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forwards. Fl. white. a ; 1. lanceolate. [/3. G. cmereum (Sin.) : 

 1. 68 in a whorl linear. E. B. S. 2783. Perhaps a distinct 

 species, G. diffusion (Hook.), but a doubtful native.] G. aris- 

 tatum (Sm.) has 1. in sixes, but is probably a state of this species. 

 E. B. S. 2784. Banks and pastures. P." VI. and IX. E. I. 



8. G. Mollugo (L.) ; /. about 8 in a whorl lanceolate-obovate 

 or obovate-oblong cuspidate the margins rough with forward 

 prickles, branches of the broad pan. spreading lower ones hori- 

 zontal or deflexed, fruitstalks divaricate, fr. glabrous. E. B. 

 1673. St. ascending or diffuse, square, thickened at the joinings, 

 glabrous or hairy. L. slightly translucent, veined, hardly 

 separated at the base, those of the main st. horizontal or declining. 

 Pan. large. Fl. small, white. Styles nearly free. j3. G. in- 

 mbricum (Gaud.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl obovate abruptly 

 cuspidate, pan. -branches few-flowered terminating in trichoto- 

 rnous umbels, floral 1. large, bracts large usually solitary. 

 y. Bakeri (Syme) ; 1. 6 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate, pan. 

 with few-flowered ascending branches. It may be distinct. 

 Hedges and thickets. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



0. G.. verum (L.) ; L about 8 in a ivhorl linear-setaceous with 

 re-volute margins channelled above downy beneath, panicles many 

 small densely flowered subterminal, fruitstalks patent, fruit 

 smooth, pet. 'blunt apiculate. E. B. 660. St. erect, slightly 

 branched, somewhat woody, with many whorls of narrow de- 

 flexed leaves. FL golden yellow, rarely green or straw-coloured, 

 (ochroleucum 1 Sy.) usually in many small dense panicles collected 

 into a kind of terminal spike. St. and upper surface of the 

 1. sometimes downy or rough. On loose sands the st. are much 

 more branched and the fl. sometimes solitary [Var. maritimum 

 DC.]. Dry and sandy places. P. VII. VIII. E, S. I. 



** Fruit granular, not hairy. St. ivithout downward prickles. 



10. G. saxat'ile (L.) ; L about 6 in a whorl obovate pointed 

 flat, midrib slender, panicles corymbose small, fl.- and fr.-stalks 

 erect-patent, pet. acute. E. B. 815. St. many, procumbent, 

 much branched. L. suddenly narrowed to a point, smooth with 

 a few marginal forward prickles ; lower 1. roundly obovate. It 

 turns black in drying. Heaths. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



11. G. umbelldtum (Lain.) ; /. 6 8 in a whorl linear or 

 linear-lanceolate mucronate with re volute edges, midrib slender 



1 Apparently a hybrid between sp. 8 & 9. H. & J. G. 



