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368. ASPERULA. 



thaii border. Fr. granulate, p. 7, 8. mdt. 

 G."— Koch. It. 



b. Upper L. in fours ; all nearly eqiial. 



8. suberosa. Tufted, smooth, glaucous. 

 L. longer than interknot : lowennost oval ; 

 rest lineari-lanceolate, revolute, acute. Stalks 

 8-4-flo\vered, axillary and tenninal. Corolla 

 hairless. Pr. hairless, somewhat rugose, p. 6. 

 Calc. rocks. Madonie. 



9. pun^ila. Hirsute. Stems filiform, de- 

 cumbent. L. in fom's : lower lanceolate ; upper 

 linear, acununato-mucronate. Corolla haiiy. 

 Style somewhat cloven. Yv. rough, p. 6, 7. 

 Dry hills. Madonie. Sard. 



10. neglecta. Hirsute, tufted. Root slender. 

 L. acute : lower ovate ; upper linear. PI. on 

 very short stalks, in terminal fascicles. Corolla 

 haiiy. Style bipartite. Fr. hispid, p. 6-8. 

 Mountain meadows and rocks. Abr. Sard. Sic. 



11. tomentosa. Villous, hoaiy. Stem flac- 

 cid. L. in fours : lower obovate ; upper linear. 

 Margin revolute. Fl. sessile, about 3 in a 

 cluster (8 or 10, DC). Style divided to the 

 middle. Fr. hirsute. Bracts hardly equalling 

 germen. p. 5. Calc. rocks. Capri. Sai-d. 

 "Becomes hairless hy cultivation." — Ten. 



)3. commutata. Upper part smooth. Sicily. 



iii. L. 6 or more in a ivhorl. 



12. liirta. Erect, tufted. 1. in sixes, linear 

 arate, hairy, exceeding interknot. Fl. terminal, 

 sessile, in a sort of umbel, exceeding bracts. 

 Fr. hairless, p. 6, 7- Calc. rocks. Pyr. 



13. hesaphylla. " Stem slender, flaccid. 

 L. in sixes, linear, acuminate, rough on margin. 

 Fl. in a dense corymb, exceeding involucre of 

 6 linear L. CoroUa slender, pointless. Fr. 

 oblong, hairless, p. 6, 7- Hocks. Col di 

 Tende."— Bert. 



14. rupestris. " Stem thick, firm . L. in 

 sixes, linear, somewhat acute. Involucre of 6 

 ovate L. Fr. a rough, double globe, p. 4, 5. 

 Calc. rocks. Sic." — IBert. 



C. Perennial. Corolla campanulate. L. 

 6 or more in a vjhorl. 



15. odcrata. L. 6-8, lanceolate, rough 

 on margin and keel. Pan. staEved, few -flowered. 

 Fr. mth hooked bristles, p. 5, 6. Woods. 



16. Aparine. L. about 8, with retrorse 

 prickles on margin and keel. Fl. in a panicle. 

 Fr. granulate, p. 7, 8. Moist thickets. Sil. 

 and Mor. 



17- galioides. L. about 8, rigid, linear. 

 Margin rough, involute. Stem smooth or 

 haiiy only at base. Fl. panicled. Fr. smooth. 

 p. 6, 7. ' Open spots, mdt. Fr. G. It. 



369. GALIUM. 



Sect. I. Fl. complete. Root perennial. 



A. Fl. in a terminal panicle. Stem without 

 recurved prickles. 



i. L. in fom's, 3-nei'ved. Sp. 1-3. 



ii. L. more than 4 in a set on the main stem. 



a. Fl'. not granular. Stem 4 - edged. 

 Sp. 4-14. 



b. Ft. not granular. Stem nearly round. 

 Sp. 15-19. 



c. Fr. shagreened or tubercled, not hairy. 

 Sp. 20-23. 



3. Fl. axillary. Stem without recurved 

 pricldes. Sp. 24, 25. 



O. Fl. in a terminal panicle. Stem rough 

 with recurved prickles. Sp. 26, 27. 



Sect. II. Fl. complete. Root annual. 



D, Fl. in terminal panicles. Sp. 28-30. 



^. Fl. in axiUary panicles. Sp. 31-35. 



P. Fl. axillary, not panicled. Seeds oblong. 

 Sp. 36-38. 



Sect. III. Lateral Fl. barren. 

 G. Fl. axillary. Sp. 39-42. 



Sect. I. Floivers complete. Root perennial. 



A.. Floivers iti a terminal panicle. Stem xoith- 

 out recurved teeth or prickles. 



I. L. in fours, ^-nerved. 



1. rotundifolmna. Stems diffuse, smooth. 

 L. ciliate. Pan. terminal. Fl. few (5-20). 

 Fr. with hooked bristles, p. 7, 8. Shady. 

 m. and s. Eur. * 



/8. ellipiticum. Stem nearly erect, hirsute. 

 It. Islands. 



2. mbioides. Stems diffuse. Larger L. 

 5-nerved at base, elliptic or lanceolate, with 

 paraboHc termination. Fl. numerous (100 or 

 more). Fr. mthout hooked prickles, much 

 larger than in the foil owing species, p. 5, 6. 

 Meadows, river banks, woods. Carinthia. 

 Monte Ai'gentario in Tuscany. 



3. boreale. All L. 3-nerved, lanceolato- 

 parabohc. Bracts ovate, attenuate at base or 

 nearly circular. Fl. numerous. Fr.ftirnished 

 with hooked prickles, p. 1, 8. Heaths, bushy. 

 m. and n. Eur. 



