CL. IV.] TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 99 



celled. Germen inferior, of two united globes. Style thread- 

 shaped, cleft, as long as the stamens; stigmas knobbed. Seeds 

 two, naked, united ; globular, not crowned by the calyx. Named 

 from gala, milk, which it curdles. 68. 



* Fruit smooth. 



1. G. crucidtum. Cross-wort. Leaves four in a whorl, egg-shaped, 

 hairy ; stem hairy, simple above ; flower-stalks axillar, corymbose, two- 

 leaved. Stem branched at the base, a foot high, square, feeble : 



flowers small, yellow. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows by 

 hedges and way-sides: common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 143. Eng. Ft. 

 vol. i. p. 199. 230. 



2. G. palnstre. White Water Bed-straw. Leaves from four to six in 

 a whorl, unequal, oblong, obtuse ; stems weak, branched in the upper 



part. Stem much branched, from two to four feet high : flowers 



white, in terminal panicles. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in 

 moist meadows, and the borders of rivers and pools, among reeds and 

 sedges : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1857. Eng. El. vol. i. p. 200. 

 When the angles of the stem, and the nerves at the back and margins of 

 the leaves, are rough with prickles, it is the G. Witheririgii, Rough 

 Heath Bed-straw. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2206. Eng. EL vol. i. 

 p. 200. 231. 



3. G. uliginosum. Rough Marsh Bed-straw. Leaves six in a whorl, 

 between lance-shaped and inversely egg-shaped, stiff, bristle-pointed, the 



margins rough with recurved prickles. Stems feeble, about a foot 



high, with recurved prickles : panicles terminal, small : corolla white. 

 Perennial : flowers in August : grows in wet places, among reeds and 

 other plants : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii. pi. 1972. Eng. Ft. vol. i. 

 p. 201. 232. 



4. G. saxdtile. Smooth Heath Bed-straw. Leaves six in a whorl, 

 inversely egg-shaped, bristle-pointed ; stem much branched, smooth, 

 prostrate. Stems prostrate, spreading, square, smooth : flowers nume- 

 rous, white, in terminal and lateral panicles. Perennial : flowers in 

 June and July : grows abundantly in dry heathy places, among stones, 

 c. : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 815. Eng. Ft. vol. i. p. 201. 



233. 



5. G. erfctum. Upright Bed-straw. Leaves about eight in a whorl, 

 lance-shaped, bristle-pointed, the edges with minute prickles pointing 

 forward ; stem weak, slightly hairy under the joints ; segments of the 

 corolla taper-pointed. Stems rather erect, swelled at the joints, four- 

 cornered, somewhat hairy, branched : flowers white, in dense, terminal, 

 compound panicles. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in 

 hedges and pastures : rare. Norfolk, Sussex, and Cambridge. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2067. Eng. El. vol. i. p. 201. 234. 



6. G. ciWreum. " Leaves six or eight in a whorl, linear, bristle- 

 pointed, with marginal prickles, all pointing forward. Stem weak, 



much branched, smooth : corolla taper-pointed." Perennial : flowers in 

 August. Banks of the river Leith, near Edinburgh, Mr. G. Don. Eng. 

 Bot. Suppl. pi. 2783. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 203. 235. 



7. G. Parisitnse. Wall Bed-straw. Leaves six in a whorl, lance- 

 shaped, pointed, fringed with prickles ; stems straggling, rough. 



