G a l i u m Aparine. Cleavers, or Goose Grass.
GALIUM
GALIUM
GALIUM
GALIUM
APARINE
Linnæi Gen. PI. T e tran d ria M onoôynïa* *
Cor. î-petala, plana. Sem. 2, fübrotunda.
Raii Gen. 12. Herbæ s te l la tæ .
Aparine foliis oÊlonis lanceolatis, carinis (cabris retrorfum aculeatis, genicüiis viiloiis,
truclibus hifpidis. Linnæi Syjl. Végétai, p. 127. Sp. PI. 157. plor. Suecic. p. 45.
Ca/w/enra7°3 f0li*S fen'5’ Iinearibüs* IanceoIat‘s> ferratis, petiolis unifloris. Huiler hiJL
Aparine. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. n. 157«
vulgaris. Bauhin. Pin. 334.
APARINE Gerard emoe. 1122. Parkmfon 56-j. Raii Syn. p. 225, Cleavers, or Goofe-Grafs.
Hud]on FI. Angl. p .5 7 . Öeder Flor. Dan. icon. 495. Lightfoot Flor. Scot. p. 117.
RADIX annua, fibrofa. <
KAULIS tetragonus, angulis retrorfum aculeatis, de- 1
bills, fragilis, geniculatus, bafi articulorum \
villofus, ramofiflimus, ad quatuor et ultra pe- *•
des altus, proxima quaeque fcandens, adhas- \
refcenfque.
RAMI oppofiti.
KOLIA fena ad oftona, lanceolato-linearia, mucronata, 1
fuperne fcabra, inferne glabra margine et ca- ]
rina retrorfum aculeatis. -
KLORES pauci, parvi, albidi, petiolis fcabris infidélités,
KALYX nullus. ;
ROROLLA minima, monopetala, rotata, albida, qua-
dripartita, laciniis ovato-acutis, jig. 1.
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor, brevia, alba:
■ Antheræ luteae, Jig. 2.
PISTILLUM : G ermen didymum, inferum, villo-
fum : St y li duo Corollâ breviores : S tigmata
globofa, fig. 4, c, 6,
RERICARPIUM : B accæ duæ, ficcæ, globofæ,coa-
litæ, hifpidæ, aculeis recurvis, Jig. 7.
||EMINA folitaria, reniformia, magna.
£ RO O T annual, fibrous.
S T A LK quadrangular, the angles furnifhed with aculei
> or prickles, which bend backward, weak,
£ brittle, and jointed ; the bottom of the joints
> villous, very much branched, growing to
% four feet or more high, climbing and adhering
£ to every plant'near it.
$ BRANCHES oppofite.
| LEAVES growing fix or eight together, o f a fhape be-
£ twixt lanceolate and linear, terminating in a
| point, rough on the upper fide, on the under
^ fide fmooth, the edge and midrib, or keel,
£ rough, with (harp prickles bending back-
? wards.
j FLOWERS few, fmall, and whitifli, fitting on rough
| foot-ftalks.
| C A L YX wanting.
$ CO ROL LA very minute, monopetalous, wheel-fha-
^ ped, o f a whitifli colour, divided into four
> oval pointed fegments, jig. 1.
[' S T A M IN A : four ftiort white F i l a m e n t s : A n th e «
l R.<£ yellow, 2.
> PISTILLUM : G ermen double, below the Corolla,
[ villous: S t y l e s two, fhorter than the Corol-
: l a : S t ig m a t a globular, fig. 4, c, 6.
t SEED-VESSEL : two dry globular B e r r ie s , flightly
■ joined together, rough with prickles bending
> back at the point, Jig. 7.
* SEEDS fingle, fomewhat kidney fliaped, and large.
I ™ inplc™,ia B l l l l § ? ame 0f [lom '1 t avinS OT adheri" g ‘ ° whatever It
Eof,Grafs, f ro ib s b e i lg ffa lo u r ite fooPd of G ™ ‘ ° d<>' “ * h° ° ked ! “ d that ° f
I P and p y Its <IU.1C^ growth, is apt to overpower many plants both in the
| l y blowing p l k n t ^ p E its fled’g l 1 M ^ * » “ “ * “ “
■ D ioscorides obrerves, that the ihepherds made u feofitas aftrainerto filter their milk through..
lnfiderableCmedkmTpo0wers’. ^ Wr“ ers on the Matena Medica, are to be depended on, it is not without
H e tlm pain of them ^ bbes °PviPers and ipiders ; and
R “ herb mixed with lard, diffolves fcrophulous M i n g s ; idem.
H p tops are an ingredient m fpring broth, for purifying the blood ; Rutty Mater. Med.
■ hg fteds bave been mada ofe of by fome inftead o f coffee; idem.
f*ay gravel in n ^ n y c^ fe^ ij^ ’ t0 tbe 1 uamty o f twelve ounces, morning and evening, has brought
^ II by birds, has tinged their bones o f a red colour, as in experiments made with madder; idem.
■ O f 1 t°ai™ ° f lhC P'ant haS Pr° Ved h'Shly ft‘'viceable in a fimPIe gonotthsa; D. Palmer apud Dale.
B a^withitj ;P ” “ ch celebrated in fcrophulous and cancerous fores: but experiments carefully
, a nomas s Hofpita], have not turned out in its favour. }
H tJ caten by horfes’ kine’ Iheep*and s°ats‘ but refufed by fwine *Um•Amzn-Acad-
R 6 Ca,yx In this fpecies, is certainly wanting.