100 TETRANDRIA MONOGYXIA. [CL. IV. 



Stems decumbent, square, the angles rough with deflected prickles : 

 flowers pale greenish-yellow. Annual: flowers in June and July: 

 grows on walls and dry sandy ground in the south of England. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. vi. pi. 384. G. Anglicum. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 209. 236. 



8. G. aristdtum. Bearded Bed-straw. Leaves six in a whorl, stalked, 

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

 forward ; stem much branched, spreading, smooth ; segments of the 



corolla taper-pointed. Stems numerous, a foot high, erect, square, 



smooth : flowers white, interminal, compound panicles. Perennial : 

 flowers in July and August. Found in Angus-shire by Mr. G. Don. 

 Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2784. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 204. 237. 



9. G. sacchardtum. Warty-fruited Bed-straw. Leaves six in a whorl, 

 lance-shaped, the edges with minute prickles pointing forward ; stem 

 spreading, slightly branched, rough at the angles; stalks axillar, three- 

 flowered. -Stems several, about six inches long : flowers small, pale- 

 yellow : fruit covered with pyramidal warts. Annual : flowers in July : 

 grows in corn-fields : rare. Carse of Gowrie, and near Forfar. Near 

 Malton, Yorkshire. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2173. G. verrucosum. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 205. 238. 



10. G. tricorne. Three-flowered Goose-grass. Leaves about eight in 

 a whorl, lance-shaped, the edges and ribs with minute reflected prickles ; 

 stems several, simple, with deflected prickles ; stalks axillar, three- 

 flowered. Stems weak, spreading : flowers greenish-white : fruit 



covered with bristly granulations. Annual : flowers in July : grows in 

 dry fields in England: not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiii. pi. 1641. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 205. 239. 



11. G. spurium. Smooth-fruited Corn Bed-straw. Leaves about eight 

 in a whorl, lance-shaped, the edges rough with minute reflected prickles; 

 stems with reflected prickles ; stalks axillar, many-flowered ; fruit 



smooth. Stems weak, spreading: flowers greenish-white, in axillar 



cymes. Annual : flowers in June and July : found in corn-fields about 

 Forfar, by Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1871. Evg. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 206. 240. 



12. G. pusillum. Least Mountain Bed-straw. Leaves eight in a 

 whorl, narrow lance-shaped, bristle-pointed, somewhat hairy, entire at 



the margin ; panicles terminal, forked ; fruit smooth. Stems very 



numerous, branched, square, spreading : flowers white, in forked panicles, 

 terminating the stem and branches. Perennial: flowers in July and 

 August : grows in dry places on hilly ground : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. 

 pi. 74. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 206. 241. 



13. G. Mollugo. Great Hedge Bed-straw. Leaves eight in a whorl, 

 elliptical, bluntish, bristle-pointed, rough-edged ; flowers in loose termi- 

 nal panicles. Stem four feet high, feeble, square, swelled above the 



whorls, smoothish : flowers abundant, white. Perennial : flowers in July 

 and August : grows in hedges and thickets : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxiv. pi. 1673. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 203. 242. 



14. G. t'erum. Common Yellow Bed-straw. Leaves eight in a whorl, 

 linear, channelled, entire at the edges, rough ; flowers in dense panicles. 



Root very long, creeping, reddish-brown : stems about a foot high, 



decumbent at the base, hard, much branched : flowers greenish-yellow, 

 very numerous, in dense panicles. The roots are used in the Hebrides 



