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FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



in whorls of five or six. Tlie flower-stalks are numerous, erect, 

 weak, angled, smooth, each bearing a terminal panicle of many 

 small, white flowers. The fruit is small, with a granulated 

 surface. 



3. The Upright Bedstraw {G. erechtm). — Not so common as the 



riiF. SMOOTH Heath Bedstraw. 



preceding, but often found on downs and hilly pastm-es, flowering 

 from June to August. It is sometimes regarded as a varietj' of the 

 Great Hedge Bedstraw {G. Mollvgo), described on p. 172. Its 

 stem is erect, from one to two feet high ; and the leaves, six to 

 eight in a whorl, are very narrow, with marginal jirickles pointing 

 forwards. The flowers are white, in a panicle with slender, erect 

 branches ; and the fruit is smooth. 



The remaining plant of this order is the Small Woodruff or 



