Note E270 — 45.
Reading edition
"Stitchwort," spelt Stich-wurt in Mayer and Wright, Nat. Antiquities, 1857, and given from a thirteenth century MS. as the translation of "Valeriane." Supposed to possess the power of curing a pain or stitch in the sides.—See Gerard's Herbal, 1597, p. 43. Stellaria Holostea, Linn.