388 THE STELLATE TRIBE. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Leaves 4 in each whorl, ovate. Cymes axillary, shorter 



than the leaves 1. Crossivort G. 



Leaves 6 or 8 in each whorl, linear. Panicles terminal 2. Yellow G. 

 Flowers white. 

 Leaves in fours. 



Fruit hairy 8. Northern G. 



Fruit glabrous. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate, very shining, and prickly 



at the edge Wild Madder. 



Leaves linear, smooth or rough, but not prickly. 

 Flowers on slender pedicels. Corolla small and 



rotate 3. Marsh G. 



Flowers nearly sessile, in little clusters. Corolla 



funnel-shaped Common Asjperule. 



Leaves 6 or 8 in each whorl. 



Perennials. Stem smooth or rough on the angles. 



Fruits covered with long hairs Woodruff Asperide. 



Fruit small, smooth, or slightly granulated. 



Lobes of the corolla ending in a fine point. Stems 

 usually 1 to 2 feet, and rather firm at the 



base 6. Hedge G. 



Lobes of the corolla scarcely pointed. Stems 

 short, or very slender. 



Leaves 4 or 6, very obtuse 3. Marsh G. 



Leaves 6 or 8, mostly pointed. 



Leaves nearly smooth 5. Heath G. 



Leaves very rough 4. Swamp G. 



Annuals. Stem very rough at the edges, with adhesive 

 hairs or minute prickles. 

 Small, very slender plant. Fruit very small, granu- 

 lated or hairy 7. Wall G. 



Coarse plants, very adhesive. Fruit rather large, 

 usually covered with stiff hairs or tubercles. 

 Flowers 3 or more, in axillary panicles longer 



than the leaves. Fruiting pedicels straight . 9. Cleavers G. 

 Flowers 1 or 3, on axillary peduncles, shorter than 



the leaves. Fruiting pedicels rolled inwards . 10. Corn G. 



1. Crosswort Galium. Galium Cruciata, Scop. (Fig. 464.) 



(Eng. Eot. t. 143. Crosswort or Maywort.) 



Stock perennial and slender, with a few short, prostrate or creeping 

 barren shoots ; the flowering stems erect or ascending, 6 to 18 inches 

 long, and hairy. Leaves in whorls of 4, ovate, 6 to 9 lines long, hairy on 



