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43. RUBIACE^. 
2. L. Periclymenum (L.) ; fl. ringent capitate terminal, heads 
stalked, 1. all distinct deciduous oval, st. twining. — E. B. 800. — 
Fl. pale yellow, externally red. Fr. red. L. sometimes downy 
beneath, rarely lobed. — Woods and hedges. Sh. VI. — IX. 
Honeysuckle. Woodbine. 
3. L. Xylosteum (L.); peduncles 2-flowered downy as long as 
the tlowers, calyx-limb deciduous, berries slightly connected at 
the base, 1. oval downy, st. erect. — E. B. 91(i. — Fl. pale yellow. 
L., bracts, cal., cor. externally, filaments, and style downy. Fr. 
scarlet, nearly distinct. — Thickets, very rare. Truly wild in 
Susse.x. Sh. V. E. S. ? 
4. Linn,ea Gronov. 
1. Jj. borealis (Gron.). — E. B. 4.33. — St. trailing and creeping. 
L. opposite, broadly ovate, stalked, dark green above, paler be- 
neath. Peduncles long, erect, 2-flowered, from short lateral 
branches with 2 — 4 leaves. Fl. pendidous, flesh-coloui-ed, puqfie 
within. — Woods, chiefly of fir, in the north. P. VII. E. S. 
Order XLIII. RUBIACE^. 
Cal. superior, 4 — 5 — 6-lobed or obsolete. Cor. regular, 
4 — 5 — 6-lobed. Stam. 4 — 5, alternate with the lobes of the 
corolla. Ovary 1, 2-celled, with solitary erect ovules. Style 1, 
often bifid. Stigmas 2. Fr. a didymous indehiscent pericarp. 
Embryo straight in horny albumen. 
1. Sherardia. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. crowTied with the 
6-toothed calyx, thy. 
2. Asperula. Cor. funnelshaped. Fr. dry, not crowned with 
the limb of the calyx. 
3. Galium. Cor. rotate. Fr. thy, not crow'ned with the calyx. 
4. Rubia. Cor. rotate or campanvdate. Fr. succulent, 2-lobed. 
1. Sherardia Zmw. 
1. S. arvensis (L.). — E. B. 891. — St. mostly decumbent, 
branched, square, leafy. L. 6 in a whorl, obovate-lanceolate, 
acute. Fl. blue, in a small sessile terminal umbel. Cal. of 4 
segments, 2 of them bifid. — Cultivated land on a gravelly soil. 
A. V.— VII. 
2. Asperula Linn. 
[1. A. arvensis (L.); 1. 6 — 10 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 
obtuse, fl. aggregate terminal surrounded by long ciliated bracts, 
fr. glabrous. — E. B. S. 2792. — Closely resembling Sherardia 
arvensis. St. ascending, square. Lowermost 1. opposite or 4 
