’TETRAND., MONOG. 183. Sherardia. 184. Afperula. 205 
f^abra.- 
“'•‘‘cuL 
aru. 
Hifpid : leaves obovate, oblique. 
Ceylon. Murr. Comm. Gtctf. 3. p. 77 * 5 * 
Stem obicurely 4 -angied : lecives oppollce, rough both hdes . 
axillary, feflile : calyx fuperior, of 4 lanceolate leafets. 
Leaves roundilh, rough: ftem rough : flowers in whorls ; 
ftamiua exfertcd. 
Eaftlndies. Rkeed. Mai. p. 149 ^• 7 ^- 
iVcTOr fquare : leases orbicular, obtufe, rough. 
Leaves elliptic, a little obtufe and rough. 
Eaft Indies. Stem red, round, grooved, with procumbent 
branches: /sawr oppolite, petioled : white. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, marked with lines. 
Eaft Indies. Plant ftift', with rough angles : Isanies oppofite, 
roughifh, connedcd by . a fringed membrane .■ fiown whorl- 
ed, white. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, villous, fmootb ; the upper-ones 
in fours : flowers whorled : {lamina exferted. 
Cayenne, Vahl. fymb. l. p. 8. Willd. i. p, 573. 
•Procumbent: leaves linear : corymbs lateral, peduncled. 
India. 5/mr weak, angular : /rawr re Hefted : yfuatrw tufted. 
SuIFruticofe : leaves linear, fringed with fmall fpines. 
South America. S/mr difiufe, hard : 'iv^sr/r few-flowered. 
183. SHERARDIA. Carol i-petaUed, funnel-form, 
fuperior: Jeeds 2, 3-toothecl. 
All the leaves whorled: flowers terminal. 
Fallow fields. Engl. Bot, 8qi. Flpr. Dan. t. 439' 
Floral leaves in pairs, oppofite ; flowers in pairs. 
Italy. All. ped. t. 77. f. I . Euxh. cent. z. t.^o. f.z. 
Stems decumbent; lower-/i?fl'vcr in Axes, middle ones in fours, 
upper-cncs in pairs; fruit oblong, hifpid. 
Leaves in fours, equal : flem fhrubby : fiovt-ers oppofite. 
Afcention lliand. Fltrjsers feflile, axillary. 
184. ASPERULA. Carol i-petalled, funnel-form: 
^ Jeeds 1, globular. oodrocf. 
°^°’-ata. Leaves eights, lanceolate : tufts of flowers peduncled ; 
fruit briftly. 
^ Woods. Eng. Bot. t. 755 - Curt. Iona. pfc. 4. t. 15. Blacint’. bo. 
1‘kylla. Leaves in fixes, linear: flovvers in terminal umbels, neat- 
ly feflile. 
Pedcmont. Allion, fed. n, 48, t, 77. f. 3. 
ar-vensp. 
