100 TETKANDEIA MONOGYNIA. [cL. IV. 



Stems decumbent, square, the angles rough, with deflected prickles : 

 flowers pale greenish- yellow. Annual : flowers in June and July : 

 grows on walls and dry sandy ground in the south of England. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 384. G. Anglicum. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 209. 



236. 



8. G. aristdtum. Bearded Bed-straw. Leaves six in a whorl, 

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

 prickles pointing forward ; stem much branched, spreading, 

 smooth ; segments of the corolla taper-pointed. Stems nume- 

 rous, a foot high, erect, square, smooth : flowers white, in termi- 

 nal, compound panicles. Perennial : flowers in July and August. 

 Found in Angus-shire by Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2784. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 204. ' 237. 



9. G. sacchardtum. Warty -fruited Bed-straw. Leaves six in a 

 whorl, lance-shaped, the edges with minute prickles pointing for- 

 ward ; stem spreading, slightly branched, rough at the angles ; 



stalks axillar, three-flowered. Stems several, about six inches 



long : flowers small, pale-yellow : fruit ^covered with pyramidal 

 warts. Annual : flowers 'in July : groAvs in corn-fields : rare. 

 Carse of Gowrie, and near Forfar. Near Malton, Yorkshire. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2173. G. verrucosum. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 205. 



238. 



10. G. tricorne. Three-flowered Goose-grass. Leaves about eight 

 in a whorl, lance-shaped, the edges and ribs with minute reflected 

 prickles ; stems several, simple, with deflected prickles ; stalks 

 axillar, three-flowered. Stems weak, spreading : flowers green- 

 ish-white : fruit covered with bristly granulations. Annual : 

 flowers in July : grows in dry fields in England : not common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxiii. pi. 1641. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 205. 239. 



11. G. spurium. Smooth-bruited Corn Bed-straw. Leaves about 

 eight in a whorl, lance-shaped, the edges rough with minute re- 

 flected prickles ; stems with reflected prickles ; stalks axillar, 



many- flowered ; fruit smooth. Stems weak, spreading : flowers 



greenish- white, in axillar cymes. Annual : flowers in June and 

 July : found in corn-fields about Forfar, by Mr. G. Don. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1871. Eng.Fl. vol. i. p. 206. 240. 



12. G. pusillum. Least Mountain Bed-straw. Leaves eight in a 

 whorl, narrow lance-shaped, bristle-pointed, somewhat hairy, en- 

 tire at the margin ; panicles terminal, forked ; fruit smooth. 



Stems very numerous, branched, square, spreading : flowers white, 

 in forked panicles, terminating the stem and branches. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July and August : grows in dry places on hilly 

 ground : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 74. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 206. 



241. 



13. G. Mollugo. Great Hedge Bed-straw. Leaves eight in a whorl, 

 elliptical, bluntish, bristle-pointed, rough-edged ; flowers in loose 



terminal panicles. Stem four feet high, feeble, square, swelled 



above the whorls, smoothish : flowers abundant, white. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July and August : grows in hedges and thickets : 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiv. pi. 1673. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 203. 242. 



14. G. verum. Common Yellow Bed-straw. Leaves eight in a 

 whorl, linear, channelled, entire at the edges, rough : flowers in 



dense panicles. Root very long, creeping, reddish-brown : 



stems about a foot high, decumbent at the base, hard, much 

 branched : flowers greenish-yellow, very numerous, in dense pa- 



