86 
Upper leaves 4 in a whorl, bluntish ; (stem either sete 
( or rough). : 
L palus'tre.~ 
Leaves nearly all 6-8 in a whorl, pointed. 
Stem without prickles, smooth or hairy. 
{ Corolla-lobes narrowed to a slender projection at 
their point ; fruit smooth. ) 
Mollu'go./ 
Corolla not narrow pointed ; fruit covered with little~ 
| tubercles. | 
| saxatiile.~ 
~Stem rough with downward-pointing prickles. 
Calyx and fruit covered with hooked bristles ; leaves 
( bristly on their surface and margin. ) 
L Aparine. C levers 
Calyx and fruit not bristly; leaves with prickly teeth 
on their margin only. 
Leaves usually under $ inch long, their marginal 
teeth pointing forwards, towards the apex. } 
an'glicum./ 
Teeth of the leaves pointing backwards. 
Coarse plant, of cornfields etc.; flowers 1-4 
f together ; fruit-stalks curved inwards. ) 
t tricor’ne. 
Slender plant, of marshes and ditches; flowers 
clustered ; fruit stalks straight. 
uligino’sum. 
ee) 
GENIS'TA. 
Plant with spines; leaves without stipules; pods short,~ 
much swollen. | 
an'glica. Needle Fu ee 
No spines ; leaves with little tooth-like stipules. 
Leaves with a distinct point; corolla and pod ae 
[ hairs. j 
q tincto'ria. Dyer’s Greenweed. 
Leaves without any point; corolla and pod more or 
less covered with hairs. } 
pilo’sa. 
GENTIA‘'NA. 
Calyx with 4 very unequal segments, 2 wide and 2 narrow;- 
corolla with 4 segments 
campes'tris. /zeld Gehtdue 
Calyx (and usually corolla) with 5 segments. 
