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TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Galium. is; 



Stems rather upright ; swelled at the joints ; 4-cornered, the 

 edges roughish; somewhat hairy, branched : flowering branches 

 opposite. Leaves 8, sometimes 6 in a whirl ; sitting, spear- 

 shaped, and between strap and spear-shaped ; bare. The ter- . 

 minating panicle divided into 3. Flowers white, 4-clefted. 

 Seeds small, smooth. Huds. Leaves in whirls, from 4 to 5 inches 

 distant from each other ; bent back ; serratures directed towards 

 the point of the leaf, and not bowed back as in the rest of the 

 rough-leaved species. My specimen agrees in every respect ex- 

 cept the stem, which is smooth. St. Jacq. had described the 

 leaves and stem as sleek and shining, and the former as not ser- 

 rated with prickles, but he afterwards corrects this description. 

 See Animadversiones, at the beginning of the 3d vol. of his 

 Hort. Vindobon. G. austriacus. Jacq. 



Uptight Goose-grass. Meadows and wet pastures. [Heydon 

 Common, Norfolk. Mr. Bryant.] P* June, July. 



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G. Leaves 8 in a whirl, egg-strap-shaped, dagger-pointed; molltfgo. 



somewhat serrated, greatly expanded : stem feeble : 

 branches greatly expanding. 



Fl. dan. 455-G*r. ($J. \-Fnchs. 281-Lob. ic. 802. Q-J. B. 

 iii. 716. 1-Lob. obs. 468. l~Ger. em. 1118. 2-Pet. 30.4- 

 Matth. 921. 



Stem 4-edged, branched ; thickest just above the joints, near- 

 ly smooth. Leaves from 6 to 8 in a whirl ; unequal in size, ob- 

 long-egg-shaped, a little hairy on the back and at the edges, but 

 not rough to the touch. Flowers very numerous, on fruit-stalks 

 rising from the whirls of leaves ; generally 2 long and 2 short 

 flowering branches from each whirl. Bloss. white. Seeds 2 f 

 smooth; 1 generally much larger than the other. The whole 

 plant smooth to the touch. The Linnaean character mentions 

 .the leaves being " somewhat serrated," but with us they have no 

 such appearance, the edges being quite smooth and entire, which 

 circumstance at once distinguishes it from the G.c rectum of Mr. 

 Hudson. In a cultivated state it grows quite upright, strong, 

 and 3 or 4 feet high. 



Madder Goose-grass. White Ladies Bed Straw. Wild Mad- 

 der. Great Bastard Madder. Hedges, roughs, and heaths, fre- 



quent. 



June. Aug 



Var. 1. Leaves very entire, bent back ; seldom exceeding 3 



or 4 inches in height. Scop. Mollugo moniana minor, Gallia albo 



timills. R. Syn. 224. seems at least to comprehend this variety 

 as well as the G. procumbens! Malvern Hills. St. 



G. Male flowers 3 -cleft, on pedicles springing from the Spu*rm» 



fruit-stalks of the hermaphrodite flowers.- 



fW/.4. 3. 





