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9. G. Mollugo (L.) ; I. about 8 in a whorl lanceolate-obovate 

 or obovate-oblong cuspidate the margins rough with forward 

 prickles, midrib slender, branches of the panicle many-flowered 

 lower ones spreading horizontally or deflexed, fruitstalks divari- 

 cated, fr. glabrous, pet. cuspidate. — B. B. 1673. — St. ascending, 

 square, thickened at the joinings, glabrous, or in /3. scabrum (Sm.) 

 as well as the 1. hairy. Panicle large. Fl. small. — y. G. insu- 

 bricum (Gaud.); 1. about 6 in a whorl obovate abruptly cuspidate, 

 branches of the panicle few-flowered terminating in trichotomous 

 umbels, floral 1. large, bracts large usually solitary. — Hedges and 

 thickets, y. Winander Mere. P. VII. VIII. 



10. G. veriim (L.) ; I. about 8 in a whorl linear-setaceous with 

 revolute margins channeled above downy beneath, panicles many 

 small densely flowered subterminal, fruitstalks patent, fruit 

 smooth, pet. obtuse and apiculate. — E. B. 660. — St. erect, slightly 

 branched, somewhat woody, with many whorls of narrow de- 

 flexed leaves. Fl. golden yellow, rarely green or straw-coloured, 

 usually in many small dense panicles collected into a kind of 

 terminal spike. St. and upper surface of the 1. sometimes downy 

 or scabrous. On loose sands the st. are much more branched 

 and the fl. sometimes solitary but agreeing in all other respects 

 with this species. — Dry and sandy places. P. VII. VIII. 



** Fruit granulated, not hairy. St. without downward prickles. 



11. G. saseatile (L.); I. about & in a whorl obovate pointed, 

 midrib slender, panicles corymbose small, fl.- and fr.-stalks erect- 

 patent,/?-, granulated, pet. acute. — F. B. 815. — St. many, pro- 

 cumbent, much branched. L. suddenly narrowed to a point, 

 smooth, with a few marginal forward prickles ; lower 1. roundly 

 obovate. Turns black in drying. — Heaths. P. VII. VIII. 



12. G. montanum (Vill.); 1. 6 — 7 in a whorl, lower I. obovate- 

 lanceolate, upper I. narrower, midrib " rather thick and promi- 

 nent below," pan. loose few-flowered, fl.- and fr.-st. erect-patent, 

 fr. slightly rough, pet. " apiculate." — St. many, slightly ascend- 

 ing, much branched. L. glabrous or with minute mostly back- 

 ward prickles. Green when dry. — Settle "and elsewhere." 

 Mr. J. G. Baker. P. VII. VIII. E. 



13. G. commutatum (Jord.) : 1. 7 — 8 in a whorl hnear thick 

 mucronate, "midrib broad not prominent," pan. with many 

 branches, fl.- and fr.-st. ereet-patent, fr. faintly granulated, pet. 

 mucronate. — St. many, nearly prostrate, glabrous. L. mostly 

 glabrous.— White Force, Tees'dale. Mr. Baker. P. VIII. E. 



14. G.syhestre (Poll); I. about 8 in a whorl linear-lanceo- 

 late mucronate, midrib slender prominent, panicles few-flowered, 

 fl.- and fr.-st. erect-patent, fr. faintly granulated, pet. acute. — 



