32 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CI. 4. 



rounded by long ciliated bracteas. Fruit glabrous. Root annual. 

 Fields, Devon, rare, introduced. 0. 6, 7. Flowers bright blue. 

 Fruit large. 



69. GALIUM. Bed-straw. 

 * Fruit smooth. 



1. G. crucidtum, 2. 143. (Cross-wort B. Mug-weed.) Leaves 



ovate, hairy, four in a whorl. Stem hairy, simple above. 

 Flower-stalks axillary, corymbose, with two leaves. 

 Thickets and hedges. if. 5. Stem \%f Fl. yellow ; some barren. 



2. G. pa-lustre, 26. 1857. (Water B.) Leaves obovate, obtuse ; upper 



ones four in a whorl, unequal. Stem weak ; branched in the 

 upper part. 

 Moist situations. 2f . 7. Stem smooth. Fl. ivhite, terminal. 



3. G. Witheringii, 31.2206. (Rough Heath B.) Leaves about five 



in a whorl, widely spreading, lanceolate, fringed with bristles. 

 Ste.n upright, nearly simple, rough with reversed hooks. 

 Moist elevated places. If. 7. Pan. term. Cor. white. Anth. reddish. 



4. G. saxdtile, 12.815. (Smooth Heath B.) Leaves six in a whorl, 



obovate, obtuse, with a small point. Stem much branched, 

 prostrate, smooth. Fruit granulated. 

 Heaths and hilly sit. If .7,8. L.roughish at the edges. Fl. white, term. 



5. G. uliginosum, 28. 1972. (Rough Marsh B.) Leaves six in a whorl, 



obovate-lanceolate, rigid, bristle-pointed; their edges rough, like the 



stem, with recurved prickles. Corolla larger than the smooth fruit. 



Watery pi. If. 6. Stem rough. Fl. white, on term, panicled stalks. 



6. G. erectum, 29. 2067. (Upright B.) Leaves about eight in a whorl, 



lanceolate, bristle-pointed ; their edges rough with prickles, all 

 pointing forward. Stern weak, slightly hairy under each joint. 

 Moist, past. If . 6, 7. Panicles dense terminal. Cor. white, taper- 

 pointed. 



7. G. cinereum, Suppl. 2783. (Grey spreading B.) Leaves six or 



eight in a whorl, linear, bristle-pointed ; their edges beset with 

 prickles, all pointing forward. Stem branched, smooth. Corolla 

 taper-pointed. 

 Near Edin. If . 8. Stem weak, about 2f.Fl. white. Fr. smoothish. 



8. G. aristdtum, Suppl. 2784. (Bearded B.) Leaves six in a whorl, 



stalked, lanceolate, flat, reticulated with veins, bristle-pointed, 

 with minute marginal prickles pointing forward. Seeds kidney- 

 shaped, separated, smooth. Corolla taper-pointed. 

 Scott, mount. Angus-shire. If .7, 8. Stem If, branched, spread- 

 ing, smooth. Fl. white. 



9. G. verrucosum, 31. 2173. (Warty-fruited B.) Leaves six in a 



whorl, lanceolate, with marginal prickles all pointing forward. 

 Stalks axillary, three-flowered. Fruit warty, drooping. 

 Fields, Yorkshire and near Forfar. 0. 6 — 8. Prickles of the stem 

 recurved. Fl. small, yellowish. G. saccharatum, Br. Fl. 



10. G. tricorne, 23. 1641. (Rough-fruited B.) Leaves about eight in 



