TETRAND. MONOG. Oo 



accord with the E.B. figure. It seems to be the G. Icevc of De- 

 candolle, who says it is a most variable species. 



12. G. MoUugo {great Hedge Bed-strau.') ^\e2i\es ohoui 8 in a 

 whorl elliptical mucronate rough at the margin, flowero pani- 

 cled spreading. Lrghtf. p. 116. E. B. t. 16^8. 



Hab. Hedges and shady rocks by the .sides of rivers, but not common. 



Cartland rocks, near Lanark, Lig/t^/". Near Dreghorn j road-side, 



at 4-mile hill, between Corstorphine and Kirkliston, Maugk. Banks 



of the Clyde at Carmyle, Hopk. Ft. July, Aug. "2/ . 

 Stems very long, straggling. Prickles of the margin of the leaves 



pointing forwards. Segments of the Cor. mucronate. 



*** Fruit hispid. 



13. G. horeale {cross-leaved Bed-straw), leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 lanceolate 3-nerved glabrous, stems erect^ fruit muricated. 

 Lightf.p.WG. E.B.t. 105. 



Hab. Rocks by the sides of rivers and lakes, not unfrequent, Lighff. 

 Bowling bay, Dalbeth, Carmyle, &c., Glasg., Hopk. Breadalbane 

 woods, Mr.Arnoti. Banks of the Clyde and in Arran, Mr. Murraij.' 

 Fl. July. U . 



Flowers numerous, crowded, white. Br;'sf?es of the fruit hooked. 



14. G.Apar'ine {Goose-grass or C/eotyt/i), leaves 6 — 8 in a whorL 

 linear-lanceolate hispid their margins keel and the stem rough 

 with reflexed, prickles, stem weak, fruit hispid. Lightf. 



p.m. E.B.t.^m. 



Hab. Hedges, very common. FZ. June, July. 0. 

 Habit of G. verrncosuni and spurium, and, like them, annual. Plant 

 straggling. Flowers few, on two or three short simple footstalks, 

 arising from the axils of the leaves. Bristles of the fruits hooked, 

 which by this means catch hold of the coats of animals, and are 

 widely dispersed. 



6. PLANTAGO. '. 



* Dissepiment of the Capsule plane, each cell many-seeded. 



1. PI. major {greater Plantain), leaves broadly ovate mostly on 

 longish footstalks, scape rounded, spikes long cvliudrical. 

 Light/, p. \17. E.B.t. \o58. 



Hab. Pastures and road-sides. Fl. June, Jvdy. 11 . 



Leaves all radiail, large, more or less spreading, with 7 nerves, entire 

 or toothed, smooth or pubescent Petioles varying in length, some- 

 times as long as the leaf, ribbed. Spike dense. At the base of 

 each flower a concave bractea. Cal. of 4 minute leaflets. Caps. 

 ovate, 6 or 8 seeds in each cell. — ^This plant varies with the spike 

 leafy, leaves disposed in a rose-like or pyramidal form. Hopk. 



** Dissepiment of the Capsule plane, each cell l-seeded. 



2. Vl. media {hoary Plantain), Icaxes ovate mostly with ' very 

 short footstalks, scape rounded, spike cylindrical. Lightf, 

 p, 118. E.B f. 1559. 



