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C. G. verum (L.) ; I. about 8 in a whorl linear-setaceous with 
revolute maryins channeled above downy beneath, panicles nume- 
rous small densely flowered subterminal, fruitstalks patent, fruit 
smooth, pet. obtuse and apiculate. — E. B. 660. — St. erect, 
slightly branched, somewhat woody, with numerous whorls of 
narrow deflexed leaves. Fl. golden yellow, rarely green or straw- 
coloured, usually in numerous small dense panicles collected 
into a kind of terminal spike. St. and upper surface of the 1. 
sometimes downy or scabrous. On loose sands the st. are much 
more branched and the fl. sometimes solitary, but agreeing in 
all other respects with this species. — Drv and sandy places. 
P. VII. VIII. 
7. G. saxatile (L.) ; I. about 6 in a whorl obovute pointed, 
panicles corymbose small, flowerstalks and fruitstalks erecto- 
patent, fr. granulated, pet. acute. — E. B. 815. — St. numerous, 
procumbent, much branched. L. obovate and suddenly nar- 
rowed to a point, smooth, with a few marginal ascending prickles. 
—Heaths. P. VII. VIII. 
8. G. pusillum (L.) ; I. about 8 in a whorl linear -lanceolate 
mucronate without marginal prickles, panicle few-flowered, flower- 
stalks and fruitstalks erecto-patent, fr. obsoletely granulated, pet. 
acute. — E. B. 74. — St. numerous, slender, square, branched, 
loosely spreading. L. often nearly glabrous or with marginal 
hairs not prickles spreading or deflexed never ascending. Lower 
part of the stem and leaves sometimes densely covered with 
patent hairs. Fr. very minutely granulated. — Limestone hills, 
rare. P. VII. VIII. 
9. G. uliginosum (L.) ; 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear -lanceolate bristle- 
pointed with margins rough like the angles of the stem with prickles 
pointing backwards, panicles small axillary few-flowered trichoto- 
mous the branches patent 3-fid, fruitstalks straight, fruit gra- 
nulated. — E.B. 1972. — Stems slender, brittle, about a foot high, 
weak. L. usually 6 in a whorl, discoloured at the tip, and ter- 
minating in a transparent bristle. Branches of the small pani- 
cles erecto-patent. Fr. dark brown. — Wet places. P. VII. VIII. 
10. G. anglicum (Huds.) ; I. about 6 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 
bristle-pointed the margins rough with prickles pointing forwards, 
st. rough with decurved prickles, panicles small axillary dichoto- 
mous : branches divaricated bifid, fr. granulated. — 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 
stalk. Fr. nearly black. Differs from G. parisiense only by 
having no hooked bristles upon the fruit. — Old walls and dry 
sandy places. A. ? VI. VII. E. 
11. G. saccharatum (All.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl linear-Ian- 
