508 LXix. RUBiACE/E. [Tai'dfivel 



loug, crowned with one or both of the somewhat accrescent calyx- 

 lobes, 2-celled, 2-seeded ; seeds semi-ellipsoidal, furrowed on the 

 inner face. 



HuiLLA. — In pastures amongst low bushes near LopoUo ; fl. Jan. 

 1860. In dry pastures amongst low bushes near Humpata, at the 

 confluence ; fr. April 1860. No. 5334. 



This species differs from its allies by its perennial root. 



11. T. verticillata. 



Sperrmicoce verticillata L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 102 (1753) maxima 

 parte. S. glohosa Schum. &Thonn. in Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 93 

 (1828) ; Hiern, I.e., p. 240; Bonxria Kohautiana Cham. & Schlecht. 

 in Linnsea iii. p. 311 (1828) ; Schmidt, Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. 

 p. 210 (1852). 



Cape de Verde Islands. — St. Jago, fl. and fr. Jan. 1861. No. 3247- 



Sierra Leone,— Fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. No. 3246. 



47. GALIUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 149. 



1. G. productum Lowe in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 29 

 (1833), and Man. Fl. Madeira i. p. 391 (1868). 



Island of Madeira. — At the borders of neglected fields between 

 Funchal and Camara dos Lobos ; fl. and fr. August 1853. No. 3250- 



