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Field near Harrow Station, Railway Embankment, 

 bank at Wood End. Not unfrequent in hedges at Kenton, 

 near Kenton Brook, Harrow Weald and Pinner. 



2. G. saxatile. L. (Smooth Heath Bedstraw.) 

 Heathy spots. 6-8. 



Very comnjon at Harrow Weald and Ruislip. Stan- 

 more Heath. (Flor. Midd.) 



3. G. uliginosum. L. (Rough Marsh Bedstraw.) 

 Wet meadows and sides of ditches. 7, 8. 



Ponds at Roxeth. Exceedingly similar to the next. 

 It does not turn black in drying, which G. palustre does. 



4. G. palustre. L. (White Water Bedstraw.) 

 Sides of ditches, rivulets, etc. 7, 8. 



Very common everywhere. 



a. G. elongatum. Syme. 

 Roxeth. 



ft G. genuinum. Syme. 

 Harrow. 



y. Witheringii. Syme. 



Harrow Weald Common. (Flor. Midd.} 



5. G. Mollugo. L. Great (White Hedge Bedstraw.) 

 Hedges and thickets, 7, 8, 



Hedges at Harrow, etc. Woodhall, Pinner ; Harrow 

 Weald. (Flor. Midd.} Greenford. (Cooper.) Very 

 common. 



6. G. Aparine. L. (Goose Grass, or Cleavers.) 

 Hedges. 6, 7. 



Most abundant. This plant is known in some places 

 by the name of " Scratch tongue." 



