RUBIACEE, CCXVI. Garum. 
pilose, muricated along the angles; lower leaves ovate: cauline 
ones 8 in a whorl: uppermost ones opposite, all with revolute 
hispid edges; panicles decompound ; lobes of corolla cuspidate ; 
fruit glabrous. ©. H. Native of Gibraltar, on the mountains. 
Flowers yellow. 
Gibraltar Bed-straw. PI. } to 1 foot. 
105 G. Scuutrte'st1; leaves cordate, glabrous, rather ciliated, 
with scabrous margins; peduncles dichotomous, leafless. ©. H. 
Native of Caucasus, in dry stony places on the Talusch moun- 
tams, near Swant. G. articulatum, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. 
p. 250. but not of Lam. nor D. C. ex Meyer, på. syst. p. 55. 
Schultes’s Bed-straw. PI. + foot. 
106 G. pyema‘um (D. C. prod. 4. p. 606.) plant quite gla- 
brous, branched from the base; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish ; 
peduncles axillary, short, 3-6-flowered, bractless ; fruit globose, 
drooping, glabrous. ©.H. Native of Iberia. Valantia murà- 
lis, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 435. exclusive of the synonyme. Vaillin- 
tia pusilla, Stev. in litt, 1825. Herb very minute. Flowers yellow. 
Pigmy Bed-straw. PI. small. < 
107 G. corva‘rum (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 259.) plant 
glabrous, erectish, branched from the base; leaves 4 in a whorl, 
obovate, unequal: floral ones sessile, ovate-cordate, deflexed, 
and covering the flowers and lower parts of the nodi; peduncles 
branched, short, few-flowered ; fruit glabrous. ©. H. Native of 
the Levant, at the foot of Mount Lebanon, where it was collected 
by Labillardiere, &e. The flowers are probably yellow. This 
plant is often to be found in gardens under the name of Calli- 
péltis cucullària. Nearly allied to G. articulàtum. 
Cordate-leaved Bed-straw. P]. 4 foot. 
$10. Xanthaparines (from éavðoc, xanthos, yellow, and ara- 
pon, aparine, the Greek name of cleavers or goose grass; in 
reference to the yellow flowers of the species). D. C. prod. 4. p. 
600. Plants annual. Leaves 4-8 in a whorl. Inflorescence cy- 
mosely panicled. Flowers yellow, hermaphrodite. Fruit glabrous. 
108 G. campr’stre (Schousb. ex Willd. enum. 1. p- 152.) 
stem erect, tetragonal, having the roughness on the angles 
turned upwards, not retrograde; lower leaves 4 in a whorl, the 
sis 6, elliptic, mucronate, with scabrous margins; peduncles 
dichotomous ; lobes of corolla lanceolate, bluntish, ©. H. 
ative of Barbary. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 224. Link, 
enum. 1. p.135. Corollas cream-coloured. Leaves 4 lines long, 
PA 2 lines broad. Stems decumbent at the base. Leaves on 
ea part of the branches sometimes opposite. 
i ar. B, Vahlii (D. C. prod. 4. p. 606.) stem smoothish ; 
l aves oblong. ©. H. Native of Barbary, where it was col- 
ected by Vahl and Lamarck, &c. See Lam. dict. 3. p. 584. ob- 
aber di under G. megalospérmum. The leaves are almost 
ixe those of var. a, but the margins are more scabrous. Lobes 
of corolla not awned. Fruit granular. 
Field Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
109 G. GLOMERA tum (Desf. fi. atl. 1. p. 128. t. 40.) stem 
erect, branched, panicled, tetragonal : angles rough; leaves 6-8 
in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, mucronately acute, serrulately sca- 
rous on the margins ; panicles trichotomous ; lobes of corolla 
very acute, a little awned ; fruit glabrous. ©. H. Native of 
3 arbary, in corn-fields. Flowers pale yellow. Said to be allied 
© G. campéstre. 
Glomerate-flowered Bed-straw. P]. 4 to $ foot. : 
110 G. visco'sum (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 29.) stems ascending, 
tetragonal, smooth, branched ; lower leaves 4 in a whorl: upper 
TA 6, linear-lanceolate, with serrated margins and a smooth 
aig the Serratures directed upwards ; peduncles filiform, by 
eink pedicels 2-flowered; fruit clammy. ©.H. Native of 
aoe kingdom of Tunis, on the mountains. Corolla pale yellow, 
almost white, 
VOL, m1, 
657 
Pl. 4 foot. 
§ 11. Leiaparines (from dewoc, leios, smooth, and arapwn, 
aparine). D. C. prod. 4. p. 607. Plants annual. Leaves 4-8 
ina whorl. Inflorescence cymosely panicled. Flowers white, her- 
maphrodite. Fruit glabrous. 
111 G. Urvi'LtE1 (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 607.) 
stem erect, branched at the base, glabrous; leaves 6-8 in a 
whorl, linear, erect, glabrous, with revolute edges; peduncles 
axillary and terminal, trifid; pedicels 3 times longer than the 
flowers; fruit glabrous. ©. H. Native of the islands in the 
Grecian Archipelago, in arid places. G. floribandum, D’Urv. 
cat. no. 130. but not of Smith. Flowers purplish in the dried 
state. Habit of G. setaccum, but differs in the fruit being quite 
glabrous. 
D’ Urville’s Bed-straw. PI. 4 foot. 
112 G. pivarica‘rum (Lam. dict. 2. p. 580.) stem ascend- 
ing or erect, branched at top, slender, smodthish ; Jeaves 6-8 in 
a whorl, linear, acute, hispid; peduncles axillary and terminal, 
slender, elongated, divaricate, trifid at the apex ; pedicels twice 
the length of the flowers; fruit glabrous. ©. H. Native of 
the south and middle of France; Liguria and Sicily, in arid 
sandy places. D.C. fl. fr. no. 3370. icon. rar. t. 24. Req. diss. 
mss. G. tènue, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 322. t. 7. Flowers greenish. 
Divaricate Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 ft. 
113 G. renur'sstmum (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 104.) stems weak, 
ascending, much branched, rather scabrous along the angles ; 
leaves 6-8 in a whorl, linear, acute, scabrous, hispid; peduncles 
axillary and terminal, trichotomous, divaricate ; pedicels length 
of peduncles; fruit glabrous. ©.H. Native of Tauria, Cau- 
casus, Iberia, in uncultivated and sterile places. G. purptreum, 
Pall. ind. taur. but not of Lin. Flowers small, greenish-white. 
Very nearly allied to G. divaricatum, and probably only a variety 
of it according to Steven, but differs in the pedicels being 3 or 4 
times longer. 
Most-slender Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 ft. 
114 G. A’neticum (Huds, fl. angl. p. 69.) stems decumbent, 
much branched, rather scabrous; Jeaves 6 in a whorl, linear- 
lanceolate, mucronate, with scabrous edges; peduncles 2-3- 
cleft, a little longer than the leaves, axillary, disposed in a kind 
of panicle; fruit glabrous, granular. ©. H. Native of Eng- 
land, on walls and in sandy places; north and middle of France, 
palatinate of the Rhine, Vallais, Sicily, and Caucasus. Smith, fl. 
brit. 1. p. 179. D. C. fi. fr. 3369. Smith, engl. bot. 384. G. 
Parisiénse, Lam. dict. 2. p. 584. G. Parisiénse f, Bertol. dec. 
3. p. 15. G. rùbrum, Poll. pal. no. 156, exclusive of the syn. 
G. gracile, Walir. sched. p. 57. Presl, fl. sic. prod. p. 60. ex 
Guss. prod. p. 173. Ray. syn. t. 9. f. 1. Corollas of a greenish 
cream-colour, almost white, small. It differs from G. litigidsum 
in the fruit being glabrous, and from G. divaricatum in the pe- 
duncles being shorter. 
Var. B, parvifdlium (Gaud. fi. helv. 1. p. 489.) stems erect, 
short; floriferous branches short; fruit granular. ©. H. Na- 
tive in fields about Geneva. G. parvifdlium, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 3. p. 246. 
English Bed-straw. FI. June, July. Wales. PI. decumbent. 
115 G. aprrcum (Sibth et Smith, fl. grec. t. 126.) stems 
pilose, diffuse ; leaves 4 in a whorl, obovate, uniform, with sca- 
brous edges; peduncles trifid, leafless; fruit glabrous. ©. H. 
Native of Candia and other islands in the archipelago, frequent. 
Peduncles 3-fowered; middle flower hermaphrodite and quad- 
rifid ; lateral ones male and trifid. Certainly a species of Vail- 
lantia. 
Sunny Bed-straw. P). diffuse. 
116 G. Gaupicnau'p: (D.C. prod. 4. p. 607.) stems weak, 
decumbent, tetragonal, rather hispid ; leaves 4 in a whorl, ob- 
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Clammy-fruited Bed-straw. 
