26 RUBIACE^. Galium. 



Kotzebnc's Sound, Capt. Beechcy. — This is a robust plant, with the habit of 

 G. boreale, but with larger and broader leaves. Hooker states that he has 

 received specimens of it from the United States, under the nameofG. Ber- 

 niudianum; but his plant is perhaps G. latifolium. On the authority of 

 Steven, De Candolle mentions a variety with hispid fruit. 



* * * * Floioers yellow, in dense panicks terminating the brandies : fruit smooth. 



17. G. verum (Linn.) : stem erect, slender; leaves 8 in a whorl, narrow- 

 ly linear, sulcate, scabrous, with somewhat revolute margins ; flowers 

 crowded.— ii?m. spec. 1. p. 107 ,- Engl. hot. t. 660 ; Fl. Dan. t. 1146 ; 

 Bigel. ! fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 55 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 603. 



Dry pastures, Roxbury, Massachusetts, Bigelow ! North Bridgewater, 

 Massachusetts, Mr. Tuckerman ! Doubtless introduced from Europe. June- 

 July. 



X Doubtful Species. 



18. G. parviflorum (Raf.) : stems diflfbse, angled, glabrous; leaves in 

 whorls of 5 or 6, linear-lanceolate, very acute, glabrous ; flowers paniculate 

 (white, minute), very numerous. — Raf- in med. repos. {hex. 2) 5. p. 360, i^ 

 in Desv.jour. hot. \. p. 227. 



Near Newcastle, Delaware, Piafinesque. 



Suborder II. CINCHONE^. (Order Cinchonacese, Lindl.) 



Leaves opposite, or very rarely verticillate. Stipules one (2 united) 

 or two on each side between the petioles (interpetiolar), often united 

 with each other or with the petioles, or with both, so as to form a 

 sheath. Estivation of the corolla valvate, imbricated, or contorted. 

 Ovary coherent with the tube of the calyx, or very rarely with the up- 

 per portion free. — Chiefly tropical or subtropical trees or shrubs, rarely 

 herbs. 



Tribe I. SPERMACOCEiE. Cliam. Sf ScUecht. 



Fruit dry, or scarcely fleshy, composed of 2 (rarely 3 or 4) 1-seeded 

 carpels ; which are sometimes concrete, sometimes separating and in- 

 dehiscent, or variously dehiscent, but never loculicidal. Albumen 

 fleshy or somewhat horny. Jilstivation of the corolla valvate. — Herbs 

 or shrubs. Stipules membranaceous at the base, usually with several 

 bristles at the apex. 



Subtribe 1. EusPERMAcocEiE, DC. — Flowers distinct. Fruit dr3S separat- 

 ing when mature into 2 (rarely 3 or 4) carpels, or sometimes inseparable. 



2. SPERMACOCE. if;!H. (partly); GcErtn.fr.t.2b; Cham. S^- Schlecht. 

 in Linncen, 3. p. 355 ; DC. prodr. 4. p). 552. 

 Calyx-tube ovate or turbinate ; the limb 2-4-parted, sometimes with ac- 

 cessory teeth. Corolla hypocrateriform or infuudibuliform, 4-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 4. Stigma 2-cleft or undivided. Fruit dry, crowned with the (some- 

 times obliterated) teeth of the calyx, 2-celled; the 2 one-seeded carpels 

 separating from the apex downwards ; the one closed by the dissepiment, the 

 other open. Seeds oval-oblong, peltate, marked with a shallow furrow on 



