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6. G* stems very much branched divaricate prickly micramhum, 
backwards; leaves short, lanceolate mucronate ^“*^®'** 
smooth, margin and keel prickly, flower-branches 
divaricately ramifying ; pedicels about two-flow- 
ered, fruit hispid.— 
A small and delicate species, bearing a multitude of very 
minute white flowers. In swampy meadows among high 
grass, particularly on the borders of rivulets and field-drains, 
frequent. Perennial. July. 
G. stems roughish ; leaves in fours, oval, obtuse, punctieuio-^ 
without prickles, margin and nerves finely pubes- 
cent, marked with semi-transparent dots ; flowers 
purple ; fruit somewhat inclining to woolly. Mich* 
G. pilosum, Muhl. not of Persoon. 
G. punctatum, Pers. 
G. purpureum, Walt., not of Pers* and Willd. 
G. cruciata, No. 313. Clayton ? 
Hairy Goose-grass. 
This species is recognised without difficulty by its purple 
flowers and its pubescence . In dry woods and copices, com- 
mon. Perennial. July. 
8. G. stems procumbent, smoothish ; leaves in sixes, PeimsyivanV 
smooth and semi-membranaceous, mucronate, 
margin scarcely ciliated ; fruit small, hispid. 
G. triflorum, Mich. 
A very common species. Flowers white. Along the 
edges of woods and thickets. Perennial. July. 
75. SPERMACOCE. Z. Gen.pl. l55. (Rubiace<e.J 
Calix 4-toothed. Corolla funnel-formed, 4- 
cleft. Seeds 2, each 2-toothed. 
1. S. stem diffuse terete hirsute ; leaves linear-lan- ciodina. 
ceolate smoothish, margin and keel serrulate-scab- 
