50 TETRAND. MONOG. 



Hab. Corn-fields, frequent, Light/. Rare in meadows and pastures 

 about Glasgow. Corn-fields near ToUcross, Hopk. Fl. July. 1/ . 



Stems 2 — 3 feet high. Radical leai^es lanceolate, slightly serrate, 

 hairy. Heads of Jlowers convex, purplish j o«ie?'^ore/s large, with 

 their segments unequal, the lower one very large, and forming a 

 sort of ring; inner Jlorets with equal segments. — A white-flowered 

 var. is mentioned by M. Neill as not uncommon in Orkney. 



3. S. columharia {small Scahiovs), corollas 5-cleft radiating, 

 ■stem hairy, radical leaves oblongo-ovate and crenate or lyrate 

 those of the stem piimatifid with linear segments. Light/, 

 p. \\4. E. B. t.\3\\. 



Hab. Dry mountain pastures, but rare, Sihbald. Near Arbroath, 

 Angus-shire, and with white fl., G.Don. Plentiful near Montrose, 

 and at Blackford, Mr. Murray. Fl. July, Aug. If. . 



Rarely a foot high, hairy. Lower leaves on rather long footstalks ; 

 cunline ones cut into narrow, linear or setaceous pinnte. Flowers 

 purplish blue. Involucre of narrow leaves, longer than the flowers. 

 Inner cal. with 5 bristles. 



3. SHERARDIA. 



I. S. nrvensis {blue Sherardia) , leaves about 6 in a whorl, flowers 

 terminal sessile umbellate. Lightf. p. 114. E.B. t. 891. 



H.iB. Dry corn-fields, not unfi-equent. Near Cambuslang, plentifully 3 

 on the bank at the foot of Cathcart Castle, and about Balvie, Glas- 

 gow, Hopk. i^/. Summer months. O. 



A small, slender, branched and spreading plant. Leaves obovato- 

 lanceolate, acute, edges rough, upper ones 7 — 8, forming an i?i- 

 volucre to the small umbel of pale blue flowers. Fruit 2-lobed, 

 2-seeded, each lobe crowned with a trifid portion of the cal. 



4. ASPERULA. 



1. A. odorata {siveet IVoodniff), leaves about 8 in a whorl lan- 

 ceolate, flowers paniculate on longish stalks. Light/, p. 115. 

 E. B. t. 755. 



Hab. Woods and shady places, plentiful. Fl. May, June. %. 



About 6 inches high, erect. Flowers white. Whole plant very sweet- 

 scented, like Anthoxantkum, especially when in the act of drying. 



5. GALIUM. 



* Fruit glabrous, flmcers yellow. 



1. G. verum {yellojv Bed-straw), leaves about 8 in a whorl linear 

 grooved, flowers in dense panicles. Lightf, p. 116. E. B. 

 t. 660. 



Hab. Dry banks and sandy sea-shores, common. Light/. Fl. July, 

 Aug. i(. 



Readily distinguishable by its yellow flowers and linear deflexed leaves. 

 Gerard says that the milk of the best Cheshire cheeses was coagu- 

 lated with this plant ". 



* Lightfoot tells us that the Highlanders use the roots of this plant, priii- 



