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** Fl. in axillary pankhs, all perfect, white or greenish. 



8. G. tricor'ne (With.) ; I. 6 — 8 in a wkorl liuear-lauceolatc 

 ■with marginal baokwdrd prickles, st. rouD;h with deflexed prickles, 

 peduncles S-flowered,/?-. granular reflexed. — St. procumbent, 

 Spreading. Fl. small," all 3 appearing perfect, the middle one 

 usually alone fertile, creapi-coloured. Fr. large, a double globe, 

 covered with small granulations. — Dry calcareous fiejd?. > A. 

 VL— IX. E. 



4. G. Apartne (L.l ; 1. 6—8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate with 

 marginal backwaid prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles, 

 peduncles few-(about 8-)flow6red,fruitstalks divaricate straight, 

 jruif covered with short hooked bristles. — St. stragglkig amongst 



DusTies, 3^1 feet long. The marginal prickles near the extre- 

 mity of the 1. point forwards, the rest oaokwards. Fl. small, 

 pale. Peduncles, or rather flowering branches, with several 

 leaves at th? primary divisions. Fr. laige. — Common. A. VI. 

 — VIIL Goose-grass. Cleavers. E. S. I. 



5. G. S2nlrium. (Tu.) ; 1.6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate with 

 margiual backward prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles, 

 peduncles with 3 — ^fiowers, . fruit^talks divaricate straight. — 

 Closely resembling title preceding ; distinguished ; by its more 

 numerous green flowers, floral leaves solitary ("or in pairs"), 

 fruit of about half the size. — a. fr. smooth. E. B. 1871. — /3. G. 



Vaillataii CDC.) ; fr. hispid. H. B. S. 2943.— Kelds. a. Forfar ; 

 ^. S^ffi-on "Walden and Chesterfo'rd, Essex. A. Vn. E. S. 



%. G. ang'lieum (Hiids.) ; I. aho^itQ in a whorllinear-lanceolafe 

 bristle'^poiiited with' ma.r'guxal forward prickles, si. rough with 

 defiexed prickles, panicles small forked with divaricate bifid 

 branches. — St. 6— S in. high, spreading, slender, brittle. L. usu- 

 ally 6 in a whorl, the lowermost sometimes in fours. Branches 

 of the small panicles often spreading nearly at right angles with 

 their stalk. Fr. granular, nearly black: \_G.parisiense (L.) has 

 hooked prickles on the fruit and can hardly be a form of this 

 species.] — -Old waUg and dry sandy places. A. VI. VII. E. 



C. Leaves 1-veined. Root perennial. Fl. in terminal panicles, 

 white (eafcept in G. verum). 



* Fruit not granular. No downward prickles on the stem. 



7. G. ereo'tiim (Huds.) ; I. about 8 in a whorl lanceolate mucro- 

 nate the margins rough with forward prickles, midrib slender, 

 branches of the pyratmdal panicle aU ascending, fi'uitstalks divari- 

 cate, fr. oval smooth, pet. taper-pointed. — St. glabrous or hairyy 

 erect, not much branched. L. lanceolate, scarcely at all obovate,' 

 those of the main st. erect, patent ; veins not translucent; mar- 



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