Stpllatge. 
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2. Ls oblong or elliptic, in whorls of 4. FI.-cymes only 
axillary. Fr.-peduncles'bent back .... 3 
— Ls linear or linear-lanceolate, in whorls of 6 — 12. Cymes 
terminal and axillary. Fr.-peduncles straight . 5 
3. Stem furnished at the angles with small prickles directed 
downwards.—Sandy places; T. W. J.! 4, 5 
pedemontanum All. 1050. 
— Stem with no small prickles, glabr. or hairy . 4 - 
4. Peduncles with bracts. Stem rough.—Hedges, wood-sides ! 
distrib. 4.Cruciata Scop. 1051. 
— Peduncles without bracts. Stem glabr. or with a short 
pubescence.— Shady, stony places of Italian Switz. 4 
vernum Scop. 1052. 
5 (2). FIs of a golden yellow. Ls in whorls of 8—12, nar¬ 
row, linear, rolled at the edges, with a short pubescence 
and gray underneath. Stem cylindric, with 4 fine ridges. 
Panicle rather dense.—b. prcpcox Lang. (G. Wirtgeni 
F. Schultz, G. eminens G. Gi.) Articulations of the stem 
(which is more erect) longer than the fl.-branches, which 
are far apart.—Dry meadows, slopes; distrib. 7. b. Tess , 
Yaud, Wall., Bale, the end of May verum L. 1053. 
— Fl. of a light or whitish yellow. Ls gen. broader than 
in the last, less rolled, or flat. Stem quadrangular. 
Panicle looser. Hybrids of G. verum with G. Mollugo 
and rigidum! *) . . . ochroleucum Wolf. 1054. 
6 (1). FIs of a blood-red, very small. Stem almost erect, 
much branched. —Hills; T. 7 . purpiireum L. 1055. 
— FIs of a lighter red or growing paler at last. Stem 
decumbent ....... 7 
7. Cor.-lobes terminated by a long hair-like point. Fr. dis¬ 
tinctly granular.— Stony places, hills; G. T. U. (Scholle- 
nen). W. (Zwischenbergen). Batlis on the lake of Wallen- 
stadt. 7 . . . . . rubrum L. 1056. 
— Cor.-lobes simply acute. Fr. smooth, or finely granular. 
Comp. G. sylvestre 17. 
8(1). Ls in whorls of 4, 3-nerved i. e. with a longitudinal, 
fainter nerve on each side on the central one . ,9 
— Ls in whorls of 6—12 (only in 1068 of 4), 1-nerved 70 
— Ls in whorls of 6, 1-nerved, distinctly net-veined, ob¬ 
long-lanceolate. Cymes axillary, 3—several-fld. Fr. small, 
covered with fine hooked prickles. PI. smelling of cou- 
marin. — Woods; only near Tarasp ! 6 triflorum Michx. 1056a. 
9. Ls broad oval, short-mucronate. Stem rather weak, as¬ 
cending. Fr. rough.—Mountain woods; distrib. 5 
rotundifolium L. 1057. 
*) Also: G. approximatum, decolorans and ambiguum Gr, Godr. 
See Rapin Guide bot. 
