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43. RUBIACE.®. 
G. lucidum Bert., Koch, Reich., (hfFers from this hy the very 
broad midrib upon the under side of its leaves and the horizon- 
tally patent lower branches of its panicle, both of which charac- 
ters are very conspicuous in foreign specimens. G. cinereum 
from Corsica has very glaucous slender 1. and a few of the mar- i 
ginal prickles decurved, but in other respects agrees wdth G. lu- 
cidum and is very different from Smith’s plant. — Hedges and i 
pastures. P. VI. VII. j 
4. G. aristatum (L.) ; 1. 6 in a lohorl lanceolate bristle-pointed 
with minute marginal prickles pointing forwards, branches of the 
panicle all (?) ascending, fruitstalks fr. smooth sej)arating ' 
into 2 kidneyshaped carpels, pet. taper-pointed. — E. B. S. 2784. 
— St. a foot high, very smooth, branching. Midrib of the 1. 
smooth. — I know nothing of this plant except from the figure 
and description. — Angusshire. Mr. G. Don. P. VII. VIII. S. 
5. G. Mollugo (L.) ; 1. about 8 in a whorl lanceolate-obovate 
or obovate-oblong cuspidate the margins rough with prickles 4 
])ointing forwards, michih slender, branches of the panicle many- 
flowered lower ones spreading horizontally or deflexed, fruitstalks I 
divaricated, fr. glabrous, pet. taper-pointed. — E. B. 1573. — St. | 
ascending, square, thickened at the joints, glabrous, or in /3. sca- 
brum (Sm.) as well as the 1. hairy. — y. insubricum ; 1. about 6 in a 
whorl obovate abruptly cuspidate, branches of the panicle few'- 
fiowered terminating in trichotomous umbels, floral 1. large, 
bracts large usually solitary. G. insubricum Gaud., Koch, DC. 
&c. — Hedges and thickets, -y. Winauder Mere. Bev. C. A. Stevens. 
P. VII. VIII. 
6. G. verum (L.) ; 1. about 8 in a whorl linear-setaceous with 
revolute margins channeled above downy beneath, panicles nume- 
rous small densely flow'ered suhterminal, fruitstalks patent, fruit 
smooth, pet. obtuse and apiculate. — E. B. flfiO. — St. erect, 
slightly branched, somewhat woody, with numerous whorls of 
narrow deflexed leaves. FI. 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. some- 
times downy or scabrous. On loose sands the st. are much more 
branched aiyl the fl. sometimes solitary but agreeing in all other i 
respects with this species. — Dry and sandy places. P. VII. VHI. 
7. G. saxatile (L.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl obovate pointed, 
panicles corymbose small, flow'erstalks and fruitstalks erect- 
])atent, 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. VHI. 
8. G. pusillum (L.) ; 1. about 8 in a ivhorl linear-lanceolate 
mucronate without marginal prickles, panicle few-flow'ered,^ower- 
