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[* A. tmirina (L.) ; 1. 4 in a wliorl elliptical acuminate 3-nerved, 
fl. corvnibose, tube much longer than the limb of the cor., 
fr. punctulate scabrous. — Naturalized. Cadeby, Leicestershire. 
Rev. A. Bloxam. Casterton Woods, Westmoreland. Rev. R. 
I Blunt.] 
j 2. A. cynanchica (L.); 1. 4 in a whorl linear, u])pcrmost 1. 
i veiy unequal, tl. corymbose, bracts lanceolate mucronate, coi-. 
scabrous, “/r. yranular-scabrous.” — E.B.33. — Root fusiform. 
Stems many diffuse or ascending branched, h'!. generally lilac. 
— Dry banks in limestone districts. P. VI. VII. E. I. 
3. A. odorata (L.); 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl lanceolate, margins 
seahrous, fl. in stalked termin.al corymbs, /r. hisjiid. — E.B. 755. 
— St. erect, about (i in. high. Fl. white. L. broad. Whole 
plant fragrant. — Woods. P. V. VI. Woodruff. 
3. Galium Linn. 
1. G. cruciatum (With.); 1. 4 in a whorl elliptic-oblong hairy 
3-neryed, tlowerstalks lateral corymbose bracteated, terminal fl. 
fertile, latei’al mostly male, fruitstalks deflexed, fr. smooth. — 
! E. B. 143. — St. simple aboye, 1 — 2 feet high, haiiT. Fl. small, 
I about 8 together in small axillarj' corymbs, yellow. — “ /3. lavipes ; 
! peduncles and jiedicels glabrous.” — Hedges and thickets. P. V. 
VI. Crosswort. 
2. G. palustre (L.); 1. 4 in a whorl linear-oblong broader 
upwards obtuse, panicle diffuse, fl. perfect, fruitstalks straight 
spreading at right angles, fr. smooth. — E. B. 185/. — St. 1 — 4 
feet high, weak, branched or simple. Lowest 1. usually 6 in a 
whorl, the rest in fours, 2 often much smaller. Fl. small, white. 
St. and branches nearly smooth. — /3. Witheringii (Hook.) ; angles 
of the stem and margins and under sides of the 1. rough with 
deflexed bristles. E. B. 2206. G. Witheringii Sm. — These 
: yarieties are scarcely distinguishable except in their extreme 
states. — Wet places by chtches and riyers. P. VIL VIII. 
’ 3. G. erectum (Iluds.) ; 1. about Sin a whorl lanceolate mucro- 
! nate the margins rough with prickles all pointing forwards, mid- 
I rib slender, branches of the panicle all ascending, fruitstalks 
I divaricated, fr. oyal smooth, pet. taper-pointed. — E. B. 2067.— 
I St. weak, glabrous or hairy, ascending. L. lanceolate, scarcely 
I at all obovate ; margins with 2 rows of prickles ])ointing for- 
;| wards ; midrib beneath rather slender, smooth. — cinereum ; 
1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear, fruitstalks — G. cinereum Sm., 
j E. B. S. 2783. seems to be only a narrow-leayed yariety. — 
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roundish-obovatc. St. and margins of the 1. rough, 
blue. — Occasionally introduced. Deyonport. A. VI.] 
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