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2. G. cruciatum (Cross-wort), leaves 4 in a whorl ovate hairy, flow- 

 ers polygamous clustered lateral, peduncles 2-leaved. Lightf. 

 p. 633' ' (Falantia cruciata). E. B.t. 143. 



HAB. King's Park, Edinburgh, Dr. Parsons. Hedges and bushy 

 places, very common, Hopk. Fl. May, June. 14 . 

 ** Fruit glabrous, flowers white. 



3. G. palustre (white Water Bed-sir aiu), leaves 4 6 in a whorl 

 oblongo-lanceolate obtuse unequal in size, stem lax spreading 

 branched, branches patent. Lightf. p. 115. E. B. t. 1857. 



HAB. Sides of lakes and rivulets. Fl. July. I/. 



Keel and edges of the leaves a little rough. Fruit smooth. 



4. G. Wilheringii (rough Heath Bed-straw], " leaves about & 

 in a whorl reflexed (horizontal in fig. in E. B.) lanceolate aris- 

 tate ciliated, stem nearly erect simple scabrous" (Sm. Comp.) 

 E. B. t. 2206. 



HAB. Moist woods near Forfar, G. Don. Ochill hills, above Du- 

 ning, Perthshire, D. Don. East end of the lake at Forfar, Maugh. 

 Fl, July. U . 



A very doubtful species, of which I have seen no specimen. Number 

 of leaves as in G. uliginosum, but the prickles on the leaves, ac- 

 cording to the description in E. B., directed upwards like those 

 of G. erectum. Prickles of the stem pointing downwards accord- 

 ing to E. B., upwards according to Withering. 



5. G. uliginosum (rough Marsh Bed-straw), leaves six in a 

 whorl lanceolate mucronate, the margins rough with reflexed 

 prickles. Lightf. p. 115. E. B. t. 1972. 



HAB. Meadows and sides of rivers and ditches, common. Possil 

 Marsh, N. side of the canal, and marsh W. end of HugginfieldLoch 

 and Frankfield Loch, Glasg., Hopk. Fl. Aug. I/ . 



StemsleLX, slender, branched, angular, rough with small prickles, which, 

 as in the leaves, point downwards. Fruit smooth. 



6. G. saxatile (smooth Heath Bed-straw) , in a whorl obovate 

 mucronate, stem very much branched procumbent glabrous. 

 E. B. t. 815. (G. montanum, Huds. and Lightf., the latter 

 confounding it with G. uliginosum.) 



HAB. Hilly and heathy places, most abundant. The ground in the 

 Fir Park near the High Church, Glasg., is almost white with it 

 during summer, y. . 



Plant small, very glabrous. Leaves of a thickish and rather soft tex- 

 ture. Fruit granulated (Sm.). Not so in my specimens, but be- 

 come shrivelled in drying. 



7. G. erectum (upright Bed-straw), leaves about 8 in a whorl 

 lanceolate mucronate their margins rough with prickles point* 



cipally the bark, to dye a red colour ; boiling them with the yarn and adding 

 alum to fix the colour. They also employ it as a rennet to curdle milk, 

 adding the leaveg of the stinging Nettle (Urtica diQwa) and a little salt, 



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