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S8S TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Galium. 



nH«nno f sum.G. Leaves t in sixes, spear-shaped, dagger-pointed, stiff, 



bowed backwards ; serrated with prickles : blossom 

 larger than the fruit. 



Knlpi. \Q~Barr. 82-J. B. iii. 2l6. 2. 



Leaves free from hairs, ending in a thornlike point. Seeds 

 smooth. Linn. Leaves sometimes 7 or 8 in a whirl. Huds. Bloss. 

 white, with a tinge of rose-colour. Hall. The leaves are dis- 

 posed to turn back and point downwards, as in the G. montanum. 



Var. 2. Upper leaves 6> lower ones 4 in a whirl ; not dagger- 

 pointed. All the leaves strap-shaped, but not ending in a thorn- 

 like point. Flowers in a 3-cleft umbel, the middle spoke but 

 half the length of the other two. Anthers purplish red. 



Foqnd growing with G. palustre, but does not at all agree 

 with that, and -probably will prove to be a distinct species. 



The prickles at the edge of the leaves and the sharp dagger- 

 "ike point, readily distinguish the first of these from the G. tnon- 



(anumj and the smooth stem separates it both from the montanum 

 as well as from the palustre. 



Marsh Goose-grass. Meadows, pastures, and wet heaths. On 

 the lower bog Chisselhurst. Ray. P. July. 



pusilium. G. Leaves 8 in a whirl, rough with hairs, strap- shaped, 



the stem ; fruit-stalks forked. 



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Stems numerous, angular, a finger's length. Leaves 6 or 8 in 

 a whirl, strap-shaped, or between spear and strap-shaped, sharp, 

 rough, as are also the stems, with expanding hairs. Branches 

 few, alternate. Whirls of leaves often so thickly set as partly to 

 tile the stems. Panicle thin set, mostly terminating, upon twice 

 forked fruit-stalks. Linn. Leaves 7 or 8 in a whirl ; tiling the 

 lower part of the stem. Flavuers white. Seeds small, smooth. 

 Huds. Angles of the stem y and edges and mid-ribs of the 

 leaves rough with expanding hairs. Leaves rarely up to 8. Mr. 

 Woodward. Approaches near to the G. uliginesum, but may 

 be known from that by the blossom not being pinkey on the out- 

 side, by the fruit-stalks being either smooth or only hairy and 

 not rough and harsh with prickles, but notwithstanding these 

 differences I doubt whether the two plants which our botanists 

 have called pusillum and uligmosum be really distinct species. 



Least Goose-grass. Limestone Hills, near Kendal, Westmore- 

 land. Near the bath at Matlock. Dr. Smith. P. July, Aug- 





erect urn. G. Leaves mostly 8 in a whirl; spear-shaped, with fine 



prickly scrratures : panicles with 3 divisions : stem 



rough, flaccid. Huds. 



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