42. RTJBIACE^E. 155 



stalked, I. all distinct deciduous oval, st. twining. E. B. 800. 

 Fl. pale yellow, externally red. Fr. red. L. sometimes downy 

 beneath, rarely lobed. Woods and hedges. Sh. VI. IX. 

 Honeysuckle. Woodbine. 



3. L. Xylosteum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered downy as long as 

 the flowers, calyx-limb deciduous, berries slightly connected at 

 the base, 1. oval downy, st. erect. E. B. 916. Fl. pale yellow. 

 L., bracts, cal., cor. externally, filaments, and style downy. Fr. 

 scarlet. Thickets. Native, in Sussex. Sh. V. E. 



4. LINNJEA Gronov. 



1. L. borealis (Gron.). E. B. 433. St. trailing and creeping. 

 L. opposite, broadly ovate, stalked, dark green above, paler be- 

 neath. Peduncles long, erect, 2-flowered, from short lateral 

 branches with 2 4 leaves. Fl. flesh-coloured, purple within. 

 Woods, chiefly of fir, in the north. P. VII. E. S. 



Order XLII. RUBIACEJE. 



Cal. superior, entire or lobed. Cor. regular, 4 6-lobed. 

 Stam. 4 5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla. Ovary 1, 

 2-celled, with solitary erect ovules. Style 1, often bifid. Stig- 

 mas 2. Fr. a didymous indehiscent pericarp. Embryo straight 

 in horny albumen. 



1. SHERARDIA. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. crowned with the 

 6-toothed calyx, dry. 



2. ASPERULA. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. dry, not crowned with 

 the limb of the calyx. 



3. GALIUM. Cor. rotate. Fr. dry, not crowned with the calyx. 



4. RUBIA. Cor. rotate. Fr. succulent, 2-lobed. 



1 . SHERARDIA Linn. 



1. S. arvensis (L.J.E. B. 891. St. mostly decumbent, 

 branched, square, leafy. L. 6 in a whorl, obovate-lanceolate, 

 acute. Fl. lilac, in a small sessile terminal umbel. Cal. of 4 

 segments, 2 of them bifid. Fields. A. V. VII. 



2. ASPERULA Linn. 



1. A. cynanchica (L.) ; I. 4 in a whorl linear, uppermost I. 

 very unequal, fl. corymbose, bracts lanceolate mucronate, cor. 

 scabrous, "fr. granular-scabrous." E. B. 33. Root fusiform. 

 Stems many diffuse or ascending branched. Fl. generally lilac. 

 Dry banks in limestone districts. P. VI. VII. E. I. 



