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THE STELLATE TRIBE. 



considered by many botanists as the 

 only true G. Mollugo. In drier, more 

 open situations, the stem is more erect, 

 the leaves narrower, the panicles closer 

 and more oblong, and the points of the 

 corolla more prominent. This form is 

 often described as one or more distinct 

 species, under the names of G. erectum 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2067), G. cinereum, and 

 G. aristatum (the figures Eng. Bot. 

 Suppl. t. 2783 and 2784 from specimens 

 probably not British). 



7. Wall Galium. Galium parisiense, Linn. (Fig. 470.) 



(G. angllcum, Eng. Bot. t. 384.) 



Somewhat resembles a very slender 

 heath G., but the root is only annual, and 

 the flowers and fruits are very much 

 smaller. Stems about 6 inches high, the 

 branches almost filiform, spreading, and 

 rough on the edges. Panicles spreading, 

 with filiform pedicels. Corolla white, 

 very minute ; the lobes less spreading 

 than in most species, and not pointed. 

 Emits small, granulated in the only va- 

 riety hitherto found in Britain ; in south- 

 ern Europe more commonly covered with 

 little bristles or stiff hairs. 



In stony wastes, on old walls, etc., 

 very common in the Mediterranean re- 

 gion, and eastward to the Caucasus ; 

 less abundant in central Europe, and barely extending to some of the 

 southern counties of England. Fl. summer. The variety above al- 

 luded to as the only one we possess, has been distinguished as a species 

 under the name of G. anglicum or G, dlvaricatum. 



Fig. 470. 



