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mucronate, finally reflexed ; Western and Southern 

 Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees. G. sacckaratuin, L.; flowers 

 often unisexual, fruit large, tubercular ; occasional. 



D. Flowers white ; stem and leaves not hispid ; leaves 

 broader than linear: — G. Mollugo, L. (including elatuifiy 

 Thuill., and erectuin^ Huds.) ; and saxatile, L. : are very 

 common English plants. G. boj'ealey L. ; leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, lanceolate, fruit hispid ; damp meadows and rocks. 

 G. rotundifoliunif L. ; leaves 4 in a whorl, broadly ovate, 

 fruit rough ; mountain woods. G. pedemontanum, All. ; 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, elliptic, cymes axillary, stem prickly ; 

 sandy places ; Southern Switzerland, Piedmont. G. tri- 

 floi'uvi^ Mich. ; leaves 6 in a whorl, oblong - lanceolate, 

 fruit small, prickly, plant fragrant ; woods ; Switzerland, 

 very rare. G. sylvaticuni^ L. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; 

 flower-stalk very slender, drooping, stem ridged ; woods. 

 G. aristatum, L. {IcBvigatuni, L.); leaves narrower, corolla- 

 lobes acuminate - mucronate ; Pfeffers, Geneva, Ticino, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. G, helveticuiUy Weig. ; leaves 7-8 

 in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, fleshy, flowers 

 almost concealed among the leaves, fruit large, fruit- 

 stalk deflexed ; Switzerland, Tirol, Styria, Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees. G. sylvestre, Poll, (including austriacum^ 

 Jacq. ; co77zmtitatuin, Jord. ; montanumy Vill. ; Lapeyrou- 

 sianum, Jord. ; anisopkyllon, Vill.; and tenue^ Vill.) ; leaves 

 variable, y -^ in a whorl, usually oblinear - lanceolate, 

 mucronate, fruit-stalk not deflexed ; meadows. G. niyri- 

 anthuviy Jord. (including obliquuniy Vill. ; luteohun, Jord. ; 

 and leucophcBunty G. and G.); leaves variable, 9-12 in 

 a whorl, usually lanceolate - oblong, mucronate, softl}^ 

 pubescent beneath, flowers more numerous; Southern 

 Switzerland, Jura, Dauphiny. G. megalospermum, Vill. 



