196 
XLIII. ftUBIACE2E. 
[ Galium . 
flowered, pedicels erecto-patent, fruit obscurely granulated, 
petals somewhat acute. jE. B. t. 74. G. sylvestre Poll. 
Limestone hills in various parts of England ; Cheddar Cliffs, So- 
merset ; near Kendal ; about Matlock, Derbyshire ; near Settle, York- 
shire ; also in the counties of Stafford, Lancaster, and Cumberland. 
Basaltic rock, Antrim ; and near the lake of Killarney, Ireland. 
Ochills, Strathblane hills, Forfarshire mountains, and Orkney, Scot- 
land. If.. 7, 8. — Too closely allied to G. saxatile, from which it is 
scarcely to be distinguished except by the more pointed leaves. 
5. G. uligindsum L. (rough Marsh B .) ; leaves 6 — 8 in a 
whorl linear-lanceolate bristle-pointed, their margins and the 
stem rough with reflexed prickles. E. B. t. 1972. 
Wet meadows and sides of ditches. If.. 7, 8. — Panicles small, 
axillary, few-flowered ; branches erecto-patent. Fruit dark-brown, 
granulated, its stalks erect. Distinguished from the next by the 
narrow leaves , shortly acuminated at their points into a mucro. It 
does not turn black in drying. 
6. G. palustre L. (white Water B.) ; leaves 4 — 6 in a whorl 
oblong-lanceolate obtuse tapering at the base and as well as 
the lax spreading branched stem more or less rough, panicles 
diffuse, fruit-stalks divaricated. — a. stem and leaves smoothish. 
G. palustre L.: E.B. t. 1857. G. elongatum Presl. — fi. 
nerves at the back and margins of the leaves and angles of 
the stem distinctly rough with mostly reflexed prickles. G. 
Witheringii Sm. : E. B. t. 2206. 
Sides of ditches, lakes, and rivulets, if.. 7, 8. — G. palustre L. is 
smaller in all its parts, and has smoother fruit than Smith’s plant (G. 
elongatum ) ; but the two do not differ in any essential degree. 
7. G. erectum Huds. (upright B.) ; leaves 6 — 8 in a whorl 
lanceolate mucronate their margins rough with prickles pointing 
forward, branches of the panicle all ascending, stem flaccid, 
segments of the corolla taper-pointed, fruit-stalks divaricated. 
— a. leaves lanceolate reticulated with veins. E.B. t. 2067. G. 
aristatum Sm. : E. B. S. t. 2784. — fi. leaves narrower, scarcely 
veiny. G. diffusum Don. G. cinereum Sm. (not All.) : E. 
B. S. t. 2783. 
Hedges and pastures, not common. In Norfolk ; at Portslade, 
Sussex ; and near Cambridge. Portobello, Dalmahoy, and Slate- 
ford, near Edinburgh; wood, west of Kinnaird mill, Forfarshire. — ■ 
j8. Slateford, near Edinburgh; Kinnaird, Forfarshire. G. Don. "if.. 
6 In all the specimens we have seen the stem is hairy at the very 
base, but it is sometimes quite glabrous above, although in England 
it is usually hairy there also, at least on the angles. 
8. G. Mollugo L. (great Hedge B.) ; leaves 6 — 8 in a whorl 
