CL. IV.] TETRANDRIA MOtfOGYNIA. 99 



thers two-celled. Germen inferior, of two united globes. 

 Style thread-shaped, cleft, as long as the stamens ; stigmas 

 knobbed. Seeds two, naked, united ; globular, not crowned 

 by the calyx. Named from gala, milk, which it curdles. 68. 



* Fruit smooth. 



1. G. crucidtum. Cross-wort. Leaves four in a whorl, egg- 

 shaped, hairy ; stem hairy, simple above ; flower-stalks axillar, 



corymbose, two-leaved. Stem branched at the base, a foot high, 



square, feeble : flowers small, yellow. Perennial : flowers in May 

 and June : grows by hedges and way-sides : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. ii. pi. 143. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 199. 230. 



2. G. palustre. White Water Bed-straw. Leaves from four to 

 six in a whorl, unequal, oblong, obtuse ; stems weak, branched in 



the upper part. Stem much branched, from two to four feet 



high : flowers white, in terminal panicles. Perennial : flowers in 

 June : grows in moist meadows, and the borders of rivers and 

 pools, among reeds and sedges : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. 

 pi. 1857. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 200. When the angles of the stem, 

 and the nerves at the back and margins of the leaves, are rough 

 with prickles, it is the G. Witherin' gii, Rough Heath Bed-straw. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2206. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 200. 231. 



3. G. uliginosum. Rough Marsh Bed-straw. Leaves six in a 

 whorl, between lance-shaped and inversely egg-shaped, stiff, 



bristle-pointed, the margins rough with recurved prickles. 



Stems feeble, about a foot high, with recurved prickles : panicles 

 terminal, small : corolla white. Perennial : flowers in August : 

 grows in wet places, among reeds and other plants : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxviii. pi. 1972. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 201. 232. 



4. G. saxdtile. Smooth Heath Bed-straw. Leaves six in a whorl, 

 inversely egg-shaped, bristle-pointed; stem much branched, 



smooth, prostrate. Stems prostrate, spreading, square, smooth : 



flowers numerous, white, in terminal and lateral panicles. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in June and July : grows abundantly in dry heathy 

 places, among stones, &c. : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 815. 

 Eng. FL vol. i. p. 201. 233. 



5. G. erectum. Upright Bed-straw. Leaves about eight in a 

 whorl, lance-shaped, bristle-pointed, the edges with minute 

 prickles pointing forward ; stem weak, slightly hairy under the 



joints ; segments of the corolla taper-pointed. Stems rather 



erect, swelled at the joints, four-cornered, somewhat hairy, 

 branched : flowers white, in dense, terminal, compound panicles. 

 Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in hedges and pas- 

 tures : rare. Norfolk, Sussex, and Cambridge. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxix. pi. 2067. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 201. 234. 



6. G. cinereum. " Leaves six or eight in a whorl, linear, bristle- 

 pointed, with marginal prickles, all pointing forward. Stem 



weak, much branched, smooth: corolla taper-pointed." Peren- 

 nial: flowers in August. Binks of the river Leith, near Edin- 

 burgh, Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2783. Eng. FL vol. i. 

 p. 203. 235. 



7. G. Parisie'nse. Wall Bed- straw. Leaves six in a whorl, lance- 

 shaped, pointed, fringed with prickles ; stems straggling, rough. 



