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very unequal, fl. corymbose, bracts lanceolate mucronate, cor. 

 rough. — M. B. 33. — Boot fusiform. Stems many, diffuse or 

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

 lanceolate; uppermost lanceolate-attenuate. H. generally lilac. 

 Fr. winkled and tubercled. — Dry banks in limestone districts. 

 P. VI. VII. Quinancy-wort. E. I. 



2. A. odordta (L.) ; I. 6 — 9 in a wAorHanceolate, margins 

 rough with forward prickles, fl. in stalked terminal cymose 

 corymbs, fr. hispid. — E. B. 765. — St. erect, about 6 in. high. 

 Fl. white. L. broad, lower in sixes. Whole plant fragrant. — ■ 

 Woods. P. V. VI. Woodruff. E.S.I. 



[A. arven'sis (L.) ; I. 6 — 10 in a whorl linear-lanceolate blunt, 

 fl. clustered terminal surrounded by long ciliate braota, fr. 

 glabrous. — E. B. S. 2792. — Like Sherardia arvemis. Fl. bright 

 blue.— Introduced. A. VI.] E. 



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

 fl. corymbose, cor.-tube very long, fr. rather rough. — Sy. E. B. 

 662. — Oadeby, Leices. Oasterton, Westm.] E. 



3. Ga'litjm Linn. Bedstraw. 



A. Leaves 3-veined. 



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



1. G. boredle (L.) ; l.4:ina whorl lanceolate, st. erect panicled, 

 fruitstalks patent, fr. covered with hooked bristles. — E. B. 106. — 

 St. about 18 in. high ; branches many, leafy. Fl. in compact 

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



** Fl. axillary, yellow ; lateral fl. imperfect ; fr. -stalks 

 deflexed. 



2. G. crucidtum (With.) ; I. Una whorl elliptic-oblong hairy, 

 fl. corymbose bracteate, terminal fl. fertile, lateral fl. mostly male, 

 fr. smooth. — E. B. 143. — St. simple above, 1 — 2 feet high, hairy. 

 Fl. small, about 8 togethei" in small corymbs, falling short of the 

 leaves. — Hedges and thickets. P. V. VI. Grosswort. E. S. 



B. Leaves 1-veined. Root annual. 



* Flowers axillary ; lateral fl. imperfect. 



\G. saochardtum (All.).— -S. B. 2173.— Accidental. A. VL 

 -VIII.] 



