68. RTJBIACE5!: GALIE.E. 395 



6. Galium Mollugo, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 107 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 596; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 407; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 

 p. 207. 



Szechtten: Min river (Faber !). Herb. Kew. 

 Europe, N. Africa, eastward to the mountains of North India 

 and Burma. 



7. Galium tricorne, Stokes in With. Nat. Arr. Brit. PI. ed. 2, 

 p. 153; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 608; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 419; 

 BZooTc.f. Fl. Brit. Lnd. iii. p. 207. 



Httpeii: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henri/ I). 

 Herb. Kew. 



Temperate Europe, North Africa, and eastward to North India. 



[Galium tuberosum, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 79), is not a true 

 Galium. The Chinese name given to it by Loureiro is applied, 

 according to Bretschneider (Early Bes. p. 156), to various species 

 of Polygonatum^] 



8. Galium verum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 107 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 602 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 156, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. 

 Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 223 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 71 ; Maxim, in 

 Mel. Biol. ix. p. 265 ; BZooTc.f. Fl. Brit. Lnd. iii. p. 208. 



Chihli : near Peking (Bretschneider !) ; Shingking : Mouk- 

 den {Webster \ James \), Talienhwan (Birniel Swinhoel), south 

 of Hingjing (Boss !) ; Shantung : Chefoo (Perry !) ; Cobea : 

 Port Chusan (Wilford !). Herb. Kew. 

 . Europe and North Africa, and Asia eastward to Japan. 



1. Asperula Platygalium, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 267, var. 

 /3. pratensis. 



Rubia? gracilis, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 111. 



Cobeak Abchipelago : Long Beach (Oldham, 523 !). Herb. 

 Kew. 



Mandshuria. 



[Loureiro records Crucianella stylosa, Linn., as Chinese, on the 

 faith of a drawing ; and Polyozus lanceolata of the same author 

 is an obscure plant of this Order.] 



