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B. Leaves 1-veined. Root annual. 
* Flmvers axillary ; lateraJ Jl. imperfect. 
\Jjr. saccharidum (All.) ; 1. atout 6 in a whorl linear-lau- 
ceolate witli marginal forward prickles, st. rougli with decurved 
prickles, peduncles 'i-jloicered, fr. warted reflexed. — E. B. 2173. 
— St. procunibeut, spreading. Fl. small, pale yellow. Fr. a 
larsfe double warted globe. — Introduced. Carse of Go'WTie and 
Forfar. Malton, Yorkshire. A. VI.— VIII.] E. S. 
** Fl. in axillary 2')€micles, all perfect, white or greenish. 
3. G. tricor'ne (With.) ; I. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 
with marginal bacl ward pricldes, st. rough with deflexed prickles, 
peduncles 3-flowered, fr. yrmndar reflexed. — E. B. 1641. — St. 
procumbent, spreading. Fl. small, all 3 appearing perfect, the 
middle one usually alone fertile, cream-coloured. Fr. large, a 
double globe, covered with small gTanulations. — Dry calcareous 
fields, "a. VI.— IX. ' ' E. 
4. G. Aparine (li.) ; 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate with 
marginal backward prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles, pe- 
duncles few- (about ."5) flowered, fruitstalks divaricate straight, 
fruit covered with short hooJud hridlts. — E. B. 816. — St. strag- 
gling amongst bushes, 3 — 4 feet long. The marginal prickles 
near the extremity of the 1. point fonvards, the rest backwards. 
Fl. small, pale. Peduncles or rather flowering branches with 
.several leaves at the primai-y divisions. Fr. large. — Common. 
A. VI. — Vni. Goose-grass. Cleavers. E. S. I. 
5. G. spiiriiim (Ij.) ; 1. 6 — 8 in a whorl linear-lanceolate with 
marginal backward prickles, st. rough with deflexed prickles, 
peduncles with 3 — 9 Jloivcrs, fruitstalks divaricate straight. — 
Closely resembling the preceding; distinguished by its more 
numerous green flowers, floral loaves solitarj' ("or in pairs"), 
fruit of about half the size. — a. fr. smooth. E. B. 1871. — ^. G. 
Vailhntii (T)C.) ; fr. hispid. E. B. S. 2!)43.— Fields, a. Forfar ; 
/3. Saffron Walden and Chesterford, Essex. A. Vll. E. S. 
6. G. ang'licum (Iluds.) ; /. (d)oid 6 in a whorl linear-lanceolate 
liristle-pointed with marginal forward pricldes, st. rough with 
deflexed pricldes, panicles small forked with divaricate bifid 
branches.— B. .'584. — St. 6 — 8 in. high, spreading, slender, 
brittle. Ij. usually 6 iu a whorl, the lowermost sometimes in 
fours. Ih'imches of the small panicles often spreading nearly 
at right angles with their stallc. Fr. gi'anular, nearly black. 
I G. parisiense (Li.) han hooki'xl prickles ou the fruit, and may 
be a form of this species.] — Old walls and dry saudy places. 
A. VI. Vll. E. 
