FLORÆ TASMANIÆ SPICILEGIUM. 461 
FLoræ TAsMANLE SPicILEGIUM : or, Contributions towards 
a Flora of Van Diemen’s Lan»; by J. D. Hooker, 
M.D., FR., L., and G.S. 
(Continued from p. 286). 
RUBIACEJX. 
1. Galium vagans, n. sp.; totum ciliis patentibus subrecur- 
visve hispido-pilosum, caule elongato gracili diffuso vage 
ramoso, verticillis remotis, foliis parvis quaternis ellipticis 
subacutis utrinque hispidulis, pedunculis axillaribus folio ` 
brevioribus bi- rarius- trifloris, floribus minimis, fructibus 
glaberrimis. 
Has. Grassy places ; Gunn. 
Caules pedales et ultra. Folia pro planta minima, 2-3 lin. 
longa. Flores valde inconspicui. 
2. Galium ciliare, n. sp. ; pusillum, erectum, laxe hispido- 
pilosum, internodiis folio paulo longioribus, foliis elliptico- 
ovatis subacutis utrinque laxe ciliatis, pedunculis folio 
subæquilongis plerisque tri-floris, floribus a ovario 
glaberrimo. 
Has, Dry pastures, &c. abundant; Gunn. :—v. v. n. 1s 
Caulis erectus, subsimplex, 3-5-uncialis, pilis uei laxe 
densiusve hispidus v. molliter pilosus. Folia 2-4 lin. longa, 
bis longiora quam lata, plus minusve ciliata et pilosa. 
Pedunculi axillares, pepe versus apicem caulis sub- 
paniculati. 
3. Galium densum, n. sp.; scaberulum, caulibus elongutis 
diffusis intricatim ramosis, angulis scaberulis, verticillis 
remotis, foliis quaternis obovato-ellipticis lineari-oblongisve 
planis marginibus recurvis super punctis sparsis asperis — 
subter glaberrimis, pedunculis floriferis gi fructi- | 
feris folio multoties longioribus plerisque bifloris, fruc 
setis patentibus uncinatis hispidis. — | = 
Has. In subalpine situations; Gunn. AA 
. Caules tenues, ovans exem setis sparsi, | brevibus 
