60 CALTCIFLOEJE. 



Fruit small. Frequent in wet places. Forde bog, ne-ar Newton. 

 (E. B. t. 1857.) P. vn. vm. 



6. G. Aparine (Goose-grass or Cleavers) In hedges and 

 thickets, etc., very abundant. A straggling, scrambling plant, 

 often several feet long, clinging to the branches of bushes by the 

 rough prickles on the angles of its stem and the edges of its 

 leaves. Leaves from 6 to 8 in a whorl. Flowers greenish-white, 

 in cymes. Fruit covered with little hooked bristles, fastening 

 readily to the coats of animals. Common in nearly every hedge. 

 (E. B. t. 816.) A. VI.-VIH. 



7. G. Mollugo (great hedge B.) In hedges, thickets, and 

 pastures. Stems from 1 to 3 feet long. Leaves 8 in a whorl, 

 rough, terminated by a little point. Flowers in panicles, white 

 and numerous. Fruit small and smooth. Woods and hedges, 

 very common. (E. B. t. 1673.) P. vn. vm. 



SHERARDXA. SHEEAEDIA, FIELD MADDEE. 



S. arvensis (blue S.) In cornfields and dry pastures. A 

 small plant, seldom so much as 6 inches high, Leaves about 6 

 in a whorl, linear, rough on the edges, and ending in a fine 

 point. Flowers small, in terminal heads, either blue or pink. 

 Has much the appearance of a small G-alium. Fields about 

 Torquay and Marychurch, very common. (E. B. t. 891.) A. 

 V.-VII. 



ASPERULA. WOODEUFF. 



1. A. odorata (sweet W.) In woods and shady places. 

 Plant from 6 inches to a foot high. Leaves generally 8 in a 

 whorl, lanceolate, slightly rough at the edges. Flowers white, 

 in a loose cyme. The whole plant, especially when drying, 

 smells like new-made hay. Chudleigh. Lustleigh. Exmouth. 

 M. D. (E. B. t. 755.) P. v. vi. 



2. A. cynanchica (small W., S^inancy-wort.) On dry, 

 warm banks, pastures, and limestone hills. A smooth plant, 

 with but few leaves, 6 or 8 inches high. Leaves narrow, linear, 

 the lower ones 4 and the upper 2 in a whorl. Flowers white, 

 with a tinge of lilac. Fruit small. Warberry Hill. Berry Head. 

 (E. B. t. 33.) P. vi. vn. 



