towards the end ; flowers fblitary, 
axillary, upright, on peduncles halt an inch long, ap- 
f iearing in June or July, and continuing to Augud : ca- 
yx ufually leven-cleft ; corolla ihaped like'that ot the 
foxglove, but frnail and of a pale yellowifh colour, or 
pale purple with red dreaks, lometimes white ; tlie 
throat is hairy. Native of the fouth of liurope in paf- 
tures, ufually fuch as are mold. Common in many 
parts of Swilferland, Carniola, Auftria in the palati¬ 
nate, Silefia, France, about 'I'urin, Padua, and in other 
parts of Italy. It has a drong bitter naufeous fade, 
and is much recommended by feverdi eminent medical 
' writers in dropfical cafes. It ic a powerful cathartic, 
but is faid generally to occafion vomiting. On account 
of its bitternefs, cattle rejedt it ; infomuch that Haller 
ad’nres us there are meadows about Y verdun entirely 
ufelefs from the abundance of this plant. It was cul¬ 
tivated ia our gardens as early at lead as 1568. 
2. Gratiola monnieria, or thyme-leaved gratiola : 
leaves oval-oblong; peduncics one-flowered ; flalk 
creeping. This fiuail creeping plant dicks very dole 
to the ground, and cads a few dender fibres from every 
joint as it creeps. The whole plant feldom exceeds 
feven or eight inches in length, but it generally grows 
in beds, and fpreads thick upon the ground, throwing 
out a few limple iide-brandies, v/hich give it a pretty 
appearance when it flowers, and make it exceedingly 
remarkable. Native both of the Ead and Wed Indies, 
and the Soutli-Sea illands ; in low mold foils. Flowers 
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from July to September. The name of monnieria was 
given to this plant in honour of Dr. Monier by Juffieu, 
who railed it in the botanic garden wt Paris^ 
3. Gratiola repens, or creeping gratiola : leaves 
ovate; dem creeping; calyx five-leaved; dyle bifid. 
Native of Jamaica. 
4. Gratiola rotundifolia, or round-leaved gratiola ; 
leaves ovate, three-nerved. Stems a finger high, quad¬ 
rangular, linooth, creeping at the bafe. Native of Ma¬ 
labar, in fandy grounds. 
5. Gratiola hy(Topioides, or hyffiop-leaved gratiola : 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, fubferrate, much fhorter than 
the interuodes. Stem filiform, upright, fmooth, a foot 
high. Native of the rice-grounds of Tranquebar in 
the Ead Indies. 
6. Gratiola Virginica, or Virginian gratiola : leaves 
lanceolate, obtufe, fomewhat tootlied. Stem procum¬ 
bent, varying much in fize. The corolla is white, and 
the flowers are not followed by feeds in England. It 
grows naturally in North America, in moid places, 
where it rifes more than a foot high, but here not more 
than eight inches. It is alfo native of Malabar. 
7. Gratiola Peruviana, or Peruvian gratiola : flowers 
fiibieffile. This plant grew b.ere about nine inches 
higli, with a weak (talk ; leaves oppofite, ferrate, threa 
quarters of an inch long, and lialf an incli broad ; the 
flowers come out Angle on each fide the dalk, tliey are 
white and much Imaller than thofe of the common fort. 
Mr. Mi'ler received tlie feeds from Carthagena in New 
Spain, where it was found in places wliere there had 
been danding waters, which were then dried up. He 
cultivated it in 1759 ; but the feeds not ripening it was 
foon loli. 
8. Gratiola lobelioides, or lobelia gratiola : dem al- 
mod naked, Itipuled ; leaves oblong, quite entire ; pa¬ 
nicle dichotomous ; capfules fubglobular. Roots nu¬ 
merous, in bundles, Ihort, finiple; dalk fimple, up¬ 
right, round, having an obl’cure broad furrow on each 
fide, nightly dreaked, fmooth, with five dipuled joints, 
a foot high ; leaves above the fecond or third pair op¬ 
pofite, ielfile, upright, with the tips a little bowed, 
back, acute, llightly dreaked, fmooth on both Tides, an 
inch long, lometimes coloured at the bale, efpecially 
underneailu Very common near Tranquebar, in rice 
fields. 
9. Gratiola grandiflora, or great-flowered gratiola; 
dems decumbent; leaves ovate, ferrate; peduncles op- 
polite ; caplules fiibulate. Stems bifid, angular, linooth ; 
leaves oppofite, ferrate, often crenate, fmooth ; flowers 
large in proportion to the other parts. Native of Traa- 
quebar, Madras, Siam, Malacca, in mold fat foils. 
10. Gratiola veronicifolia, or veronica-leaved gra¬ 
tiola: Item creeping; leaves ovate-lanceolate, lharply 
ferrate; flowers terminating, oppofite. Stems angular, 
did'ufed, procumbent ; leaves oppofite, feliile ; flowers 
fmall, deep blue, brawled and peduncled. Inliabits 
with the foregoing. 
11. Gratiola oppofitifolia, or oppofite-leaved gratiola : 
dem afeending i leaves lanceolate, lenate; peduncles 
oppofite to the leaves. Native of Tranquebar, in rice- 
giOLinds and moid places. 
12. Gratiola dritta, or narrow.gratiola : leavesovate; 
fpike long, terminating.. Stem futfriiticofe, qiiite lim- 
pie, eredt, a foot and lialf high ; flowers white dotted 
witli red. Native of Cochinchina, 
Propagation and Culture, —The fird and fifth forts are 
ealily propagated by parting the roots in autumn, wheir 
the dalks decay ; the plants fhould have a moid foil 
and a fhady fituation, for in dry ground they often de¬ 
cay in fummer, iinlefs they are plentifully watered. 
The other forts are natives of hot climates, and little 
known in Europe. See Hottonia Indica, Linoer- 
NiA, Mimulus, Capra&ia, Dianthera, and Jus- 
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