132 Botany. 



1279. P. media, L. 6 9, P. Dry chalky pastures and meadows ; 



v. com., sometimes visited by insects for honey. Fls. 

 complete or unisexual, monoecious or dioecious. 



1280. P. lanceolata, L. 7 9, P. Pastures, waste and cultivated 



places ; v. com. Hive bees visit the fl. for pollen. Fls. 

 complete or /. 



Var. b). Timbali. Reich. 



1. Shorne Battery. H. 



2. Field-border, Isle of Grain. Jackson. 



3. Clover field, nr. Stone. M. 



1281. P. maritima, L. 6 9, P. Coasts and muddy shores of tidal 



rivers. 



1. Near Thames, Greenhithe, '02. W.H.G. 



2. Marshes nr. Crossness, '02. C.H.G. 

 a. 1st record, 1597 : Gravesend, Erith. 



1282. P. coronopus, L. 6 9. A or B. Com. on dry sandy heaths, etc. 



\ILLECEBRACEM, B. 6- H. ; PARONYCHIACE&. This 

 order now forms part of the Caryophyllacece.] 



ALLIANCE XXII. RUBIALES. 

 N.0 1. RUBIACEM. 



(191) GALIUM, L. (BEDSTRAW) ; small fls. with exposed 

 honey ; self-fertilisation easy and frequent. 



747. G. cruciata, Scop. (CROSSWORT), 5 6, P. Hedges, thickets ; 



com. esp. on the chalk. Complete and unisexual fls. on 

 the same pi. (Darwin). 



a. 1st record, 1597 : Charlton. 



748. G. verum, L. (LADY'S BEDSTRAW), 7 8, P. Dry sandy 



places ; common. 



a. 1st record, 1629 : Chalkdale, near Dartford. 



749. G. erectum, Huds. (under MOLLUGO, B. & H.) } 69, P. 



Pastures ; rare. 



1. Plumstead Marshes, behind the old Practice Butts. 



Dod. 



2. Top of Downs, near Otford. Bruce. 



