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forwards. Fl. white. — a. ; 1. lanceolate. — [(3. G. cinerewn (Sm.); 
1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear. E. B. S. 2783. Perhaps a distinct 
species. G. diffusum. (Hook.), but a doubtful native.] — G. aris- 
tatum (Sm.) has 1. in sixes, but is probably a state of this species. 
F. B. S. 2784.— Banks and pastures. P. VI. and IX. E. I. 
8. G. MoUugo (L.) ; 1. ahmtt 8 in a whorl lanceolate-ohovate 
or ohovate-oblong cuspidate the margins rough with forward 
prickles, branches of the broad pan. spreading loiver ones hori- 
zontal or deflexed, fruitstalks divaricate, fr. glabrous. — E. B. 
1673. — St. ascending or diffuse, square, thickened at the joinings, 
glabrous or hairy. L. slightly translucent, veined, hardly 
separated at the base, those of the main st. horizontal or declin- 
ing. Pan. large. Fl. small, white. Styles nearly free. — (3. 
G. insubricum (Gaud.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl obovate abruptly 
cuspidate, pan. -branches few-flowered terminating in trichoto- 
mous umbels, floral 1. large, bracts large usually solitary. — 
7. Bakeri (Syme) ; 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate, pan. 
with few-flowered ascending branches. It may be distinct. — 
Hedges and thickets. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
9. G. verum (L.) ; I. ahotU 8 in a whorl linear -setaceous with 
revol ute res channelled above doivni/ ?»eneffl*A,panicles many 
small densely flowered subterminal, fruitstalks patent, fruit 
smooth, pet. blunt apiculate. — E. B. 660. — St. erect, slightly 
branched, somewhat woody, with many whorls of narrow de- 
flexed leaves. El. golden yellow, rarely green or straw-coloured, 
{ochrolev,cum^ Sy.)usually in many small dense panicles collected 
into a kind of terminal spike. St. and upper surface of the 
1. sometimes downy or rough. On loose sands the st. are much 
more branched and the fl. sometimes solitary [var. maniim.u'm 
DC.].— Dry and sandy places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
** Eruit granular, -not hairy. St. without downward prickles. 
10. G. saxat'ile (L. sec. Sm.) ; I. ahoid 6 in a wlborl obovate 
pointed flat, midrib slender, panicles corymbose small, fl.- and 
fr.-stalks erect-patent, pet. acute. E. B. 815. — St. many 
procumbent, much branched. L. suddenly narrowed to a point, 
smooth with a few marginal forward prickles ; lower 1. roundly 
obovate. It turns black in drying. — Heaths. P. VII. VIII. 
E. S. I. 
11. G. pumiluiu (Murr.) ; I. 6—8 m a whorl linear or linear- 
lanceolate mucronate with revolute edges, midrib slemier 
1 Apparently a hybrid between sp. 8 & 9.— H. & J. G. 
