156 42. RUBIACE,E. 



2. A. odorata (I/.) ; L 6 8 in a whorl lanceolate, margins 

 scabrous, fl. in stalked terminal corymbs, fr. hispid. E. B. 755. 

 St. erect, about 6 in. high. Fl. white. L. broad. Whole 

 plant fragrant. Woods. P. V. VI. Woodruff. 



[A. arvensis (L.); 1. 6 10 in a whorl linear-lanceolate ob- 

 tuse, fl. aggregate terminal surrounded by long ciliated bracts, 

 fr. glabrous. E. B. S. 2792. Like Sherardia arvensis. Fl. 

 bright blue. Introduced. Devonport. A. VI.] 



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

 fl. corymbose, cor. -tube very long, fr. punctulate scabrous. 

 Cadeby, Leicestershire. Casterton Woods, Westmoreland.] 



3. GALIUM Linn. Bed-straw. 



A. Leaves 3-veined. 

 * Inflorescence panicled, terminal; fl*. perfect ; fr. -stalks erect. 



1. G. boreale (L.) ; 1. 4 in a whorl lanceolate, st. erect panicled, 

 fruitstalks patent, fr. covered with hooked bristles. E. B. 105. 

 St. about 18 in. high ; branches many, leafy. Fl. white in com- 

 pact terminal panicles. Moist rocky places. P. VII. VIII. 



** Inflorescence axillary ; lateral fl. imperfect j fr. -stalks 

 deflexed. 



2. G. cruciatum (With.) ; 1. 4 in a whorl elliptic-oblong hairy, 

 flowers corymbose bracteated, terminal fl. fertile, lateral mostly 

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

 hairy. Fl. small, about 8 together in small corymbs, yellow. 

 " /3. peduncles and pedicels glabrous." Hedges and thickets. 

 P. V. VI. Crosswort. 



B. Leaves 1 -veined. Root annual. 

 * Inflorescence axillary j lateral fl. imperfect. 



[3. G. saccharatum (All.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl linear-lan- 

 ceolate with marginal forward prickles, st. rough with decurved 

 prickles, peduncles 3-flowered, fr. warted reflexed. E. B. 2173. 

 St. procumbent, spreading. Fl. small, pale yellow. Fr. large, 

 a double globe, with large pyramidal tubercles. Carse of Gowrie 

 and Forfar. Malton, Yorkshire. A. VI. VIII.] E. S. 



** Inflorescence axillary, panicled ; fl. all perfect. 



4. G. tricorne (With.); I. 6 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 

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



