202 
Stellat®. 
— Ann. pis, growing in dry places. Diameter of the cor. 
less than that of the adult fr.; the latter often with 
hooked bristles ....... 21 
19. Ls mucronate, in whorls of 6—8. Anthers yellow. PI. 
remaining green when dried.—Marshes; distrib. but not 
common. 5 .... uliginosum L. 1067. 
— Ls not mucronate, gen. in whorls of 4, more rarely of 
5—6. Anthers red. PI. turning black when dried. Type 
of G. palustre . . . . . . .20 
20. Branches of the panicle very spreading or even de- 
flexed. Fr. almost smooth, small. Stem delicate, 20 to 
40cm.—Damp meadows, ditches; everywhere. 5 
palustre L. 1068. 
— Branches of the panicle less divergent. Fr. more dis¬ 
tinctly wrinkled, larger (2—3 mm broad). Stem stronger, 
30—100 cm .—As the last and with it, fairly distrib. at 
least in the Swiss plains, but later 
elongatum Presl. 1069. 
21 (18). Ls rough at the edges in consequence of small 
prickles directed forwards . . . . 22 
— Ls rough at the edges in consequence of small prickles 
directed backwards . . . . . . 23 
22. Cymes many-fld, terminal and axillary, arranged in a 
panicle. FIs all hermaphrodite. Fr -pedicels straight. Fr. 
small (1 — IV 2 mm broad), finely wrinkled. G. ruricolum 
Jord. (panicle denser).—b . litigiosum Dec. Fr. rough with 
hooked hairs.—Sandy fields; T. W. V. J. Z. A. (mostly 
in western and southern Switz.). 6 parisiense L. 1070. 
— Cymes 3-fld, only axillary (in the axils of the Is). FIs 
polygamous, the central fl. hermaphr. and fertile, the 
lateral male and barren. Fr.-pedicels arched-reflexed. 
Fr. large (4-5 mm), covered with very prominent tu¬ 
bercles.—Fields; very rare and only variable. 5 
* saccharatum All. 1071. 
23. Cymes not longer than the 1., gen. 3-fld. Fr.-pedicels 
arched-reflexed. Fr. large, tuberculous.—Fields; 
not everywhere. 6 . . . tricorne With. 1072. 
— Cymes longer than the ls, gen. many-fld. Fr.-pedicels 
. straight. Type of G. Aparine ..... 24: 
24. Fr. large (4—5 mm), tuberculous, covered with hooked 
hairs, rarely glabr. Stem 30—150 cm, more or less swollen 
at the joints and rough. FIs dirty-white, small. Cleavers. 
— b. tenerum Schl. Stem delicate, few-fid; ls thin, broader; 
fr. small (D/ 2 —2*/2 mm)-; on debris (Zermatt, Gemmi, 
Saleve). —Hedges, thickets, fields; everywhere. 6 
Aparine L. 1073. 
— Fr. smaller (2— 2 V 2 mm), granular, i. e. only with very 
small tubercles, glabr. or more rarely (b. Vaillantii 
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