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HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Cbosswort — {Galium crucidtum.) 

 Hedgebanks, especially among bushes, the roots difficult to get at. 

 Cheadle. Barton. Very common about Stretford. Fl. May, Jime. 



E. B. ii. 143. 



2. Sweet YeI/Low Galium — [Galium verum.) 

 Dry banks on the Buxton Road, between Disley and Whaley. 

 Fl. July, August. 



Curtis, ii. 377 ; E. B. x. 660 ; Baxter, iv. 294. 

 When luxuriant, an extremely pretty plant. 



3. Cleavees — [Galium Aparine.) 

 Hedges and waste places, everywhere, straggling up among the 

 stouter plants. Fl. June, July. Annual. 



Curtis, i. 81 ; E. B. xii. 816. 

 About Lymm called " Stickleback," from its notorious adhesiveness to our 

 clothing. 



4. Maesh Galiitm — [Galium pdlustre.) 



By the sides of ditches and ponds, among reeds, water -mints, and 



other late-flowering semi-aquatics, on which it leans for support, 



common. Plentiful and luxuriant upon Hale Moss. Fl. July, August. 



Curtis, iii. 451 ; E. B. xxvi. 1857. 



5. Small Rough Galium — [Galium uliginosum.) 

 In similar situations, but less common. Bog near the edge of 

 Rostherne Mere. Fl. July, August. 



Curtis, iii. 452 ; E. B. xxviii. 1972. 



6. Smooth Heath Galium — [Galium saxdtile.) 

 Heaths, and in hilly pastures, where the turf is short, often making 

 the groimd quite white, and scarcely rising above the surface, very 

 common. Fl. June — August. 



E. B. xii. 815. 



7. Shekardia — [Sherardia arvensis.) 

 On the borders of dry fields, common, especiaUy where the soil is 

 gravelly. Fl. June — September. Annual. 



E. B. xiii. 891 ; Baxter, iv. 244. 



