168 42. EITBIACE^. 



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

 rough. — K B. 33. — Root fusiform. Steins many, diffuse or 

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

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

 Fr. wrinkled and tubercled. — Dry banks in limestone distiicta. 

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



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

 rough with forward prickles, fl. in stalked terminal cymose 

 corymbs, fr. hispid. — JiJ. B. 755. — 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 smTounded by long ciliate bracts, fr. 

 glabrous. — JS. B. S. 2792. — Like Sherardia arvensis. Fl. bright 

 blue. — Introduced. Devonport. 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. — Cadeby, Leicestershire. Oasterton Woods, Westmore- 

 land.] E. 



3. Ga'tium Linn. Bedstraw. 



A. Leaves 3-veined. 



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



1. G. boredle (L.) ; 1. 4 in a ivhorl lanceolate, st. erect panicled, 

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

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

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



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

 defiexed. 



2. G. crucidtmn (With.) ; I. 4 in a wlwrl elliptic-oblong hairy, 

 fl, corymbose braoteate, terminal Jl. fertile, lateral fl. mostly male, 

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

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

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



B. Leaves 1-veined. Root annual. 



* Flowers axillary ; lateral fl. imperfect. 

 [G. sacchardtum (All.).— i^. B. 2173.— Accidental. A. VI. 



-vm.] 



