168 42. ETjBiACEa;. 



2. AspUe'tjia. Linn. 



1. A. cT/nan'chica (L.) ; I. 4 «» a whorl, linear, uppermost 1. 

 very unequ'al, fl. corymbose, bracts lanceolate mucronate, cor. 

 rough.- — Root fusiform. Sterns many, diifuse or ascending, 

 branched. Lowest 1. very obovate ; intern, obovate-lanceolate ; 

 uppermost lanceolate-attenuate. Fl. generally lilac. Fr. wrinkled 

 and tubercled. — ^Dry banks in limestone districts. P. VI. VU. 

 QuiHaMcy-wort. E. I. 



2. A. odordta (L.) •■; I, 6 — 8 in a whorl lanceolate, margins 

 rough with forward pricklea, fl. in stalked terminal corymbfe,/rj 

 hispid. — St. erect, about 6 in. high. Fl. white. L. broad. "Whole 

 plant fragrant— Woods. P. V. VI. Woodruff. E. S.L 



\_A. arven'sis (L,); I. 6 — 10 in a wAdrninear-lanceolate blunt, 

 fl. clustered terminal surrounded by long cUiate bracts, fr. 

 fflabrotes. — S. B. S. 2792. — ^Like Sherardia arvensis. Fl. bright 

 bluei'^-Iijtroduoed. Devonpbrt. A. VI.]- E. 



\_A. tawlina (L.) ; 1. 4 in a whorl eUiptic acuminate S-veined, 

 fl.;Corymbose, cor. -tube -very long, fr. rather rough.'— Cadeby, 

 Leicestershire. Caaterton Woods, Westmoreland!] E. 



3. Ga'lium lAnn. Bedstraw. 



A. Leaves 3-veined. 



* Fl. in a terminal panicle, perfect, white; fr. -stalks erect. 



1. G. bore&le (L.); I. 4: in a whorl lanceolate, st. erect panicled, 

 fruitstalks patent,/)-, covered with hooked bristles. — St. about 18 

 in. high ; branches jnany, leafy. Fl. in compact panicles. — 

 Moist rocky places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



** JFl. axillary, yellow; lateral fl. imperfeet; fr.-stalks 



2. G. crucidtum (With.); I. 4: in a whorl elliptic-oblong hairy, 

 fl. corymbose hTactea.te,terminalfl. fertile, lateral fl. mostly male, 

 fr. smooth. — St. simple above, 1—2 feet high, hairy. Fl. small, 

 about 8 together in small corymbs, falling short of the leaves. — 

 Hedges and thickets. P. V. VL Crosswort. E. 8. 



B. Leaves 1-veined. Boot anntial. 



* Flowers axillary; lateral fl. imperfect, 



\_G. sacchardium (All.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl linear-lanceo- 

 late vfith niai'ginal forward prickles, st. rough with decurved 

 prickles, peduncles S-flowered, fr. warted reflexed. — E. B. 2173. 

 —Introduced. A. VI.— VllJf.] E. S. 



