484- 253. Galium. 42. RUBIACE.E. "Plex.cal. 



10. Galium uliginosum. Marsh cheese-reniiet. 



Stem branched, weak, angles aculeated; leaves 6 or 8 in 



a whirl, stiff, lanceolate, mucronated, bent back, serrate j 



serratures aculeated. 



Aparine palustris minor Parisiensis, flore albo, Dillen in Rail Syn. 

 S25, 3. 



Galium uliginosum, X/z'n. S. P. 153. 



Watery places and damp pastures; perennial; August. 

 Peduncles terminal, bald, 2 or 3-cut; corolla white, large; 

 fruit small. 



c. Fruit laid, granular, or bellied. 



10. Galium saxatile. Rock cheese-rennet. 



Stem much branched, prostrate, bald ; leaves 6 in a 

 whirl, reverse ovate, blunt, mucronate ; fruit granulated. 



Mollugo montana minor galio albo similis, Rati Syn. 224,4. 

 Galium saxatilis, Lin. S. P. 154. 

 Galium montanum, Huds. Fl. Aug. 67. 

 Galium procumbens, With. Bot. Arr. 187. 

 Small bastard madder. Trailing goosegrass. 



Heaths and mountains ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Root creeping; stem diffuse; leaves spreading; panicle 

 S-forked ; corolla milky. 



^. lineare. Leaves linear. 



12. Galium An glicum. English cheese-rennet. 

 Stem much branched, rough; leaves 6 or 8 in a whirl, 



deflected, lanceolate, mucronate, edge rough ; panicle ter- 

 minal ; peduncle 2-cut ; fruit granulated. 



Aparine minima, Rail Syn. 225,4. 

 Galium A.nglicum, Huds. Fl. Angl. 69. 

 Least goose-grass. 



Walls and sandy places ; annual ; June and July. 

 Root fibrous ; stem i) inches high ; panicles few-flowered ; 

 corollce yellowish green. 



d. Fruit rough. 



13. Galium uncinatum. Hook cheese-rennet. 

 Stem weak, much branched; joints villous; leaves 8 in a 



whirl, lanceolate, keeled, rough, bent back, prickly ;/m/ 

 haii-y; hairs hooked. 



Apartne, Raii Syn. 225, 1 ; Ger. em. 1 122, 1. 

 Aparine vulgaris. Park. 567. 

 Galium Aparine, Lin.S. P. 157. 

 Goose-grass. Gooseshare. Clcavrs. Claver, 



Hedges and fields ; annual ; May. 



