92 37. VALERIANACE^E. 



smooth. Fl. numerous, in terminal panicles. Fruit covered with 

 hooked bristles. 



Frequent. On moist rocks. ' 'Bowling bay; Dalbeth; Carmyle," &c. Hopk. 

 Falls of Clyde. (H) P. 68. 



9. G-. APARINE, L. Goose-Grass, Cleavers, Robin-run-the-hedge. 

 Stem weak, scrambling among bushes and hedges, several feet 

 high. Le. 6 8 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, margins and midrib 

 rough with reflexed prickles. Ped. axillary, few fl. Fr. with 

 short hooked bristles. 



Very common. In hedges. (B) A. 6 7. 



2. SHERARDIA. Field-Madder. 



S. ARVENSIS, L. Blue Sherardia. Stems prostrate or decum- 

 bent, much branched, very leafy, 4 6 in. long. Le. 6 in a whorl, 

 lower ones obovate, acute; upper ones linear-lanceolate, edges 

 rough. Involucral le, 7 8. Fl. capitate. Cor. with a slender 

 tube, lilac or pink. 



Frequent. Fields and neglected gardens. (B) A. 410. Pollokshaws; Cath- 

 cart; Rutherglen and Cambuslang. 



3. ASP^RULA. Woodruff. 



A. ODORATA, L. Sweet Woodruff. Stem erect, 6 10 in. high. 

 L e . 6 8 in a whorl, lanceolate, the lowest smaller and obovate. 

 Fl. white, in a loose cyme. Fr. globular and hispid. Plant frag- 

 rant when dry. 



Common. In woods and shady places. (B) P. 5 6. Kelvinside wood; Car- 

 myle and Kenmuir banks; Cambuslang glen, &c. 



37.-VALERIANACE.aE. 



1. VALERIANA. Valerian. 



1. V. DIOICA, L. Marsh- Valerian. Rhizome creeping. Stem 

 erect, 6 8 in. high. Radical le. ovate, on long stalks. Stem le. 

 pinnatifid, with a large terminal lobe, Fl. small, pale rose- 

 coloured, corymbose, imperfectly dioecious, 



Very rare. In boggy places. (E) P. 56. "About Balvie," Hopk.; Bishops 

 Loch. 



2. V. OFFICINALIS, L. Var. sambucifolia, Mik. Great Wild- 

 Valerian, Rhizome tuberous. Stem erect, 2 4 ft. high, sul- 

 cate, sending out creeping runners from the base. Le. pinnatifid 

 or pinnate, with 4 6 pairs of broad lanceolate segments, coarsely 

 toothed, or entire, slightly hairy underneath. Stem le. few, 

 pinnatifid, distant. Fl. small, flesh-coloured, or pale purple, 

 in a broad corymb. 



Frequent. Sides of rivers and ditches. (B) P. 68. Banks of Kelvin, Cart, 

 and Clyde ; Paisley Canal bank ; Gourock to Arran. 



