220 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Aspebbla. 
Little Field-madder. Little Spur-wort. (Welsh: Sherardia glas; 
Corwreiddrydd. E.) Com and fallow fields, common. A. May—Sept. 
ASPERTJLA,* Bloss. one petal, tubular: Seeds two, globular, 
without a crown, suberose. 
A. odora'ta. Leaves eight in a whorl, spear-shaped; flowers in panicled 
tufts, on fruit-stalks. 
Dicks. H. S. — E. Bot. 755. E.)— Ludw. 146— Curt. 249— Sheldr. 29— 
Kniph. 1—Clus. ii. 17.5. 2 —Dod. 355. 2— Lob. Ohs. 464. 2 —Ger. Em. 
1124.1— Park. 563. 1— H. Ox. ix. 22. roiu \,fig. the 4 th. — FI. Dan. 562 — 
Ger. 966 — Trag. 49 6—Pet. 30.9—Blackw. 60—<7..B.iii. 718.3— Mill. 55.2. 
Fruit rough with hooked bristles. Panicle with three divisions. Leaves 
varying, from five to nine in a whorl, (bright green, spreading, an inch 
long, so rough at the edges as to adhere to the clothes. E.) Flowers of a 
beautiful snowy white, and, when a little magnified, appearing sprinkled 
with shining, frosted particles. Calyx not very evidently toothed. From 
five to ten inches high. ( Stems simple, annual, angular, smooth, leafy. E.) 
Sweet W oodruff. W oodderowffe, as spelt in some old authors. The 
repetition of the double letters affords great amusement to children 
learning to spell. (Irish: Luss Moleas. Welsh: Llys yr eryr perarogl. 
E.) Woods in Herts. Mr. Woodward. Near Armingdale Wood, Nor¬ 
wich. Mr. Crowe. About Chepstow, plentiful in the hedges. Mr. Pitt. 
Woods and shady places. At the Leasowes, near Halesowen. (Woods 
about Garn, Denbighshire. Mr. Griffith. In Langton Copse, and Broadly 
Wood, near Blandford. Pulteney. Beach wood on Lansdown. Rev. J. 
H. Ellicombe. Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Roslin and Auchindenny woods, 
abundant; and Braid Hermitage, near Edinburgh. Greville. E.) 
P. May.t 
A. cynan'chica. Leaves four in a whorl, strap-shaped: upper leaves 
opposite, very unequal; stem upright: flowers four-cleft; (fruit 
smooth. E.) 
E. Bot. 33—Kniph. 11— J. B. iii. 723. 2— Col. Ecphr. 297. I—Pet. 30. 12 
— II. Ox. ix. 22. 9. 
Leaves frequently pointing one way, sometimes five in a whorl. Woodw. 
{Fruit smooth, not rough with hairs, as represented by the fig. in Col. 
Ecphr. Sm. E.) About five or six inches high, the lower part trailing. 
Leaves unequal in size, (thickly besetting the stems. Blossoms pale 
rose colour, streaked with deeper red lines, disposed in terminal panicled 
tufts. E.) 
Squinancy-wort. Quinsy-wort.]; Limestone hills, and high chalky 
soils. Swaffharn, Norfolk. Newmarket Heath. Dunstable Hills. Mr. 
Woodward. Salisbury Plain. (Painswick hill, Gloucestershire. Mr. 
O. Roberts. About Dover, Box-hill, and Newmarket. Mr. Winch. E.) 
P. June—July. 
* (I)iminutive of asper, rough; descriptive of the fruit; though not applicable to 
every species. E.) 
t The scent of it is said to drive away ticks and other insects. Linn. It gives a 
grateful flavour to wine ; (and is used for that purpose in Germany. E.); cows, horses, 
sheep, and goats eat it. (The strongly aromatic flowers infused in water far excel in 
flavour the teas imported from China. Willich. Sir J. E. Smith remarks that the fresh 
herb has no smell; but as soon as it begins to dry it exhales a pleasant and lasting 
fragrance like that of new hay, verging towards the flavour of bitter almonds. E.) 
% (From its once supposed efficacy in curing such disorders. E.) 
