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RUBIACEÆ. CCXVI. Garum. 
peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, very short; flowers 
drooping; fruit glabrous. 2. H. Native of Carolina. Fertile 
branches ascending. Said to be nearly allied to G. tinctorium. 
Flowers white. G. unifldrum, Req. ined. in herb. D. C. is a 
variety of G. trifldrum. 
One-flowered Bed-straw. P]. ascending. 
154 G. parvirorum (Rafin. med. disp. 5. and in Desv. journ. 
bot. 1. p. 227.) stems diffuse, angular, glabrous ; leaves 5-6 in 
a whorl, linear-lanceclate, very acute, glabrous; flowers very 
humerous, panicled.—Native of North America, about New- 
castle and Delaware. Flowers smal], white. 
Small-flomered Bed-straw. PI. diffuse. 
155 G. spinutdsum (Rafin. med. serm. p. 40. but not of 
Merat.) plant diffuse ; leaves 4-6 in a whorl, cuneiform, cuspi- 
date, spinulose, scabrous; peduncles lateral, dichotomous, many- 
flowered; fruit scabrous.—Native of Maryland. Desv. journ. 
bot. 4. p. 270. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 528. 
Spinulose Bed-straw. PI. diffuse. 
156 G.? MEXICANUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 387.) stem beset with retrograde prickles; leaves 8 in a whorl, 
linear, acuminately pungent, glabrous, with revolute edges, 
which are, as well as the middle nerve, rough from retrograde 
prickles, one-half shorter than the internodes; corymbs ter- 
minal, sub-trichotomous ; fruit hispid. ©. H. Native of Mexico, 
near Guanaxuato, Perhaps a species of Rabia. 
Mexican Bed-straw. Pl. 14 foot. 
¥ ERE * Species natives of South America. 
157 G. DENTICULATUM (Bartl. in herb. Henke, ex D. C. 
ee 4. p. 612.) stems diffuse, branched, rather hispid from 
A zi a leaves 4 in a whorl, ovate, cuspidate, ciliated by dis- 
Pa ristles, rather hairy on both surfaces, 1-nerved; flowers 
€w, terminal, usually by threes; pedicels capillary; fruit gla- 
Tous.—Native of Mexico, at Real del Monte. Perhaps a spe- 
tes of Rùbia. 
Denticulated-leaved Bed-straw. Pl. diffuse. 
aa G. uresvu'rum (Ruiz et Pav, fl. per. 1. p. 59.) stems pro- 
ie ent, tetragonal, much branched, hairy ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 
Neeolate, reflexed, hairy ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, soli- 
ary, short; fruit scabrous. ©. H. Native of Peru, in the 
ee of Canta, in shady places. Perhaps a species of 
Hairy Bed-straw. Pl. procumbent. 
ag G. PILÍFERUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
$ i stems weak, beset with retrograde prickles ; leaves 8 in a 
Si ; linear-lanceolate, acuminated by hairs, glabrous, with re- 
aat edges, which are, as well as the middle nerve, beset with 
$ rograde. prickles, much shorter than the internodes; flowers 
amna on long peduncles; fruit hispid. ©. H. Native of 
New Granada, on the Andes. This plant ought probably to be 
excluded from the genus, on account of its campanulate corolla, 
abit of G. uligindsum. 
Piliferous Bed-straw. Pl. procumbent. 
a G. canr’scens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
i -) stems almost glabrous; branches and leaves villous; 
faves 4 in a whorl, ovate, acuminated, triple-nerved, canes- 
Cent beneath, much shorter than the internodes; floriferous 
branches bifid ; flowers lateral and axillary, solitary and terminal, 
by threes; fruit beset with hooked bristles. ©. H. Native 
about the town of Quito. Habit of G. maritima, but is said to 
be annual. Perhaps a species of Rabia. 
Canescent Bed-straw. PI. procumbent. 
161 G. Carire’'nse (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
337.) stem glabrous, beset with retrograde prickles; leaves 8 in 
a whorl, upper ones 6, oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, having the 
CCXVII. CALLIPELTIS. 661 
margins beset with retrograde prickles, much shorter than the 
internodes; flowers terminal, usually by threes, pedunculate ; 
fruit hispid. ©. H. Native of Cumana, near Caripe, in shady 
places. Said to be allied to G. tinctorium, but is annual. 
Caripe Bed-straw. PI. diffuse. 
162 G. Lappa‘ceum (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 59.) stem ra- 
ther scandent, much branched, tetragonal; branches villous, 
dichotomous ; leaves oblong or obovate, 4 in a whorl, hispid: 
upper ones 3 in a whorl, lanceolate; peduncles axillary, 1- 
flowered; fruit hispid from bristles.—Native of Peru, about 
Huanaco, at Puelles Collem. The fruit is said to be baccate. 
Perhaps a species of Ribia. 
Burdock -fruited Bed-straw. PI, climbing. 
eee ee Ee Species the native habitats of which are un- 
known. 
163 G. picnéromum (Lehm. ind. sem. hort. hamb. 1823, p. 
7.) stem dichotomous, frutescent, quadrangular ; leaves 4 in a 
whorl, obovate-lanceolate; fruit glabrous. Y. H. Native 
country unknown. Said to be allied to G. fruticòsum, but the 
leaves are much broader and shorter, and the flowers are 
larger. 
Dichotomous-stemmed Bed-straw. Shrub, 
164 G. ricipum (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 144.) stem erect, te- 
rete, pilose, rather scabrous ; leaves verticillate, linear, scabrous 
above ; panicles divaricate. 4%. H. Native country unknown. 
Stiff Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1778. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. The species of Gàlium are of the most easy culture 
and propagation. They will all grow in any common soil. The 
perennial kinds are easily increased by dividing the plants, or by 
seeds. The seeds of annual species should be sown where the 
plants are intended to remain. Those species natives of bogs or 
marshes should be planted in a moist situation ; and those natives 
of warmer climates should be protected during winter, either by 
covering with mats or haulm of other herbs, or by placing them 
in agreen-house. None of them are worth cultivating, unless in 
botanical gardens. 
CCXVII. CALLIPE'LTIS (from cadXoe, kallos, beauty, and 
mern, pelte, a buckler; in reference to the large hollow brac- 
teas), Stev. obs. pl. ross. p. 69. D. C. prod. 4. p. 613.— 
Cucullaria, Buxb. cent. 1. p. 13. t. 19. f. 2. but not of Schreb. 
nor Rafin. Valdntia species, Lin, —Galium species, Roem. et 
Shultes. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Digynia. Calyx with an oblong tube, 
and the limb not perspicuous. Corolla 4-parted, campanulate ; 
lobes ovate, very short. Stamens 4, very short. Stigmas 2. 
Fruit oblong, rather incurved; one of the mericarps being abor- 
tive, the fruit is only 1-seeded.—An annual, erect, much- 
branched, slender, glabrous herb. Leaves 2, oblong, and sti- 
pulas 2, very like the leaves, constituting a 4-leaved whorl. 
Flowers 3 from each axil, on short pedicels, and therefore con- 
stituting 6-flowered whorles. Bractea large, membranous, com- 
plicate, and as if it were holding the fruit within its hollow. 
Flowers small, all fertile. Fruit hispid at the apex. 
1 C. cvucurza‘ria (D. C. prod. 4. p.613.) ©. H. Native 
of Cappadocia, Arabia, Persia, at Aleppo, Iberia; and of 
Spain, at Aranjuez, Valantia cucullaria, Lin. amoen. acad. 4. 
p. 295. Bieb. fi. taur. 2. p. 438. Lam, ill. t. 843. f. 2.—Buxb. 
cent. 1. p. 13. t. 19. f. 2.—Galium cucullària, Reem. et Schultes, 
syst. 3. p. 259, Flowers whitish. 
Cucullar-bractead Callipeltis. Clt. 1780. 
PI. 4 to 1 foot. 
Cult. Sow the seeds in a warm dry situation, where the plants 
are intended to remain for seed, 
Fl. May, July. 
