632, 
633. 
634, 
635. 
636, 
363 
(5.) Rubia Henkeana, (Gill. mst.) ; piloso-hirsuta, in- 
cana, caulibus procumbentibus teretibus, folis 4-nis 
linearibus acutis deflexis uninerviis basi latioribus, pe- 
dunculis verticillatis folium duplo superantibus apice 
4-bracteatis 3-floris, fructu tuberculato scabro.—Men- 
doza, Dr. Gillies. 
(6.) Rubia pusilla (Gill. mst.); ceespitosa, procum- 
bens, ramosa, glabra, nitidula, caulibus lzevibus teretibus 
sulcatis, foliis quaternis oblongo-linearibus mucronatis 
margine lzeviusculis, pedunculis folium subsequantibus 
apice 4-bracteatis 3-floris, fructu (immaturo) minute 
tuberculato.— Province of San Luis, Dr. Gillies,—' This 
has quite the appearance of some states of Galium pu- 
milum, but belongs, as well as the above, to the genus 
Rubia. 
(7.) Rubia mucronata, Hook. et Arn.—Galium mucro- 
natum, R. et P.—G. Tarmense, Spr.— Hook. et Arn. 
in Bot. of Beech. Voy.—G. leucocarpum, DeCand.— 
Conception, Messrs. Lay and Collie.—As we have al- 
ready stated (Bot. of Beech. Voy.), the specimens before 
us are so imperfect as not to allow of our referring them 
with any degree of certainty; there are to be seen, 
however, four bracteas under the flower, as in other 
Chilian Rubias. nos 
(1.) Galium suffruticosum, (Hook. et Arn.); suffruti- 
cosum, hirsuto-pilosum, canescens, caulibus erectiusculis 
simpliciusculis teretibus, foliis oblongo-linearibus mu- 
cronatis nervo margineque recurvo preecipue pilosis, 
pedunculis alternis folio longioribus breviter divaricato- 
paniculatis, floribus minutis pedicellatis, fructibus gla- 
bris.—Vina de La Mar, near Valparaiso, Bridges, 1882, 
(N. 206.) ; Cuming (N. 405.)— The hairs mg the 
pubescence, point downwards. 
(2.) Galium Chamissonis, (Hook. et Arn.); glaberrimum, 
perenne, caulibus erectiusculis acute tetragonis, angulis 
læviusculis, foliis deflexis oblongis acutis margine revo- 
lutis, paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque trifidis bi- 
