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1. Sherar'dia Linn. Field-Madder. 
1. S. arvvn'sis (L.). — E. B, 891. — St. mostly decumbent, 
branched, leafy. L. G in a, wLorl, obovate-lanceolate, acute. 
Fl. lilac, in a" small sessile terminal umbel -u-ith 7 — 8 inv.- 
leaves. Cal. of 4 segments, 2 of tbem bitid. — Fields. A. V. — 
VII. E. S. I. 
2. Asper'ula Linn. 
1. A. cynan'chica (L.); I. 4 in a whorl linear, uppermost 1. 
very miequal, fl. corymbose, bracts lanceolate mucronate, cor. 
rougli. — E. B. 33. — Root fusiform. Stems many, diffuse or 
ascending, branched. Lowest 1. very obovate ; intern, obovate- 
lanceolate ; uppermost lanceolate-attenuate. Fl. generally lilac. 
Fr. wrinkled and tubercled. — Dry banks in limestone districts. 
P. VI. VII. Quinnnaj-ivoi-t. E. I. 
2. A. oduruta (L.) ; I. 6 — 8 in a ivhorl lanceolate, margins 
rough, fl. in stalked terminal corpnbs, hispid. — E. B. loo. 
— St. erect, about 6 in. hio-h. Fl. white. L. broad. Whole 
plant fragrant.— Woods. P. V. VI. Woodruff. E. S. I. 
\_A. arvm'sis (L.) ; I. 6 — -10 inn 2/;Ao/-/ linear-lanceolate blunt, 
fl. clustered terminal surrounded by long ciliate bracts, fr. 
glabrous. — E. B. S. 2792. — Like Sherardia arvetisis. Fl. bright 
blue. — Introduced. Devonport. A. VI.] E. 
\_A. taur'via (L.) ; 1. 4 in a whorl elliptic acuminate 3-veined, 
fl. corymbose, cor. -tube very long, fr. rather rough. — Cadeby, 
Leicestershire. Casterton Woods, Westmoreland.] E. 
3. Ga'liu-AI Linn. Bedstraw. 
A. Leaves 3-veined. 
* Fl. in a terminal panicle, perfect, white ; fr. -stalks erect. 
1. G. borcdle (L.) ; I. 4 in a whorl lanceolate, st. erect panicled, 
fruitstalks patent, /"r. covered ivith hooked bristles. — E. B. 105. — 
St. about 18 in. high ; branches many, leafy. Fl. in compact 
panicles. — Moist rocky places. P. \^I. VIII. E. S. I. 
** Fl. axillary i yeUow : lateral Jl. imperfect ; fr .-stalks 
dejlexed. 
2. G. m(cidtum (With.) ; I. 4 in a ivhorl elliptic-oblong hairy, 
fl. corj'mbose bracteate, termimd Jl. fertile, lateral fl. mostly 
male, fr. smooth. — E. B. 143. — St. simple above, 1 — 2 feet high, 
hairy. Fl. small, about 8 together in small corymbs, falling 
short of the leaves. — Hedges and thickets. P. V. VI. Cross- 
tvort. E. S. 
