156 42. RUBIACEJi. 



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

 scabrous, fl. in stalked terminal corymbs,/r. hispid. — E. B. 755. 

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

 plant fragrant. — Woods. P. V. VI. Woodruff. 



[A. arvensis (L.) ; 1. 6 — 10 in a whorl linear-lanceolate ob- 

 tuse, fl. aggregate terminal surrounded by long cihated bracts, 

 fr. glabrous. — E. B. S. 2792. — Like Sherardia arvensis. Fl. 

 bright blue. — Introduced. Devonport. A. VI.] 



[*A. taurina (L.); 1. 4 in a whorl elliptical acuminate 3-veined, 

 fl. corymbose, cor.-tube very long, fr. punctulate scabrous. — 

 Cadeby, Leicestershire. Casterton Woods, Westmoreland.] 



3. Galium Lin9i. Bed-straw. 



A. Leaves 3-veined. 



* Inflorescence panicled, terminal; fl. perfect j fr. -stalks erect. 



1, G. boreale (L.) ; 1. 4 in a whorl lanceolate, st. erect panicled, 

 fruitstalks patent, /r. covered with hooked bristles. — E. B. 105. — 

 St. about 18 in. high ; branches many, leafy. Fl. white in com- 

 pact terminal panicles. — Moist rocky places. P. VII. VIII. 



** Inflorescence axillary : lateral fl. imperfect ; fr.-stalks 

 deflexed. 



2. G. cruciatum (With.) ; 1.4 in a whorl elliptic-oblong hairj', 

 flowers corymbose bracteated, terminal fl. fertile, lateral mostly 

 male, ft-, smooth. — E. B. 143. — St. simple above, 1 — 2 feet high, 

 hairy. Fl. small, about 8 together in small corymbs, yellow. — 

 " p. peduncles and pedicels glabrous." — Hedges and thickets. 

 P. V. VI. Crosswort. 



B. Leaves 1-veined. Root annual. 

 * Inflorescence axillary : lateral fl. imperfect. 



[3. G. saccharatum (All.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl linear-lan- 

 ceolate with marginal forward prickles, st. rough with decurved 

 prickles, peduncles 3-flowered, fr. warted reflexed. — E. B. 2173. 

 — St. procumbent, spreading. Fl. small, pale yellow. Fr. large, 

 a double globe, with large pyramidal tubercles. — Carseof Gowrie 

 and Forfar. Malton, Yorkshire. A. VI.— VIIL] E. S. 



** Inflorescence axillary , panicled j fl. all perfect. 



4. G. tricorne (With.); I. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 

 with marginal backward prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles. 



