42. EFBIACEiE. 167 



— ^Fl. pale yellow, externally red. Fr. red. L. sometimes 

 downy beneath, often lobed when young. — Woods and hedges. 

 Sh. VI.— IX. Bmieysuchh. Woodbine. E. S. I, 



3. L. Xylos'teum (L.) ; pedwicles %flowered downy as long as 

 the flowers, calyx-limb deciduous, berries slightly connected at 

 the base, 1. oval downy, st. erect. — E. B. 916. — Shrub. Fl. 

 pale yellow. L., bracts, cal., cor. externally, filaments, and 

 style downv. Fr. scarlet. — ^Thickets. Native in Sussex. Sh. 

 V. • E. 



6. LiNNiE'A Gronov. 



1. L. boredlis (Gron.). — U. B. 433. — St. trailing and creeping. 

 L. opposite, broadly ovate, stalked, dark green above, paler 

 beneath. Peduncles long,%rect, 2-flowered, from short lateral 

 branches with 2 — 4 leaves. Fl. drooping, flesh-coloured, purple 

 within.— Woods, chiefly of fir, in the North. P. VU. E. S. 



Order XLII. EUBIACE^. 



OaL superior, entire or lobed. Cor. regular, 4 — 6-lobed. 

 Stam. 4 — 5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla. Ovary 1, 

 2-celled, with solitary erect ovules. Style 1, often bifid. Stig- 

 ma.9 2. Fr. a didymous indehiscent pericarp. Embryo straight 

 in homy albumen. — St. herbaceous, square. Many raphides. 



1. Shbeaedia. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. crowned with the 

 deeply 6-toothed calyx, dry. — ^Fl. umbellate, involucrate. 



2. AspEBULA. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. dry. Limb of the 

 calyx inconspicuous. 



3. Gaiium. Cor. rotate, 4-fid. Fr. dry. Limb of cal. in- 

 conspicuous. ' 



4. RuBiA. Cor. rotate, 6- (or rarely 4-)fid. Fr. succulent, 

 2-lohed. Limb of caL inconspicuous. 



1. Shbeae'dia Linn. Field-Madder. 



1. 8. arven'sis (L.). — E. B. 891. — St. mostly decumbent, 

 branched, leafy. L. 6 in a whorl, obovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 Fl. lUac, in a small sessile terminal umbel with 7 — 8 inv.-leaves. 

 Cal. of 4 segments, 2 of them bifid.— Fields. A. V.— Vn. 



E.S.I. 



2. Abpee'ttla lAnn. 

 1. A. cynan'chica (L.) ; I. 4: in a whorl, linear, uppermost 1. 



