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HAB. Corn-fields, frequent, Lightf. Rare in meadows and pastures 

 about Glasgow. Corn-fields near Tollcross, Hopk. Fl. July. 7/ . 



Stems 23 feet high. Radical leaves lanceolate, slightly serrate, 

 hairy. Heads ofjlowers convex, purplish; outer florets large, with 

 their segments unequal, the lower one very large, and forming a 

 sort of ring; inner florets with equal segments. A white-flowered 

 var. is mentioned by M. Neiil as not uncommon in Orkney. 



3. S. columbaria (small Scabious), corollas 5-cleft radiating, 

 stem hairy, radical leaves oblyngo- ovate and eremite or lyrate 

 those of the stem piunatifkl with linear segments. Lightf. 

 p.lH. E. B. t. 1311. 



HAB. Dry mountain pastures, but rare, Sibbald. Near Arbroath, 

 Angus-shire, and with white fl., G.Don. Plentiful near Montrose, 

 and at Blackford, Mr. Murray. Fl. July, Aug. If. . 



Rarely a foot high, hairy. Lower leaves on rather long footstalks ; 

 cdidine ones cut into narrow, linear or setaceous pinnae. Flowers 

 purplish blue. Involucre of narrow leaves, longer than the flowers. 

 Inner cal. with 5 bristles. 



3. SHERARDIA. 



I. S. arvensis (blue Sherardia), leaves about 6 in a whorl, flowers 

 terminal sessile umbellate. Lightf. p. 114. E.B. t. 891. 



HAB. Dry corn-fields, not unfrequent. Near Cambuslang, plentifully j 

 on the bank at the foot of Cathcart Castle, and about Balvie, Glas- 

 gow, Hopk. Fl. Summer months. 0. 



A small, slender, branched and spreading plant. Leaves obovato- 

 lanceolate, acute, edges rough, upper ones 7 8, forming an in- 

 volucre to the small umbel of pale blue flowers. Fruit 2-lobed, 

 2 -seeded, each lobe crowned with a trifid portion of the cal. 



4. ASPERULA. 



I. A. odorala (sweet Woodruff), leaves about S in a whorl lan- 

 ceolate, flowers paniculate on longish stalks. Lightf. p. 115. 

 E. B. t. 755. 



HAB. Woods and shady places, plentiful. Fl. May, June. I/ . 



About 6 inches high, erect. Flowers white. Whole plant very sweet- 

 scented, like Anthoxanthum, especially when in the act of drying. 



5. GALIUM. 



* Fruit glabrous, flowers yellow. 



1. G. verum (yellow Bed- straw] , leaves about 8 in a whorl linear 

 grooved, flowers in dense panicles. Lightf. p. 116. . B. 

 t. 660. 



HAB. Dry banks and sandy sea-shores, common, Lightf. Fl. July, 

 Aug. U. 



Readily distinguishable by its yellow flowers and linear deflexed leaves. 

 Gerard says that the milk of the best Cheshire cheeses was coagu- 

 lated with this plant a . 



1 Lighi foot tells us that the Highlanders use the roots of this plant, priii- 



