RUBIACER. CCXIV. CRUCIANELLA. 
the calyx ; mericarps semi-ovate or oblong, indehiscent.—Herbs, 
sometimes suffrutescent at the base, but usually annual. Leaves 
truly opposite, furnished with from 1 to 3 stipulas on each side. 
Flowers furnished with 3 bracteas each, the exterior bractea 
representing a cauline leaf, and the 2 lateral ones opposite, all 
longer than the ovarium, and appearing like a calyx. Spikes 
sometimes elongated and continuous, sometimes capitate, and 
sometimes interrupted from being formed of pedunculate fasci- 
cles of flowers. 
§ 1. Flowers disposed in continuous spikes. 
1 C. ratiror1a (Lin. spec. 157.) plant erect, with ascending 
branches; leaves 4 in a whorl, elliptic-lanceolate, acute : lower 
ones usually ovate, and mucronated, with scabrous margins ; 
spikes filiform, tetragonal ; flowers quadrifid, solitary, imbricated 
m 4 rows. ©. H. Native in the region of the Mediterranean, 
in sandy places from Spain and Mauritania to Tauria. Guss. 
prod. fl. sic. 181. Smith, fl. grec. t. 139. C. spicata, 3, Lam. fl. 
fr. 3. p. 372. Schmied. icon. t. 83. f. 84.—Barrel. icon. t. 520. 
and 549. Corollas slender, pale yellow: lobes awned. 
Var. B, erectitscula, (D. C. prod. 4. p. 586.) stem erectish. 
C. latifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 106. 
ar. y, Monspeliaca,(D. C. 1. c.) lower leaves ovate: upper 
ad 5-6 in a whorl, linear. ©. H. Native of France, Me- 
‘ca Haas Dalmatia, Greece, Palestine. Benth. cat. no. 73. 
a Monspeliaca, Lin. spec. 158. D.C. fl. fr. no. 3347. Smith, 
m t. 140. C. spicata, y, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 372. C. vul- 
gans Gat. fl. mont. 44. Rubèola heterophylla, Moench. meth. 
P. 526. Lobes of corolla 5, ending in a twisted awn each. 
Broad-leaved Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1633. Pl. 
1 foot, ascending, 
whey in eVstEòrA (Lin. spec. p. 157.) erect; leaves 6 in a 
a z inear, acute, scabrous on the margins, and on the angles 
s ae spikes linear, imbricated in 4 rows, somewhat inter- 
pen = the base ; flowers tetramerous, twin: one of them 
= o ate. ©. H. 5 Native of arid, stony places from Spain 
a eae to Tauria and Caucasus. Smith, exot. bot. t. 
$ Ae gi prod. fi. sic. p. 181. C. spicàta, a, Lam. fl. fr. 3. 
Ex . ubéola linearifdlia, Moench, meth. p. 525.—Barrel. 
ae t. 550.—Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 12. Corolla slender, yel- 
wish-green, 
Var. B, monostàchya (D. C. fl. fr. no. 3345.) stem simple, 
aring only one spike at the apex. 
a7. Y, mucronata, (Roth, cat. 1. p. 27.) leaves 4 in a whorl, 
mucronate, 
| parrow-leaved Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1658. Pl. 
oot, 
ee tes (A. Rich. in mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 131.) 
whorl i Tuticose at the base, erect, glaucous; leaves 6 in a 
see paged with revolute edges ; spikes slender, pedunculate, 
pentam at Interrupted at the base ; bracteas ciliated ; flowers 
= A pais of Persia. i 
Fates faut . C. prod. 4. p. 587.) leaves rough; 
Nanchlets and bracteoles ate velvety koa fine down. %. H. 
wis e of Persia, between Kermancha and Amadan, where it 
collected by Olivier and Bruguiere. 
ish a : Michaúzii (D. C. 1. c.) stem glabrous; leaves smooth- 
po racteas a little smaller. y. H. Native of Persia, where 
was collected by Michaux. 
i Poti .Crosswort. Pl. 1 foot. 
EOR oan (Lam. dict. 2. p. 217.) plant diffuse; leaves 4 
biste orl, or opposite; spikes hardly interrupted at the base ; 
ruit k ciliated, unequal, rather loose; flowers tetramerous ; 
a We with blunt tubercles. ©. H. Native of the Levant, 
och; eppo, where it was collected by Michaux. C. diffiisa, 
tae Ust. neu. ann. 4. p. 40, cat. 1. p. 26. C, tuberculòsa, 
. I, 
641 
Cav. descript. p. 349. Flowers yellowish. Nearly allied to C. 
pàtula. 
Ciliated-bractead Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1805. Pl. 
diffuse 4 foot. 
5 C. pa`rura (Lin. spec. p. 602.) erect; branches spreading ; 
leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, rather scabrous ; flowers 1-2 in the 
axils of the bracteas, on short pedicels, pentamerous ; fruit 
smoothish, ©. H. Native of Spain, on rocks at Aranjuez, 
Tudela, and Navarre, and in the kingdom of Valentia. Loefl. 
itin. p. 68. C. pentándra, Dufour, in Roem, et Schultes, syst. 
3. p. 532. Corolla yellowish. 
; Spreading Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. Pl. 5 to 
3 foot. 
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6 C. suave‘otens (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 406.) plant perennial, 
glabrous; stem herbaceous, erect, branched ; leaves linear, mu- 
cronate, with prickly, revolute edges, 8 in a whorl, but the 
upper ones are 6 in a whorl ; flowers opposite, disposed in dense 
spikes: floral leaves and bracteas lanceolate, ciliated, a little 
shorter than the corollas, which are glabrous, and 5-cleft; sta- 
mens inclosed; mericarps glabrous, smooth. %. H. Native of 
Caucasus, in dry, stony places on the Talusch mountains. 
Sweet-scented Crosswort. PI. 1 foot. 
7 C. Aeyrrraca (Lin. mant. p. 38.) plant diffuse; leaves 
4 in a whorl, linear, with revolute edges, glabrous above, and on 
the margins: lower ones ovate; spikes terminal; bracteas lan- 
ceolate, with the keel and margins rather scabrous. ©. H. 
Native about Alexandria, in Egypt. C. herbacea, Forsk. fl. 
egyp. p. 30. Flowers pentamerous, pale yellow, awned. 
Egyptian Crosswort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. } foot. 
8 C. Grra‘nica (Trin. in mem. act. petersb. 1818. p. 493. 
t. 12.) stems erectish, branched; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, 
mucronate, with prickly revolute edges; flowers remotely spi- 
cate ; bracteas and floral leaves ovate, ciliated, 4 times shorter 
than the corolla, which is glabrous. %.H. Native of Persia, 
in the province of Ghilan, on the mountains ; and of Caucasus, 
in dry, stony places on the Talusch mountains. Root slender, 
creeping. Flowers pentamerous. Lobes of the corolla mucro- 
nate. Fruit and stamens glabrous. Style inclosed. 
Ghilan Crosswort. Pl. procumbent. 
§ 2. Flowers capitate. 
9 G. maritima (Lin. spec. 158.) plant suffruticose, procum- 
bent, much branched, glaucous, glabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 
lanceolate, stiff, marginated, mucronate; flowers axillary, dis- 
posed in interrupted spikes, pentamerous. k. F. Native along 
the Mediterranean, in the sand by the sea side. Desf. fl. atl. 1. 
p. 132. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3348.—Rubéola maritima, Moench. 
meth. p. 526.—Barrel. icon. t. 355. Flowers cream-coloured. 
Styles sometimes 3, but usually 2.—Rùbia maritima, Bauh. pin. 
334. Rubia marina, Clus. hist. 2. p. 176. 
Sea-side Crosswort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1640. Pl. proc. 
10 C. caprra‘ra (Labill. pl, syr. dec. 1. p. 12. t. 3.) plant suf- 
fruticose, procumbent, branched, glaucous, glabrous ; leaves 6 
in a whorl, almost linear; spikes capitate, ovate ; bracteas mem- 
branous, lanceolate, longer than the leaves, trifid, girding 2 
flowers each ; corollas 5-parted. h. F. Native on the top of 
Mount Lebanon. Corolla blackish in the dried state. Bracteas 
trifid. Bracteoles linear. 
Capitate-flowered Crosswort. Shrub procumbent. 
11 C, sryròsa (Trin. mem. act. petersb. 1818. p. 485. no. 3. 
t. 11. ex Spreng. neu. entd. 1. p. 99.) plant procumbent; leaves 
8-9 in a whorl, and are, as well as the stems, hispid; heads ter- 
minal, pedunculate ; flowers pentamerous ; style clavate, much 
exserted, bifid at the apex.—Native of Persia, in the province of 
Ghilan, among rocks; and of Caucasus, among bushes in the 
sare of Lenkeran, from the Caspian Sea even to the Talusch_ 
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