36. RUBIACE^E. 91 



Fl, small, in axillary corymbs. Fertile fl. terminal, barren ones 

 lateral. Fr. small, smooth. 



Common. Hedge banks and bushy places. Banks of the Kelvin, &c. (B) P. 

 46. 



B. Flowers white. Fruit smooth. 



3. G. SAXATILE, L. Smooth Heath- Bedstraw. Stems mostly 

 prostrate, much branched, 5 6 in. long. Le. obovate, with a 

 small point, upper ones narrow, 6 in a whorl. Fl. in corymbose 

 panicles ; lobes of the corolla scarcely pointed. Fr. small, granu- 

 lated on the surface. 



Very common. Heathy pastures. (B) P. 68. Paisley Canal bank; Possil 

 marsh, &c. 



4. G. PUSILLUM, L. Least Mountain- Bedstraw. Scarcely 

 differs from the preceding. Le. 8 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, 

 mucronate, edges rolled back, lower ones with marginal hairs. 

 Pan. few-flowered. Pet. somewhat acute. Fr. minutely granular. 



Eare. Strathblane hills. (B) P. 78. 



5. G. ULIGINOSUM, L. Rough Marsh-Bedstraw. Stems weak r 

 slender, brittle, 12 18 in. high. Le. 6 8 in a whorl, linear- 

 lanceolate, terminated by a mucro; margins and angles of the stem 

 with reflexed prickles. Panicles small, axillary, few-flowered. 

 Plant not turning black in drying. 



Frequent in wet places; not so common as the next species. (B) P. 7 8. 

 Paisley Canal bank; near Cambuslang; bunks of the Forth and Clyde Canal j 

 Gourock to Arran, 



6. G. PALUSTRE, L. White Water-Bedstraw. Of the same 

 habit as the preceding. Stem nearly smooth on the angles. Le. 

 mostly 4 in a whorl, obtuse, tapering to the base, sometimes a 

 little rough on the edge. Fl. small, in spreading panicles ; 

 branches of the panicle spreading at right angles. 



Var. Witheringii, Sm. Margins of the le. , midrib on the back; 

 and angles of the stem rough with reflexed prickles. 



Very common. Wet ditches, sides of rivers, and borders of lakes. (B) P. 78, 

 Banks cf the Kelvin ; Paisley Canal bank , Possil marsh, &c. 



7. G. MOLLUGO, L. Great Hedge-Bedstraw. Stems smooth, 

 of straggling growth, 1 3 ft. high, swelling above the joints. 

 Le. 68 in a whorl, obovate, oblong or linear, mucronate, prickles 

 on the margin pointing forward. Lobes of the cor. with a small 

 point. Fruit-stalks divaricate. Fruit smooth. 



Rare. In hedges and thickets. (E) P. 78. " On the rocks at Cartlane crags* 

 north side," Light/. " Banks of the Clyde at Carmyle," Hopk. (E) P. 78. 



C. Flowers white. Fruit hispid. 



8. G. BOREALE, L. Cross-leaved Bedstraw. Stems erect, 12 

 18 in. high. Le. 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, linear, 3-ribbed, firm, 



