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stalks and fniitstalks erect-patent, fr. obsoletely granulated, ))et. 
acute. — Ji. B. 7d. G. sylvestre Koch. — St. uuuierous, slender, 
square, branched, loosely sj)reading. L. often nearly glabrous 
or with marijinat hairs not prickles sj)reading or deflexed never 
ascending. Lower ]>art of the stem and leaves sometimes densely 
covered with patent hairs. Fr. very minutely granidated. — 
Limestone hills, rare. P. VII. VIII. 
9. G. ulujinosum (L.); /. (i — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 
bristle-])ointcd with margins rovgh like the angles of the stem ivith 
prickles pointing backwards, j)anicles small axillary few-dowered 
trichotomous the branches patent fruitstalks straight, fruit 
granulated. — E. B. 197-. — Stems slender, brittle, about a foot 
high, weak. L. usually 6 in a whorl, discoloured at the tip, and 
ternnnating in a transj)arent bristle. Branches of the small pani- 
I cles erect-})atent. Fr. dark brown. — Wet places. P. VII. VlII. 
10. G. anglicum (Iluds.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 
I bristle-j)ointed the margins rough %oith prickles pointing forwards, 
I st. rough with decurved prickles, panicles small axillary diehoto- 
: mous : branches divaricated bifid, fr. granulated. — E. B. 884. — 
1 St. 6 — 8 in. high, spreading, slender, brittle. L. usually (i in a 
I whorl, the lowermost sometimes in fours. Branches of the 
small jianicles often sjireatling nearly at right angles with their 
stalk. Fr. nearly black. Difiers from G. parisiense only by 
having no hooked bristles upon the fruit. — Old walls and dry 
sandy places. A. ? VI. VII. E. 
* II. G. saccharatum (All.) ; 1. about 6 in a whorl linear-lan- 
ceolate with marginal prickles pointing forwards, st. rough with 
decuiwed pricldes, gjeduncles axillary 3 flowered, lateral fl. barren, 
' fr. warted refiexed. — E.B.2173. — St. procumbent, spreading. 
I Fl. small, pale yellow'. Fr. large, a double globe, quite covered 
j with large jiyramidal tubercles. — Carse of Gowrie and near 
I Forfar. Malton, Yorkshire. A. VI. — VIII. E. S. 
12. G. tricorne (With.); 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 
I with nmrgmaX 2 irickles pointing backviards, st. rough wdth defiexed 
])i'ickles, jieduncles axillary 8-fiowered, fr. granulated refiexed. 
— E. B. 1()41. — St. procumbent, spreading. Fl. small, all 3 
usually perfect in structure but seldom more than the middle one 
fertile. Fr. large, a double globe, covered w'ith small granu- 
lations. — Dry calcareous fields. A. VI. — IX. E. 
13. G. Aparine (L.); 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl hnear-lanceolate with 
marginal prickles pointing backwards, st. rough with deflexed 
prickles, peduncles axillary few - (about 3) flowered, fruitstalks 
I divaricated straight, fruit covered with short hooked bristles. — 
j E.B.SIG. — St. straggling amongst bushes, 3 — 4 feet long. The 
! marginal prickles near the extremity of the 1. point forwards, the 
