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

The plant depicted is possibly Crucianella stylosa Trin.

Crosswort was used as a vulnerary

Galium spp. are commonly known as bedstraws

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

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

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

Wellcome Collection 16749i