Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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[1772]
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16749i
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Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The plant depicted is possibly Crucianella stylosa Trin.

Crosswort was used as a vulnerary

Galium spp. are commonly known as bedstraws

Publication/Creation

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.4 cm

Lettering

Valantia annua, quadrifolia, verticillata, floribus ex viridi pallescentibus, fructu echinato, Mich..13.Tab.7. - Cruciata muralis Romana. Col.part.1.297. - Rubeola echinata, saxatilis C.B.Pin.334. - Ital. Pettimbrosa - Gall. Croisette veliie

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Wellcome Collection 16749i

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