ASPERULA

(Lat.),n.f. ’r’u2(u‘)-la’, Fr, aspérule. Ger., Wald meister. ‘oodruff; a genus of rubiaceous herbs established by Linnœus, having square stems bearing whorled leaves and 4-parted flowers and 2cleft pistil. [B, 19.)—A. arvensis [Linnæus]. Fr., aspérule bleue (ou des champs). An annual Euro- n herb with blue flowers, the root of which is used as a red eye: B, 173, 214.]—A. chelrosa. See A. odorata.—-A. ciliata [Mönch], A. cœrule a [Dod.]. See A. arvensis.—A. cynanchica [Linnæus|. Fr., aspérule (ou her be) à l'esquinancie, petite garance, étranglechien. Ger. Hügel Wald meister, Bräune wurzel. Syn. A. Ti beola, var. a [Lamarck], A. tinct or i a, var 8 [Lamarc ‘ Rubia cynanchica [J. Bauhin], Gatium cynanchicum [Scopoli]. A small perennial, nearly erect, herb growing in dry, sunny places throughout Europe. „The À. cynanchica, var. B_heierophylla (the A. pyrenaica [Linnæus], A. rubeola [Gratel]), is decumbent, with leaves ovate on the sterile branches, linear on those which bear flowers. The var. y saxatilis (the A. pyrenaica [Linnæus], A. multiflora {Lapeyrouse], À. saxatilis [Lamarck]), is cæspitose and erect, with linear leaves of the length of the internodes. The var. 8 elongata, with elongated, erect stem, bearing linear leaves shorter than the internode, is found in Tauria. The A. cynanchica was formerly used as a gargie in quinsy and other affections of the throat, and the root (radix eynanchice) furnishes a red dye formerly used in place of madder. [A, 301; B, 19, 180, 214.|—A. dubia je Idenow]. See A. arvensis —A. galioides [Bieb.], A. glauca Be .) Tr, aspérule gaillet. Syn.: Galium glaucum [Linnæus] (seu Halleri [Sut.], sen campanulau tum {Villars}, seu grandiflorum (Clairo]). A perennial herb growing in middle and southern Europe. [B, 214.)—A. muititiora’ [Lapey. rouse]. The A. cynanchica, var. y saxatilis, B, 214.)—A. odorata Linnæus!. Fr., aspérule odorante, muguet (ou reine, ou hépatique) des bois, petit muguet, hépatique étoilée. Ger., emeiner Wald meister, feserich, Megerkraut. Syn.: Galium odoratum, herb a matrisilvæ, Sweet - scented woodruff, scot Towel aes rope an species bearing brilliant white flowers ) and bright-green leaves dis, in a stellate fashion about the stem. The leaves, which are inodorous when fresh acquire the scent oi new-mown hay when wilted, and, after being dried, retain it for years; they are infused in Rhine wine to make the Maitrank, or Maiwein, of the Germans, The plant contains as per tannie acid and coumarin, and is esteemed as an aromatic, tonic, astringent, and diaphoretlc, Its herb, herb a matrisilvæ (seu hepaticæ stellate, sen asperulæ, seu «parines montane, sen stéllariæ), was formerly used as a remedy for hydrophobia. [A, 301,827; B, 19, 119, 180; H. Baillon (L, 87).J—A, odorosa. See À. odorata,_A. pyrenaica