RUBIACER. CCXVI. Garum. 
usually 2-3-flowered ; lobes of corolla acute; fruit glabrous. h. 
F. Native of Spain, in great plenty on the mountains of Val- 
digna and Enguera, &c. G. Capénse, 2, Pers. ench. Flowers 
white, racemose. 
Frutescent Bed-straw. Shrub 1 foot. 
40 G. pr‘pite (Hoffmans. et Link. fl. port. 2. p. 48.) stems 
weak, tetragonal, branched, rather scabrous ; leaves 6 in a whorl, 
linear, ending in a short mucrone, with roughish margins: the 
prickles bending forward, not backwards, as in most of the spe- 
cies; panicles erect. 2%. H. Native of Portugal, in humid 
meadows. Corollas white. Nearly allied to G. palistre and 
G. helòdes, and probably only a mere variety of one of them. 
Weak Bed-straw. Fi. June, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. dec. 
41 G. arisra‘tum (Lin. spec. 152. Smith, engl. fl. 1. p. 204.) 
stem erect, much branched, spreading, smooth; leaves 6 in a 
whorl, petiolate, lanceolate, flat, bristly pointed, with minute 
marginal prickles, which point forward; lobes of corolla acumi- 
nated; seeds smooth, kidney-shaped, separated. 2. H. Na- 
tive of many parts of Europe; in Scotland, on hilly ground, in 
Angusshire, but not common.—Barrel. icon. 1. t. 356.—Boce. 
mus. 1. t. 75. Flowers white, in terminal forked compound pani- 
cles. The upper leaves are sometimes 4-5 in a whorl. 
Anned Bed-straw. Fl, July, Aug. Scotland. Pl. 1 foot. 
42 G. su'xcrum (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grec. t. 127.) stems erect, 
TAARN leaves 4 in a whorl, obovate-linear, obtuse, glabrous ; 
as crowded, panicled ; fruit glabrous. ¥.H. Native of 
andia, in hedges, and on the margins of fields. Flowers 
cream-coloured. Root creeping. 
Rushy Bed-straw. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
; 2. Platygalia (from marve, platys, broad, and galium ; in 
i erence to the leaves of the species being broad). D. C. prod. 
* P. 598. Perennial, herbaceous plants. Leaves broad, 4 ina 
whorl. Flowers disposed in cymose panicles, hermaphrodite, 
white, very rarely purple or cream-coloured. Fruit glabrous. 
ee Tata’nicum (Trev. mag. am. nat. cur. ber]. 1815. p. 146.) 
9 oe quadrangular, scabrous from retrograde prickles along the 
aoa leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, equal, acuminated, 1- 
aati , Scabrous along the margins above, and on the nerves be- 
a = peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaves, trichotomous, 
es: fruit glabrous. %. H. Native of Tartary, on 
j ae mountains, ex Fisch; and frequent about Astrachan, 
x 4rev. Stem purplish at the base. Corollas white, with 
obtuse lobes, 
Tartarian Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 
4 G., tarirérium (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 70. but not of 
Stems erect, smooth; leaves 4 in a whorl, oval-lan- 
sa acuminated, 3-nerved, membranous, having the margins 
3 nerves hispid from very minute bristles; peduncles axillary, 
Pposite, or terminal, divaricate, trichotomous, loosely many- 
paed; fruit glabrous. 2. H. Native of Carolina, on the 
Paane Ell. sketch. 1. p. 194. Flowers dark purple. One 
Ra e mericarps of the fruit is abortive, and therefore the fruit 
~seeded. Leaves 1-2 inches long. 
Broad-leaved Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot.? ; 
bi G. RuBiolpEs (Lin. spec. p. 152.) stems erect, straight, te- 
agonal, simple, smoothish ; leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, 4 or 
$ times longer than broad, 3-nerved, often scabrous on the nerves 
eneath and margins; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, much 
angar than the leaves, disposed in a terminal panicle; bracteas 
se aaa fruit glabrous. 2%. H. Native of Europe, in 
Sibe Ows and woods, especially in the temperate parts; and of 
eria and Caucasus, even to Kamtschatka. G. rubioides, var. a, 
sone diet 2. p. 576. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 214. Buxb. 
nd, t. 29. G. diffisum, Schrad. Link, enum. 1. p. 134. ex 
am. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 220. G. hyssopifolium, 
651 
Hoffm. germ. 1. p.71. Root creeping, red. Flowers pale yel- 
low, or cream-coloured. Very like G. boredle, but larger, with 
broader leaves. There is a variety of this species with hispid 
fruit, according to Steven, obs. p. 70. 
Var. B, angustifolium ; leaves narrower and longer ; flowers 
fewer. 2%.H. Native of Kotzebue’s Sound; abundant in dry 
elevated soils, under the shade of solitary pines, in the valley of 
Columbia, North-west America. The leaves are almost as nar- 
row as those of G. boreale, but the inflorescence and fruit are 
very different. G. rubioides, Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. 
bot. p. 115. and 125. This variety has been received by Dr. 
Hooker from the United States, under the name of G. Ber- 
mudianum. 
Madder-lke Bed-straw. Fl. July. Clt. 1775. Pl. 1 foot. 
46 G. articuta‘tum (Lam. dict. 1. p. 260.) stems ascending, 
nodose at the joints, tetragonal, smoothish ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, 3 times longer than broad, 3-nerved, with scabrous edges ; 
peduncles trichotomous, disposed in a crowded corymbose pani- 
cle: bracteas ovate; fruit glabrous. %. H. Native of Tauria, 
Caucasus, and the Levant, in meadows, and along the margins of 
paths in woods. Req. diss. mss. ex herb. D. C. Valantia arti- 
culata, Lam. ill. t. 843. f. 3. G. rubioides, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. 
p. 102. ex spec. Stev. G. articulàtum and G. geniculàtum, 
Reem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 215. and 250. G. rubioìdes, 6, 
Lam. dict. 2. p. 576. Flowers cream-coloured, sometimes small. 
Jointed Bed-straw. Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1752. PI. 1 foot. 
47 varantioìnes (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 102.) stems erectish, 
branched at the base, glabrous, smooth along the angles ; leaves 
4 in a whorl, rhomboid-lanceolate, twice longer than broad, ob- 
tuse, 3-nerved, rather scabrous on both surfaces; panicle tricho- 
tomous, much branched; fruit glabrous, smooth. %. H. Na- 
tive of Caucasus, among subalpine rocks. Req. diss. mss. ex 
herb. D. C. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 215. Very nearly 
allied to G. rubiotdes and G. articulatum. Flowers cream- 
coloured.? There is a variety of this with hispid fruit, according 
to Stev. obs. p. 70. 
Valantia-like Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt.1819. PI. 1 ft. 
§ 3. Trichogalia (from Jp% rprxoc, thrix trichos, a hair, and 
galium ; in reference to the fruit being hispid). D.C. prod. 4. 
p- 599. Perennial herbaceous plants. Leaves 4-10 in a whorl. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, usually white, disposed in cymose panicles. 
Fruit hispid. 
48 G. Ca’spicum (Stev. obs. pl. ross. p. 70.) whole plant vil- 
lous; stems obsoletely tetragonal; lower leaves 8 in a whorl, 
lanceolate-oblong, mucronate, upper ones opposite; floriferous 
branches panicled, and are, as well as the fruit, villous, %. H. 
Native of the north of Persia, in the province of Ghilan. Flowers 
white. Stature and leaves of G. sylváticum, but the panicle is 
dense, like that of G. molligo. 
Caspian Bed-straw. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
49 G. rotunpiréLium (Lin. spec. p. 156. exclusive of var. 8.) 
stems diffuse, glabrous; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish-ovate, 
3-nerved, ciliated; peduncles axillary and terminal, loose, elong- 
ated, naked, trichotomous at the apex; fruit nearly globose, 
beset with bristles, which are hooked at the apex. Y.H. Na- 
tive nearly throughout the whole of Europe, in mountain woods ; 
and on the Talusch mountains in Caucasus. Lam. dict. 2. p. 
577. D.C. fl. fr. no. 3386. G. decipiens, Ehrh. herb. p. 63. 
Aspérula laevigata, 6, Lam. dict. 1. p. 298.—Boce. sic. t. 6. ik 
—RMoris. hist. 9. t. 21. f. 5—Barrel. icon. t. 323. Flowers 
white. Stems procumbent. 
Round-leaved Bed-straw. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clit. 1821. Pl. proc. 
50 G. exiipticum (Willd. enum. suppl. 1813. Horn. cat. 
hort. hafn. suppl. 1819. p. 17.) stems erectish, hairy ; leaves 4 
in a whorl; panicles axillary and terminal, trichotomous, capil- 
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