394 68. BUEIACE^E : GALIEJS. 



near Moukden {James !) ; Shantung : Chefoo (Fauvel ex Fran- 

 chet). Herb. Kew. 



Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. 



Var. ? molle, Ilemsl. ; caulibus foKisque molliter pilosis. 



Hupeh : Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry, 

 2036!). Herb. Kew. 



A very marked form, and possibly a distinct species, but Dr. 

 Henry's specimens are in very young flower. 



[Galium chinense, A. Spreng. (Tent. Suppl. ad Syst. Veg. 

 Linn. p. 7), is insufficiently described for identification, but, from 

 the characters given, it is most likely the same as G. asprellum, 

 Michx.] 



4. Galium gracile, Bunge (non Wallr.), Fnum. PI. Chin. Bor. 

 p. 35 ; Walp. Bep. ii. p. 456 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. 

 Fl. Amur. p. 472 ; Mel. Biol. ix. p. 261, et xi. p. 802. 



Galium rotundum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 59, ex Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL 

 Jap. i. p. 241. 



Galium Bungei, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 



Galium trachyspermum, A. Gray in Perry's Exped. ii. p. 313, et Bot. 

 Jap. p. 393 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat, i. p. 112. 



Galium pogonanthum, Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 213, et ii. 

 p. 393. 



Galium miltorrhizum, Hancein Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 114 ; Debeaux, FL 

 Shangh. p. 34. 



Chihli : near Peking ( Williams, hb. Hance, 13833 !) ; 

 Kiangsu: Shanghai (Faber !) ; Chekiang : Ningpo (Oldham I) ; 

 Fokien: Amoy (Sampson \ WilfordX); Hupeh : Ichang and 

 Patung district (A. Henry) • Szechuen : Mount Omei (Faber !) ; 

 Luchu Archipelago (Wright X). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



5. Galium linearifolium, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, 

 vii. p. 152 ; Walp. Bep. ii. p. 458 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 156 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 265. 



Chihli : near Peking (Hancock ! Tatarinow ; David, ex 

 Franchet). Herb. Kew. 



We have named Hancock's specimen from Turczaninow's 

 description, having seen no authenticated specimen. It is, how- 

 ever, a very distinct species. 



