660 
Montpelier, at Pont Juvenal, where it was collected by Re- 
quien. 
Wall Goose-grass. 
bent. 
137 G. verticizta‘rum (Danth. in Lam. dict. 2. p. 585.) 
stem branched at the base; branches nearly simple, elongated, 
smoothish ; leaves linear-lanceolate, hispid, 4 in a whorl : upper- 
most ones opposite, deflexed ; flowers 2-4, axillary, and there- 
fore verticillate, almost sessile; fruit erect, hispid. ©. H. 
Native of Sicily, Provence, about Salon Foz; at the foot of 
Mount Ventosa, Tauria, and Caucasus, in arid places, and at 
the fountains of the river Salgir. Lois. not. 33. t. 2. D. C. 
suppl. fl. fr. p. 498. Req. diss. mss. Galium murale, Bieb. fl. 
taur. 1. p. 105. ex Stev. G. verticillatum, Pourr. chl. no. 508. 
Verticillate-flowered Goose-grass. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. 
Pl. + foot. 
138 G. Smiri; branches erect, simple, bluntly quadrangular, 
scabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl, uppermost opposite, all deflexed, 
elliptic-lanceolate, scabrous; flowers axillary, by threes, therefore 6 
in awhorl, erect ; fruit hispid, with distinct, elongated mericarps. 
©. H. Native of the Grecian Islands, among rocks. Sherardia 
erécta, Smith, fl. greece. t. 116. Flowers greenish yellow. 
Smith’s Goose-grass. Pl. 4 foot. 
+ Species of Galium not sufficiently known. 
* Species natives of Europe. 
139 G. Soreiréin (Lois. nouv. not. 7.) stems weak, angular, 
downy (Lois.), villous (Spreng.); leaves 5-6 in a whorl, ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, hairy ; peduncles dichotomous (Lois.), divari- 
cate, trifid, few-flowered (Spreng.); fruit wrinkled. Y. H. 
Native of Corsica, by the sea-side, where it was collected by 
Soleirol. G. Cérsicum, Spreng. cur. post. p. 39. Flowers un- 
known. 
Soleirol’s Bed-straw. Pl. procumbent. 
140 G. Gorpra‘cuicum (Kluk. in Bess. prim. fl. gal. 2. p. 
337.) stems procumbent, diffuse, tetragonal ; leaves 8 in a whorl, 
narrow-lanceolate, awned, girded by strong hairs at the apex ; 
flowers umbellate ; fruit globose.—Native of Gallicia, in grassy 
places. Said to be like G. le ve and G. Boccéni. 
Goldlach Bed-straw. Pl. procumbent. 
141 G. penta’npRum (Gileb. ex Kluk. in Bess. prim. fl. gal. 
2. p. 338.) stems erect, branched; leaves 8 in a whorl, linear- 
lanceolate, spotted with white at the apex; racemes few-flow- 
ered; flowers pentamerous; fruit didymous—Native of Gallicia. 
Flowers yellowish. Said to be nearly allied to G. vérwm, and is 
probably merely a pentamerous-flowered variety of that plant. 
Pentandrous Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 
142 G. ocuroxev‘cum (Kit. in Schultes, cestr. fl. ed. 2. vol. 1, 
p. 305.) stems erect, quadrangular, smooth ; leaves 8 in a whorl, 
Ninear-subulate, with very rough margins, and ending in a long 
mucrone each; flowers by threes, corymbose, campanulately 
funnel-shaped. 2. H. Native of Austria, on mountain rocks. 
Flowers cream-coloured. Perhaps a species of Aspérula. 
Cream-coloured-flowered Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 
143 G, monta‘yum (Lin. spec. p. 155.) stems weak, scabrous ; 
leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, smooth; corymbs trifid. ©. H. 
Native of Germany, France, England. Corolla white, purplish 
outside before expansion. Anthers brown. This plant is not 
known at the present day, as the plant under this name in the 
Linnzan herbarium does not agree with the characters given of 
it by him. 
Mountain Bed-straw. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl. decum- 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
** A species native of the Levant. 
144 G. HIEROsoLYMITA`NUM (Lin. ameen. 4. p- 451.) leaves 
10 in a whorl, lanceolate-linear ; flowers umbellate, fastigiate, 
RUBIACEA. CCXVI. Garut. 
—Native of Palestine. 
known. 
Jerusalem Bed-straw. 
Stature of G. rubrum. The rest un- 
Pl. 5 to 1 foot. 
*æ** Species natives of Asia. 
145 G. ruserdsum (Lour. coch. p. 79.) root oblong, tuber- 
ous; stem procumbent, simple; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, lanceo- 
late, glabrous ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, crowded, longish ; 
fruit rough. — Native of China and Cochin-china, where it is cul- 
tivated for the sake of the tubers, which are farinaceous, and are 
eaten when boiled. Flowers hardly known. Perhaps a true 
species of Galium. 
Tuberous-rooted Bed-straw. Pl. procumbent. 
146 G. srricdsum (Thunb. nov. act. ups. 7. p. 141. t. 4 f 
1-9.) stems decumbent, tetragonal, scabrous along the angles ; 
leaves 6 in a whorl, elliptic, ending in a spinose point, hispid 
from pili above, and nearly glabrous beneath, with ciliately sca- 
brous edges; flowers axillary, on short peduncles.— Native of 
Japan. G. uligindsum, Thunb. fl. jap. 58. 
Strigose Bed-straw. Pl. decumbent. 
*** * Species natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
147 G. mucrona‘tum (Thunb. prod. p. 30. fl. cap. 151.) stems 
downy, weak, tetragonal, rising in numbers from the same root; 
leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, mucronate, glabrous, with revolute 
serrated edges; branches few-flowered ; fruit glabrous.—Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps the same as G. mucrona- 
tum, Spreng. pug. 2. no. 49. The G. mucronatum, Lam. and 
the G. mucronatum, Ruiz et Pay. are distinct species. Mucrones 
of leaves white. 
Mucronate-leaved Bed-straw. PI. 4 foot. 
148 G. nérripum (Thunb. fl. cap. 1. p. 556. phyt. bl. p. 16.) 
stem suffruticose, erect, tetragonal, prickly along the angles ; 
leaves usually 8 in a whorl, linear, reflexed, serrated by prickles. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Horrid Bed-straw. Shrub 2 feet. 
149 G. cua‘erum (Thunb. prod. p. 30. fl. cap. 152.) stems 
flexuous, erect, tetragonal, glabrous, serrated along the angles ; 
leaves 6 in a whorl, obovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, with Ani 
cately-serrated edges; peduncles ample, lateral and terminal, 
panicled. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
white. Very like G. dsperum. 
Glabrous Bed-straw. Pl. 1 foot. 
150 G. a’sprrum (Thunb. prod. 30. fl. cap. 554.) stem flexu- 
ously erect, beset with white twisted hairs, and scabrous along 
the angles ; leaves 6 in a whorl, oblong, glabrous, with ye 
cately serrated margins ; flowers few. 4%. G. Native of wi 
Cape of Good Hope. Angles of stem rough from retrograde 
denticulations. Fruit glabrous. 
Rough Bed-straw. PI. 14 foot. th 
151 G. expa’xsum (Thunb. prod. 30. fl. cap. 152.) "i A 
tragonal, smooth, with divaricate downy branches; leaves © i 
a whorl, linear, mucronate, glabrous, with revolute margins; 
panicles trichotomous, spreading, divaricate ; fruit smooth. ye 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corollas white. 
Expanded Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. tems 
152 G. Carr’xse (Thunb. prod. p. 30. fl. cap. p- 151.)s n 
frutescent at the base, erect, branched; branches terete, dow H 
leaves 6-8 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, with revo ' 
margins; peduncles dichotomous; fruit glabrous, smooth. : 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 
Cape Bed-straw. Shrub 1 foot. 
, 
**#**®* Species natives of North America. 
ms 
153 G. unteLorum (Michx. fl. bor. amer. l. p- 19) Coa 
flaccid, smooth; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, acute, g'a 
