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lanceolate persistent glossy the margin and keel rough with re- 

 flexed prickles, flowers 3-cleft. E. Bot. t. 831. 



Stony and sanily ground, in the south-west of England. Anglesea. 

 Fl. June — Aug. II- — Very nearly allied to jR. tinctorum ; from svhich, 

 according to De Candolle, it is distinguished by its " firmer and harsher 

 texture, its persistent leaves, its larger^o^t'cr, always 5-cleft, vi\i\\ the 

 lobes of the corolla broad and oval at their base, suddenly contracted 

 into an acerose point." Again, Mr Wilson justly remarks that the 

 corolla is rather rotate than campanulate, (or funnel-shaped, as in R. 

 tinctoruni) ; the segments, after the escape of the pollen, spreading with 

 convex surfaces, concave in the newly opened flowers. 



6. AsPERULA. Linn. Woodruff^. 



1. A. odordta, L. (sioeet Woodrtijf); leaves about 8 in a whorl 

 lanceolate, flowers panicled on long stalks. E. Bot, t. 755. 



Woods and shady places, plentiful. Fl. May, June. 1/! . — About 6 

 inches high, erect. Flowers white. Whole plant very fragrant, like 

 Anthoxanthum, especially when drying. 



2. A. Cyndnchica, L. {small Woodruff, Sqiiinancy-wort) ; 

 leaves linear 4 in a whorl, upper whorls with 2 opposite leaves 

 reduced to stipules. E. Bot. t. 33. 



Warm banks, especially in chalky countries. Lime-rocks, Swansea 

 and Tenby, S. Wales. J. E. Bowman, Esq. Not found in Scotland. 

 Gower, Glamorganshire. J. A. Babington, Esq-, 1835. Fl. June, 

 July. If . — Flowers generally lilac. One pair, in the whorl of the up- 

 permost leaves, is reduced to small lanceolate stipules, exhibiting beauti- 

 fully the real character of the stipules of the shrubby Rubiacece. 



3. A. * arvensis, L. (field fVoodrttff); annual, leaves 6 — 10 

 in a whorl linear-lanceolate obtuse, flowers aggregate terminal 

 surrounded by long ciliated bracteas, fruit glabrous. Banks., in 

 Plym. and Davenp.Fl. — E. Bot. Svppl. t. 2792. 



Near Davenport, Mr C. A.Johns; now extinct. ©. — The root is 

 annual, and the flowers bright blue: i\\e fruit \dirge and very conspicuous. 



7. Sherardia. Lin?i. Sherardia or Field-Madder. 



1. S. arvetisis, L. (blue Sherardia); leaves about 6 in a whorl, 

 flowers terminal sessile capitate. E. Bot. t. 891. 



Corn-fields, especially in a light gravellj' soil, frequent. Fl. June — 

 Aug. ©. — A small, slender, branched and spreading plant. Leaves 

 obovatolanceolate, acute, their margins rough, upper ones 7 — 8, forming 

 an involucre to a small sessile umbel of pale h\\xQ flowers. Cal. of 4 

 segments, two opposite ones bifid ; these bifid ones correspond to the 

 line where the fruit divides into two one-seeded portions, each of which 

 is crowned with three teeth ; one being the single tooth or segment of 

 the cal. ; the other two, each half of a double one. 



8. ExACUM. Linn. Gentianella. 



1. E. ^liforme, Sm. (least Gentianella); leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late sessile, stem dichotomous slender, peduncles elongated. E. 

 Bot. t. 235. Hook, in Fl. Lond. N. Ser. t. 86. — Gentiana, Linn. 



Sandy turf-bogs : in the extreme south and south-west of England. 

 In Ireland, it is found near Cork, upon Durscy Island, and at GlengarifF, 



