174 42. KTJBiACEa;. 



** Fl. in axillm-y cymes, aU perfect, white or greenish. 



3. G. tricm-'ne (With.) ; I. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 

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

 cymes 3-flowered, fr. granvlar on reflexed peduncles. — E. B. 

 1641. — St. procumbent, spreading. Fl. small, all 3 appearing 

 perfect, the middle one usually alone fertile, cream-coloured. 

 Fr. large, a douhle globe, covered with small granidations. — 

 Dry calcareous fields. A. VI. — IX. E. 



4. O. Aparine (L.) ; L 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate with 

 marginal backward prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles, 

 cymes few- (about 3-) flowered, fniitstalks divaricate straight, 

 fruit covered with short hooked bristles. — E. B. 816. — St. strag- 

 gling amongst bushes, 3 — 4 feet long. The marginal prickles 

 near the extremity of the 1. point forwards, the rest backwards. 

 Fl. small, pale. Fed., oi- rather flowering branches, with several 

 1. at the primary divisions. Fr. large. — Common. A. VI. — 

 VIII. Ooose-grass. Cleavers. E. S. I. 



5. G. spurium (L.) ; 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate with 

 marginal backward prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles, 

 cymes with 3 — Q flowers, fruitstalks divaricate straight. — Closely 

 resembling the 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. Vail- 

 lantii (DC.) ; fr. hispid. E. B. S. 2943.— Fields, u. Forfar ; 13. 

 Saflron Walden and Chesterford, Essex. A. VII. E. S. 



6. G, ary'licum(}3Mds.') ; I. about 6 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 

 bristle-pointed with marginal forward prickles, st. rough with 

 deflexed prickles, cymes small forked with divaricate bifid 

 branches. — E. B. 384. — St. 6 — 8 in. high, spreading, slender, 

 brittle. L. usually 6 in a whorl, the lowermost sometimes in 

 fours. Branches of the small panicles often spreading nearly at 

 right angles with their staUi. Fr. granular, nearly black. \_G. 

 parisiense (L.) has hooked prickles on the fruit and can hardly 

 be a form of this species.] — Old walls and dry sandy places. 

 A. VI. VII. E. 



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

 white (except in G. veruni). 



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



7. G. erec'tum (Huds.) ; I. about Bin a whorl lanceolate mucro- 

 nate the margins rough with forward prickles, midrib slender, 

 brancJies of tlie pyramidal panicle all ascending, fruitstalks diva- 

 ricate, fr. oval smooth, pet. taper-pointed. — E. B. 2067. — St. 



