|5alium Ve&um. Yellow Ladies-Bedstraw.
Linn. Gen. PL T etrandria Monogynia.
Cor. monopetala, plana, Sem, duo, fubrotunda.
Rail Syn. Gen. 12. Herbie Ste llata :.
GALIUM verum foliis oftonis linearibus fulcatis, ramis floriferis brevibus. Linn, Sv/t. Peg- ed \a -
Murr. p. 150. Sp. PI. p. 155. JJ 6 ■ 4-
GALIUM foliis linearibus, peranguftis, o&onis, racemis multifloris, fp leads. Hall. Hi ft, n. 710«
Scop. FI. Cam. n. 153. v ‘ : ^
GALLIUM Iuteum. Bad,. Pin. p. 335. Ger. cm. 1126. Park. 565. Rail Syr,, p. 224. Yellow1
Ladies-Bedftraw, or Cheele-Rening. Huif. FI. Angl. ed. 2. f . 69.
R dIX perennis, repens, tenuis, fublignofa, Iutea. | ROOT perennial, creeping, (lender, fomewhat woody,
CAULIS pedalis, ad bipedalem, ereaus, obfolete te- J STALK from one to two feet high, upright (lightly
tragonus, parum flexuofus, geniculatus, fca - | four-cornered, a little crooked, rointed, rough,
bcr, inreme minus fuperne magis pubefcens, $ below flightly, above more obvioufly pubepallide
vindis, verlus iummitatem ramofus; | fcent, of a pale green colour, branched to-
Gemcula cylindracea, fubovata, albida, mar- $ wards the top; the joints cylindrical, fomegme
tenui cincta; Rami brachiatim oppofiti, $ what ovate, whitilh, furrounded with a flight
altermmulto breviores, patulo-erefti,floriferi. | margin; Branches crofs-ways oppofite, die
<> alternate ones much, the fliorteft, betwixt up-
L . . r , r , „• . . . , , I right and fpreading, flower-bearing.
■ LIA mbpolhcaria, margmi gemcularum mferta, $ LEAVES about an inch in length, inferted into the
lelhlia, verticillata, reflexo^patula, linearia, f edge of the joints, feffile, whorled, fpreadt
obtuliulcula, iubmucronulata, bafi obtufiufcula, fubmucronulata, bafi aatttteennuuaattaa., (t ing and fomewhat turned back, linear, bluntmargine
utrinque revoluto, aculeifque minu- 1
tis oculo armato .tantum confoicuis furfum 1
afpero, fupra rugofiufcula, oblcure viridia, J
nitentia, lubtus canaliculata, pallidiora, in- <
fedora plerumque oftona, non raro dena, j
fuperiora feptena, fena, quina, quatema, fu- <
prema terna, bina, et ad ultimos pedicellos *
lingula.
ifh, with a flight point, narrowed at the bafe,
the edge on each fide rolled back, and rough
with minute prickles turned upwards, which
are vifible only with a magnifier, above flightly
wrinkled, of a deep green colour, glofly, underneath
hollowed, of a paler colour, the low-
ermoft growing ufually eight in a whorl, not
unfrequently ten, the upper ones decreafino-
to. 7’ 6’ 5, 4, 3, 2, and even i at the extremities
of the branches.
[FLORES paniculati, numerofi, parvuli, flavi, pecu- *
HNirn rT»0'1016' _ / l , p ppULULA e ramis flonfens compofita, fpithamea, ? PANICLE compofefof the flowering branches abod
FLOWERS growing in a panicle, numerous, fmall,
yellow, fragrant with a peculiar odour.
et ultra mterrupta ramofa, ramis multifloris, | a fpan in length, interrupted, branchec
foliofis, follolis pedicellorum | branches many-flowered, unequal, leafy, th
EfAlvY ' " r • . t fmall leaves of the pedicles Angle,
rnora t T co“ rPlcuu1s>A- »• t CALYX fcarcely vifible, f g \ . 8
LUKOLLA monopetala, rotata, patens, ungue nulla; * COROLLA monopetalousj wheel-fhaped, fpreading
■ lacinus quatuor, planis, fubreflexis, diftanti-| without any claw, divided into four fegmenl
bus, ovalibus, acuus, fig. 2. f which are flat, a little turned back, diftant
IstImutma tt j oval, and pointed, fig ;. 2.
f Fuamenta 4, capillana, ereBa, co- | STAMINA four capillar^ Filaments, upright
; ,ArNT,HER/ totundatie, flavae, 0 (hotter than the corolla; A n th e r s round
BTIL I r ° ■ ■ ?■ 0 3 1 yellow, finally brownilh, Jig. o.
! com;, I B « rubrotu“ um, didymum, | PISTILLUM: G ermen nearly round, double, flat
b S f U“ s TS abr“m; | tened- fmoothi Style deeply’ divided intt
MMCAr/ ium V,Stigmrta capitata, f g 4, 5, 6. | two ; Stigmata two little heads,Jig. 4, e, 6
■ Mt-WIUM. Baccas duie, ficcae, globofai, coa- ? SEED-VESSEL : two, dry, globular f
KlINA HH8 r I T . I BERRIES united together.
■ fubreniformia, rugofa. \ SEEDS fingle, fomewhat kidney-fhaped and wrinkled
B A m Ju'ne^July ^nd^ A*u'tubij “rhood of London. in ^ hillf paftures, and on the borders of fields
ffineft vheardvue reen the foliage of this plant, when all the furrounding herbage has been parched up, fupport tht
ifeafo
lure • nerhan* • * ' -W | d 1 U1C / “ nuunamg nerDage nas been parched up, lupport the
— “ dtTc^db anarid hue »CC0Unt “ maf be cultivated to advantage on fuch lawns as are apt in dr;
B t int me that it was a plant highly deferring o'f culture, as at
Ntlutthewho eo f theh A hA r°? ’ ‘ •'“ “S11,,110' % largc f of Madder, produced a brighter colour
■ he flowers of ,herbage dyed » goof yellow, in which refpea it had the advantage over "Madder.
M difcover t o L >!(£ r rm a “ je erate1/. f ™ * not difagreeable fmell, the leaves little or nonesi the;
and by coaeulatino- 1 K ''T a g aC'dltX’ wblch they manifeft alfo by changing the juices of blue flowers to i
M » “ . m'lk: they arJ lf id 5° be in r° me P^aces commonly made ufe of in this laf
M uchius’s experiment r i t o T T " na,m? ° f ‘h 'P 1“ 1 Ch, ec/ e. r.mnet- TbeIr a a d matter appears to be (i:
H h vegetable R f f i r D u dePended OI?) of a more fubtle kind than that of Sorrel, and than the othei
°ver a n r e t i „ ^ r , beein exammed; the flowery tops committed to the (fill as foon as gathered
m m m H B 1 ac?a 11(luorr ln a moderate heat, wherein Sorrel yielded only an inf......
■ "gent and ref/o-e ,"S “ • " infipid phlegm: Tht
Uon , ..•» . - USeratinff Virtues afcribed tn this nlant nr.nf.ar fr/vtvt ___ ° r
Lewis's Mat i l l b J I VxArueS t(? tb^s P*ant aPPear from thefe experiments to have Yome found
, according to L oesei
plj^nd tempeftous 4 e a d ie r hen ^ dlffufeS a ftron§er ° “our than common, it denotes, acc<
P^hoflowwlL1-^61^ ^ a difeafe, in which the ftem and 1
■ m> and covered with a purplilh (kin.Wi
rhich branches are fet with flelhy balls, about the fize of
Durnlifh fkin. Withering.