

184 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Asperula. 



Leaves frequently pointing 1 way, sometimes 5 in a whirl. 

 Mr. Woodward. About 5 or 6 inches high, the lower part 

 trailing. Leaves unequal in size. Bloss. pale rose red, streaked 

 with deeper red lines. 



Squlnancy-nvort. Squtnancy Woodroof. Limestone hills, and 



high chalkey soils. [SwafFham, Norfolk. Newmarket Heath. 

 Dunstable Hills. Mr. Woodward. Salisbury Plain.] 



P. June, July. 



GA'LIUM. Bloss. 1 petal, bell-shaped, short : seeds 



2, nearly globular, beneath ; like cork. 



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(l) Seeds smooth. 



crucia'tum. G. Stem hairy, only branched at the base : leaves hairy, 



egg-shaped, 4 in a whirl: fruit- stalks with 2 or 3 

 leaves. 



E. hot. 14S-Blaci<w. 76-Walc-DoJ. 357. 1-Gars. 235- 

 Lob. obs. ±§7. 2-Ger. em. 1123. l-Ger. Q65-Park. 566- 

 H. ox. ix. 21. rouu 2. 1. Cruciata~J. B t iii. 7\7 and 2. 



The structure of the flower is liable to many variations. 

 They are generally hermaphrodite, but sometimes male flowers 

 * intervene. Bloss. segments from 3 to 5$ though mostly 4. Sta- 

 mens 3 to 5, always corresponding in number with the segments 

 of the blossom. Seeds 1 or 2, the second frequently proving 

 abortive. In one hermaphrodite flower Mr. Woodward found 5 

 perfect stamens, and 4« others shorter, but containing pollen ; 

 the Pistil had 4 clefts, the summit of the 4th only being imper- 

 fect. Stem branched at bottom, undivided upwards. Bunches 

 from the bosom of the leaves, divided and subdivided. Bloss. 

 yellow. When the seeds ripen, the leaves bend inwards and 

 cover them so effectually, that birds cannot gtt at them without 

 tearing away the leaves. 



Valantia eruc'iata. Linn. Galium erunata. Scof. Cross- 

 nvort. Mugvuort. Mugvueed. Hedge banks, and other rough 

 places ; often in meadows amongst mowing grass. [Plentiful 

 from Newcastle to within a few miles of Worcester, but further 

 South it is scarce. Mr. Baker.] P. May — July* 



palus'tre. G. Leaves unequal, strap spear-shaped, smooth, entire, 



blunt, 4, 5, or 6 in a whirl : stems rough, spreading, 

 branched upwards. 



FL dan. 423-Pet. 50. 5-Ger. 967. 



From 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves scarcely rough to the touch. 

 Bloss. white, numerous, on lateral and terminating fruit-stalks; 



* forming a sort of umbel cloven into J parts, and again subdivided* 



