186 42. RTJBIACEJE. 



Fr. wrinkled and tubercled. Dry banks in limestone districts. 

 P. VI. VII. Qumancy-wort. E. I. 



2. A. odordta (L.) ; /. 6 9 in a whorl lanceolate, margins 

 rough with forward prickles, fl. in stalked terminal cymose 

 corymbs, fr. hispid. E. B. 755. St. erect, about 6 in. high. 

 Fl. white. L. broad, lower usually in sixes. Whole plant 

 fragrant Woods. P. V. VI. Woodruff. E.S.I. 



[A. arven'sis (L.) ; /. 6 10 in a wliorl linear-lanceolate blunt, 

 fl. clustered terminal surrounded by long ciliate bracts, fr. 

 (/labrous. E. B. & 2792. Like Sherardia arvensis. Fl. bright 

 blue. Introduced. A. VI.] E. 



[A. taurina (L.) ; 1. 4 in a whorl elliptic acuminate 3- veined, 

 fl. corymbose, cor.-tube very long, fr. rather rough. Sy. E. B. 

 G62. Cadeby, Leices. Casterton, Westm.] E. 



3. GA'LIUM Linn. Bedstraw. 



A. Leaves 3-veined. 

 * FL in a terminal panicle, perfect, white ; fr. -stalks erect. 



1. G. boredle (L.) ; /. 4 in a wh orl lanceolate, st. erect pauicled, 

 fruitstalks patent,//*, covered with hooked bristles. E. J3. 105. 

 St. about 18 in. high ; branches many, leafy. Fl. in compact 

 panicles. Moist rocky places. P. VII. Vlll. E. S. I. 



** FL axillary, yellow ; lateral fl. imperfect > fr. -stalks 

 deflexed. 



2. G. Cnicidta (Scop.) ; /. 4 in a whorl elliptic-oblong hairy, 

 fl. corymbose bracteate, terminal fl. fertile, lateral fl. mostly male, 

 fr. smooth. E. B. 143. St. simple above, 1 2 feet high, hairy. 

 Fl. small, about 8 together in small corymbs, falling short of the 

 leaves. Hedges and thickets. P. V. Vl. Crosswort. E. S. 



B. Leaves 1- veined. Root annual. 

 * Flowers axillary ', lateral fl. wiper feet. 

 \G. sacchardtum (All.). E. B. 2173. Accidental. A. VI. 



. sac 

 VIII.] 



. in axillary cymes , all perfect, white or greenish. 



3. G. tricorne (Stokes) ; Z. 6 8 in a wliorl linear-lanceolate 

 with marginal backward prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles, 



