68. rubiacej: : GALLED. 393 



Rubia mitis, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 112. 

 Chihlt : near Peking (Tatarinow, ex Maximoicicz) ; Shing- 

 king: Black Bear Valley (Bossl). Herb. Kew. 

 Mandshuria and Japan. 



2. Rubia cordifolia, Linn. Mant. p. 197; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 588 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 23, et Fl. Tchef. p. 70 ; Franchet, 

 PI. David, p. 155, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 

 p. 223 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 266 ; BZook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 iii. p. 202 (varietates plures insignes). 



Northern and Central Provinces, common! Mus. Brit.; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Mountains of India southward to Ceylon and Malacca ; Dahu- 

 ria to Japan, and mountains of tropical Africa. 



1. Galium Aparine, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 108 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. p. 608 ; Benth. Fl. DZongk. p. 164 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. 

 p. 259; LZook.f Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 205; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. 

 p. 71 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 156 et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cher- 

 bourg, xxiv. p. 223. 



Galium pauciflorum, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 35; Maxim. Ind. 

 Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 472 (lapsv- calami parviflorum). 



Galium sororium, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 734. 



Galium Vaillantii, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 608. 



China: generally spread! Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Europe, North Africa, and temperate and subtropical Asia, and 

 Nortb America. 



2. Galium asprellum, Michx. Fl. Bor.- Am. i. p. 78 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. p. 598 ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 140, et in Mel. Biol. ix. 

 p. 262 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 156. 



Galium davuricum, Turcz. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. i. p. 530. 

 Chihli : Jehol (David, 2212, ex Franchet). 

 Eastern Siberia, Mandshuria, Japan, and eastern North 

 America. 



3. Galium boreale, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 108 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 600 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 155, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. 

 Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 264 ; Hook.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 205 (varietates plures). 



Chihli : Jehol (David, 2024, ex Franchet) ; Shingking : hills 



