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XLIII. EUBIACE^. 



L Galium 



forward, peduncles axillary 3-flowered frmV vnfl^ i 



G. verrucosum U. B. t. 2173. vl'5„ '.'i' i'^^^^'l darted. 



Corn-fields, rare. 



Vaiantia Aparine Z^tz. 



Corn-fields in the Carco r^f r'^ • n 

 Near Malton, Yorkshire. ©. 6-8. 1 PrTcL of thl";' ^'^"i^^"'^- 

 The two lateral flowers on each peduncle are sterile anJ"^ T"""'^- 

 one from each side of the large warted/r«zV, which, toother witrt? 

 marginal pnckles of the leaves pointing forwards es Pntll l^' 

 tinguish this species from G. tricorne. Probahlv intrn H ^ '^.'^- 

 seed-corn; it has not been found for many years introduced with 



8 in 



12, G.*spurium L. (smooth-fruited Corn B.); leaves i 

 a whorl linear-lanceolate their margins midrib as well as fh. 

 angles of tlie stem rough with reflexed prickles Zrh^ i 

 axillary 3-9-flowered, fruit smooth or Tisp d the . t' 

 divaricated straight. - ^--^ — -- ^''''i'''^' *^« stalks 



'fruit hispid. 



a. fruit smooth. JS 



itii D. a : E. 1 



mi.-~i3. 



Fields of corn, clover, and potatoes, rare. 

 Saffron Walden and 



«. Near Forfar B 

 Chesterfield, Essex; Cambridgeshire (T) -* 

 — Allied to the 2 last species in its short axillary Berf«nc/e* W •'' 

 general habit coming so near to G. Aparine, that our var. p. is'scarcelv 

 to be distinguished. G. spurium however has small yellowishgreen 

 (not white) flowers a small less hispid fruit, and it does Tt S 

 hedges In general G. spurium has numerous flowers on erSt 

 peduncles but sometimes only 3 ; while G Jparine has usulll v 

 only 2 or 3, but sometimes more ; so that no character can be derTved 

 from these. We are therefore of opinion that they differ by too W 

 characters to be distinct species. ^ ^ner oy too few 



13. 



{rougJi-fi 



Sin 



a whorl linear-lanceolate their margins midrib and angles of the 



stem rough with reflexed prickles, peduncles axillary 3^flowe4d 



fruit reflexed granulated. ^. .5. t. 1641. ^^wc.cu, 



Dry chalky fields in many counties in Eno-knd 

 Flowers all apparently perfect, but the centr^al 

 rertile. 



0. 6—10. 



one only usually 



J4. G. Aparine Tj {Goose-grass or Cleavers); leaves 6-8 in 

 a whorl linear-lanceolate h.spid their margins midrib and anc^les 

 of the stem very rough with reflexed prickles, peduncles axil- 



pIZ '^"^ t sir'' ''' ''''^' divarfcating sW^aight, fruit ht 



Hedges, abundant. © 6, 7. _ Stem weak, stragglino- and olimh- 



s-smTiraf in S^'.:" -^ " IT'"'''''' °^ °" *^^ setshoie and t"en 

 as small as m G. spurium. Flowers white, usually 2 or 3 toffether 



vf 1 J V ,/^"*''^* °\ t^e fruit hooked, which by their means catches 

 hold of the coats of animals and is widely dispersed. 



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