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sent species is by Spreng-el considered the same as O. lucidum o{ Al- 

 lioni, and G. rigidum, Vill. Roemer and Schultes, again, pronounce 

 it G. provinciale, Lam. — Prof. Martens refers it with certainty, upon 

 the authority of a specimen received from Mr Turner, to G. lucidum. 

 Mr Banks has sent me an individual, agreeing in every particular with the 

 E. Bot. plant ; except that the leaves are all minutely, but distinctly 

 and thickly, downy beneath. 



7. G. cinereum, All. {grey spreading Bed-straw): " leaves 6 — 8 

 in a whorl linear bristle-pointed with marginal prickles all 

 pointing forward, stem weak much branched, fruit smooth, co- 

 rolla (with the segments) taper-pointed." — JS. Sot. Siippl. t. 

 2783 — G. diffusiim, Don, i?i Hook. Scot. '\. p. 52, (according to 

 Smith.) 



Banks of the river Leith near Slateford, 3 m. from Edinburgh, and 



near Kinnaird, Angus-shire, Fl. Aug. 1^ Of this 1 know nothing but 



from the notes of Mr G. Don, which I published in Fl. Scot, and from 

 the description of Smith, who says that it comes very near G. erectum, 

 and that experience must prove how far its differences are constant. 



8. G. aristdtum, L. (bearded Bed-straiv); " leaves 6 in a whorl 

 stalked lanceolate flat reticulated with veins bristle-pointed with 

 minute marginal prickles pointing forward, stem much branched 

 spreading smooth, seeds smooth kidney-shaped separated, co- 

 rolla taper-pointed." E. FL v. i. p. 204. — E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2784. 



In Angus-shire, but not common ; G. Don. Fl. July, Aug. % . 



9. G. Mollugo, L. {great hedge Bed-Straio); leaves 8 in a 

 whorl elliptical mucronate rough at the margin, flowers in loose 



^ spreading panicles, segments of the corolla mucronate. E. Bot. t. 

 1673. 



Hedges and thickets ; less frequent in Scotland. Fl. July, Aug. If. — 

 Stems very long and straggling. Prickles on the margins of the leaves 

 pointing forward. 



10. G. pusilltim, L. {least moutitain Bed-straw); "leaves 8 

 in a whorl linear-lanceolate hair-pointed entire somewhat hairy, 

 panicles terminal forked, fruit very smooth." E. Bot. t. 74. 



Limestone hills, near Kendal and about Matlock, Derbyshire : and 

 near the lake of Killarney, Ireland. Pentland and Strathblane hills and 

 lower rocks of Clova in Scotland. Fl. July, Aug. If. — I have never 

 been so fortunate as to see this plant in a good state, and foreign authors 

 seem to be little, if at all, acquainted with it. Mr Wilson is inclined to 

 think the plant of Killarney only a var. of G. saxatile. ; 



11. G. Parisiense, L. {wall Bed-stratv); leaves about 6 in 

 a whorl lanceolate mucronate rough at the margins, peduncles 

 axillary their branches divaricated slender subtrichotomous, 



stems slender rougli a. fruit hispid. G. Parisiense, L G. 



litigiosum, DC. Ic. PL Gall. p. S.t. 26. — G. gracile, Wallr. — 

 G. gracile, a. Mert. and Koch — /3. fruit glabrous, slightly tu- 

 berculated. G. Parisiense, Ten. — G. Avglicum, Huds. — E. Bot. 

 t. 384. — G. gracile, (3. Mertens a?id Koch. 



(i. Walls and dry sandy soils, but rare : in Kent and various parts of 

 the east and south-east of England, especially on old walls. Fl. June. 



