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RUBIACE.E. 



BUBIA pEREGRfNA ( Wild-Madder). 



growing in whorls of 4 6, glossy above, and recurved 

 at the margin. The flowers are green, 5-cleft, and grow 

 in panicles ; the berries remain attached to the plant 

 until late in winter ; they are black, and about as large 

 as currants. Fl. June August. Perennial. 



2. GALIUM (Bed-straw). 

 * flowers yellow. 



1. G. crucidtum (Cross-wort). Leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 soft and downy; flowers clustered in the whorls, upper 

 ones having pistils only, lower, stamens only. Bushy 

 hedges, common ; well distinguished by its uniform 

 leaves, and -short clusters of dull yellow flowers. The 



