DICOTYLEDONS. — RUBiACE.i:. Galium. 247 



1. SHERARDIA. 



Cor. infundibulifonn, 4 -fid. Fndt crowned with the segments 

 of the cat. 



1. S. arvetisis, leaves about 6 in a whorl, flowers tenninal ses- 

 sile umbellate, p. b\.— Corn-fields. 



2. ASPERULA. 



Cor. infuiKiibuliform, 3— 4-fid. Fruit not crowned with the seg- 

 ments of the cal. 



1 . A. odorata, leaves a])out S in a whorl lanceolate, flowers pa- 

 niculate on longish stalks, p. 50. — JVoods. 



.'3. GALIUM. 

 Cor. rotate, 4-cleft. Fruit a dry M<^, cowned with the segments 

 of the cal. 



* Fruit glabrous. Flowers yellow. 



1. G. verum, leaves about 8 in a whorl linear grooved, flowers 

 in dense panicles, p. 50. — Banks. 



2. G. cruciatum, leaves 4 in a whorl ovate hairy, flowers poly- 

 gamous clustered lateral, peduncles 2-leaved. p. 51. — Hedges. 



** Fruit glabrous. Flowers white. 



3. G. palustre, leaves 4 — 6 in a whorl oblongo-lanceolate ob- 

 tuse unequal in size, stem lax spreading branched, brandies 

 patent, p. 51. — Sides oj lakes, &c. 



4. G. PVitheringii, " leaves about 5 in a whorl reflexed (hori- 

 zontal in fig. in E. B.) lanceolate aristate ciliated, stem nearly 

 erect simple scabrous." p. 51. — Woods and hills. 



5. G.uliginosu?n, leaves 6 in a whorl lanceolate mucronate, the 

 margins rough with reflexed prickles, p. 51. — Ditch banks. 



G. G. saxatile, leaves 6 in a whorl obovate mucronate, stem very 

 much branched procumbent glabrous, p. 51. — Hills and 

 heaths. 



7. G. ereclwn, leaves about 8 in a whorl lanceolate mucronate, 

 their margins rough with prickles pointing forwards, panicle 

 much branched trichotomous, stem glabrous flaccid, p. 52. — 

 Banks. 



S. G. diffusum, " leaves about 8 in a whorl linear aristate gla- 

 brous, their margins ob&oletely serrated" (rough with prickles 

 pointing forwards) " panicle corymbose, stems diffuse very 

 much branched." p. 52. — Banks P 



9. G. verrucosum, leaves 6 in a whorl lanceolate, their margins 

 rough with pvickles pointing forwards, peduncles axillary 3- 

 flowered, fruit warted drooping, p. 52. — Cornfields. 



10. G. spurium, leaves 6 — 8 in a whorl, their margins as well as 

 the stem rough with reflexed prickles, peduncles axillary many- 



, flowered^ fruit smooth spreading, p, 52, — Cornfields. 



