Plex.cd. ig. RUBIACEjE. 253. Galium. 483 



6. Galium Withermgii. Withering* s cheese^rennet. 

 Stem upright, simple, rough ; leaves 5 in a whirl, lan- 

 ceolate, reflexed, fringed, awned. 



Galium montanum. With. Bot. Arr. 187 ; not of Linnseug. 

 Galium Witheringii, Smith Fl. Brit, 174. 



Damp mountain heaths; perennial; July. 

 Stem 9 inches high; panicles terminal, iavkeAi fiowers 

 before opening purplish, afterwards white ; anthers red; 



7. Galium vulgare. Common cheese-rennet. 

 Stem weak, angular, branched ; branches very much 



spread ; leaves 8 in a whirl, ovate, linear, much spread, 

 mucronate, edge rough ;Jiowers panicled; panicles spread. 



MoUugo vulgatior, Rait Syn. 223, 1 ; Park. 565. 

 Kubia sylvestris, Ger. em. 1118. 

 Galium MoUugo, Lin. S. P. 155. 

 Wild madder. Great bastard madder. 



Woods and hedges ; perennial; July and August. 

 Stem 4 feet high, rather smooth, thick above the joints ; 

 leaves rather bald ; panicles forked, much branched. 



&. scahrum. Stem and leaves pubescent. 

 Galium scabrum, With. Bot. Arr. 190; not of Jacquin.. 



8. Galium scahrum. Rough cheese-rennet. 

 Stem tufted, swollen, diffuse, ascending, tomentose at 



bottom ; leaves 6 or 8 in a whirl, linear, lanceolate, rather 

 rough, mucronate ; lowest leaves very small, withering, 

 elliptical ; peduncles threeforked or in threes. 



MoUugo q. Galium album supinum muUicauIe Fiorse Jcnensie, Raii 

 Syn. 224, 5. 



Galium pusiUum, Lin, S. P. 154. 



GaUum scabrum, Jacq. Austr. 



Chalky hills; perennial; July and August. 



Stems 9 inches high, rarely bald ; leaves slightly revo- 

 lute ; uppermost bald ; corolla white, not pointed ; fruit 

 smooth, bald. 



9. Galium erectum. Upright cheese-rennet. 



Stems smooth, flaccid ; leaves 6 or 8 in a whirl ; lanceo- 

 late, bald, bent back, acutely serrated, mucronated ; panicles 

 3-forked. 



Galium erectum, Iluds, Fl. AngL 6S» 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; June and July. 



Stem much branched, rather upright, panicled at top ; 

 leaves awned ; panicles terminal and lateral, leafy, many- 

 flowered ; corolla white, pointed. 



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