652 
lary; fruit nearly globose, hispid from bristles, which are hooked 
at the apex. Y. H. Native of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, on 
hills and in woods. Guss. prod. 1. p. 176. Presl. del. prag. 
1822. p. 122. G. Barreliéri, Salzm. in flora, 1820. p. 107. 
Duby, bot. gall. 1. p. 251. Lois. fl. gall. ed. 2. p. 114.—Bar- 
rel. icon. t. 324.—Boce. sic. t. 6. f. 1.—G. rotundifdlium, var. 
B, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 254. G. ovalifolium, Schott. 
isis. 1818. p. 821. Flowers white; but there is a variety also 
with reddish flowers, according to Soleir, in litt. 
Elliptic-leaved Bed-straw. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1819. Pl. 1 ft. 
51 G. opoya‘tum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 336. 
t. 278.) stems almost simple, pilose ; leaves 4 in a whorl, on 
short petioles, obovate, acute, flat, smoothish, ciliated, 4 times 
shorter than the internodes ; flowers terminal, by threes, pedun- 
culate; fruit covered with hooked bristles.—Native of South 
America, in temperate parts of the kingdom of Quito, about 
Chillo and Guancabamba. Corolla of a whitish violaceous colour. 
Nearly allied to G. rotundifolium. 
Obovate-leaved Bed-straw. PI. 14 foot. 
52 G. Java’nicum (Blum. bijdr. p. 943.) branches tetragonal, 
hairy ; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish obovate, 3-nerved, with the 
margins and veins downy beneath; cymes pedunculate, trichoto- 
mous, leafy.—Native of the East of Java, on the mountains. 
Said to be allied to G. élegans. 
Java Bed-straw. Pl. 
53 G. Negsra‘num (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 600.) 
stems ascending, erectish, branched, tetragonal, beset with soft 
hairs ; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish-ovate, ending each in a 
very short cusp, 3-nerved, hairy; peduncles axillary and terminal, 
longer than the leaves, trichotomous, hairy ; fruit nearly glo- 
bose, beset with hooked bristles. Yy. F. Native of Teneriffe, 
in the Chestnut woods. G. hirsitum, Nees, in Buch. in hor. 
berl. p. 113. t. 22. but not of Ruiz et Pavon. G. ovalifdlium, 
Schott, Spix, and Mart. 1. p. 55. ex Link. in Buch. can. p. 151. 
Flowers white. Said to be nearly allied to G. rotundifolium. 
Nees’s Bed-straw. Pl. ascending. 
54 G. r'Lecans (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 382.) stems dif- 
fuse, ascending, tetragonal, hairy; leaves 4 in a whorl, elliptic, 
obtuse, sessile, 3-nerved, rather hairy above, and villous along 
the nerves and margins beneath; peduncles axillary and terminal, 
trichotomous, hardly pilose, disposed in a panicle ; fruit roundish, 
hispid from bristles, which are hooked at the apex. 4%. F. Na- 
tive of Nipaul. G. Punduanum, Wall. cat. no. 6212. Roots 
creeping. Fruit small. Flowers white. Habit of G. crucidtum. 
Var. B, glabritisculum (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. 1. c.) stems 
and leaves smoothish. Y%.H. Native of Nipaul. 
Elegant Bed-straw. PI. diffuse, 14 foot. 
55 G. Hamizronu (Spreng. cur. post. p. 39.) stems erect, 
branched, pilose; leaves 4 in a whorl, oblong, acute, rather pi- 
lose on both surfaces ; peduncles terminal, trichotomous, loose- 
flowered; fruit hispid. 4. F. Native of Upper Nipaul, at 
Mereba. G. latifolium, Ham. in D. Don, prod. fi. nep. 133. 
Hamilton’s Bed-straw. P1.1} foot. 
56 G. nintirtorum (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 
600.) stems weak, branched, rather scabrous; leaves 4-6 in a 
whorl, linear, bluntish, glabrous above, and scabrous from pili 
on the keel and margins beneath; peduncles axillary and ter- 
minal, bifid, disposed in a kind of panicle; pedicels divaricate ; 
corollas bristly outside; fruit roundish, hispid from bristles, 
which are hooked at the tops. %. F. Native of Nipaul, at 
Narainhetty. G. cilidtum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 133. but 
not of Ruiz et Pav. G. Aparine, Roxb. fi. ind. 1. p. 382. ? 
Stems rather hispid. Flowers small, milk-coloured. 
Hairy-flowered Bed-straw. PI. 4 to 1 foot. 
57 G. uncinuta‘tum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 600.) stems weak, 
diffuse, branched, tetragonal, hispid at the base, and glabrous at 
RUBIACEH. CCXVI. Garm. 
the apex; leaves 4 in a whorl, oval, acutish, hispid on both sur- 
faces, hardly 3-nerved at the base; peduncles dichotomously 
corymbose, few-flowered ; fruit beset with bristles, which are 
hooked at the apex, and about equal in length to the diameter of 
the fruit. 2. F. Native of Mexico, between Tampico and 
Real del Monte, where it was collected by Berlandier. 
Small-hooked Bed-straw. P1. diffuse. 
58 G. Cuamissonis (Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. p. 363.) 
plant quite glabrous, perennial; stems erectish, acutely tetra- 
gonal: angles smoothish ; leaves deflexed, oblong, acute, with 
revolute margins ; panicles axillary and terminal, trifid, bifid, or 
trichotomous ; pedicels very much divaricate ; fruit roundish, 
hispid from compressed bristles, which are acute at the apex, 
but not hooked. 2%. F. Native of Chili, about Valparaiso. This 
approaches somewhat in habit to Aspérula galioides. 
Chamisso’s Bed-straw. Pl. 1 foot. 
59 G. Girute'su (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 364.) pe- 
rennial ; stems herbaceous, diffuse, almost simple, acutely 4-an- 
gled ; leaves 4 in a whorl, oval, obsoletely 1-nerved, with spi- 
nulose margins; peduncles axillary and terminal, 3-flowered, 
equal in length to the leaves ; flowers pedicellate ; fruit hispid ; 
bristles longer than the friut, not hooked at the apex. ko 
Var. a; stem and leaves glabrous. 2. F. Native of Chili, in 
El Valle de Las Caigas, Andes of Mendozo, Cordillera of Chili. 
Var. B; stem and leaves hairy. 4. F. Native of Chili, at 
El Malpaso and Los Palomares, Andes of Mendozo. 
Gillies's Bed-straw. PI. diffuse. 
60 G. surrrutico’sum (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 363.) 
suffruticose, hairy, canescent ; stems erectish, simple, terete ; leaves 
oblong-linear, mucronate, hairy: the nerves as well as the recurved 
margins pilose; peduncles alternate, longer than the leaves, divari- 
cately panicled. 2. F. Native of Chili, in Vina de La Mar, near 
Valparaiso. The hairs forming the pubescence point downwards. 
Suffruticose Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 
61 G. ertoca’rpum (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 
p- 600.) plant suffruticose, glabrous, erect; leaves 4 in a whorl, 
oblong, 1-nerved ; flowers trichotomously panicled ; fruit beset 
with bristles, which are as long as it, but are not hooked at the 
apex. %4. F. Native of Cordillera of Chili. This is very dis- 
tinct from all other species. 
Woolly-fruited Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. ? ; 
62 G. rricnoca’rpum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 600.) stems ERS 
mous, much branched, glabrous, tetragonal, having the angles 
scabrous from retrograde bristles, the rest glabrous ; corymbs 
trichotomous, few-flowered ; fruit beset with bristles, which are 
a little shorter than it, but not hooked at the apex.—Native 0 
Chili, about Rancagua, among bushes. Allied to G. eriocarpym, 
but differs in the bristles of the fruit being shorter and fewer. 
Hairy-fruited Bed-straw. PI. diffuse. t 
63 G. Borea‘te (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 498.) stems pati 
straight, tetragonal, smoothish ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-lan 
ceolate, 3-nerved, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, trichoto man 
much longer than the leaves, disposed in a terminal panic et 
bracteas obovately orbicular. Y%. H. Native throughout t p 
whole of Europe, in moist rocky shady places, by ater 
lakes ; plentiful in some parts of Britain, as in the nort K 
England and Scotland. Root creeping, brownish. Leaves W! 
scabrous margins. Flowers milk-coloured. o 
Var. a, hyssopifòlium (D. C. prod. 4. p. 600.) fruit quite g 
brous. Hoffm. germ. 3. p. 71. G. rubioldes, Poll. pa he 
148. G. boredle a, Lam. dict. 2. p. 576. G. rubioides P» 
Lam. fl. fr. 4. p. 258. Nearly allied to G. rubioides, but ot 
in the leaves being narrower, and in the bracteas being roun ae 
Var. B, intermédium (D. C. prod. 4. p. 601.) fruit renia A 
brous from somewhat adpressed bristles.—G. boreàle, Koch, 
litt. D. C. suppl. p. 498. 
