Galium] STELLATE. 131 



Heathy places, hilly and mountainous pastures, abundant ; often co- 

 vering rocks (as on Killiney Hill) in large patches, and adorning them 

 in the summer months with its profusion of milk-wliite flowers. Fl. 

 June — Aug. %. — Leaves often rough at the margins, of a thickish 

 and rather soft texture. Panicles forked, terminal or lateral. Seed 

 reddish after the flowers fall. 



5. G. ereclum, Huds. Upright Bed-straw. Leaves about 

 eight in a whorl, lanceolate, bristle-pointed, with marginal 

 prickles all pointing forward ; stem weak, much branched, 

 smooth ; fruit smooth and even ; corolla taper-pointed. Br. Fl. 

 I. p. 62. E. Fl. v. \.p. 202. E. Bot. t. 2067. 



On the north side of Killiney Hill ; Miss Green, July, 1834. Fl. 

 June, July. %. — Differs from G. uligino sum by the edges and the 

 adjoining portion of the disk of the leaves above, bearing a double row 

 of hooked prickles all pointing forward, in its larger size, stouter habit, 

 glaucous hue, and larger, less obovate leaves. 



6. G. Mollugo, Linn. Great Hedge Bed-straw. Leaves 

 eight in a whorl, elliptical, bluntish, bristle-pointed, rough 

 edged ; flowers in loose spreading panicles ; corolla thick-tipped ; 

 fruit smooth, globular. Br.FL 1. p. 63. E. Fl. v. i. p. 208. E. 

 Bot. t. 1673. 



Sandy fields, and dry bushy places. More common about Dublin 

 than in other parts of Ireland. Lawn at Mr. Vernon's, near Belfast ; 

 Mr. Templeton. Fl. July, Aug. %. — Stem often five feet long, as I 

 have observed in plants growing near Sandymount. Prickles on the 

 margins of the leaves pointing forward. 



7. G. pusillum, Linn. Least Mountain Bed-straw. Leaves 

 eight in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, hair-pointed, entire, somewhat 

 hairy ; panicles terminal, forked ; fruit very smooth. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 63. E. Fl. v. i. p. 206. E. Bot. t. 74. 



Limestone rocks at Mucruss, Killarney, near Corrofin, and at Rock 

 Forest, County of Clare. Fl. July, Aug. %. — Stems numerous, 

 rough on the lower part. Flowers white, very numerous. 



* aj: # Fruit hispid. Flowers white. 



8. G. boreale, Linn. Cross-leaved Bed-straw. Leaves four 

 in a whorl, ovato-lanceolate, 3-ribbed, smooth, with rough edges, 

 stem erect; fruit bristly. Br. Fl. 1. p. 64. E. Fl. v. i. p. 209. 

 E. Bot. t. 105. 



Moist rocks on the banks of Lough Erne, near Ely Lodge, and by 

 Lough Neagh, near Shane's Castle ; on Mangerton Mountain, in a 

 marshy spot about half-way up. Fl. June, July. % . — Flowers nu- 

 merous, crowded, white. Bristles of the fruit rough. 



9. G. Sparine, Linn. Goose-grass or Cleavers. Leaves 6 — 8 

 in a whorl, lanceolate, keeled, rough, fringed with reflexed 

 bristles; stem weak ; fruit bristly. Br. Fl. 1. p. 65. E. Fl. v. i. 

 p. 210. E. Bot. t. 816. 



Plant straggling among bushes. Flowers few, or two or three short, 



