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blunt. Stipules very small, notched. Flowers axillary, white, inconspicuous. Ovary hispid. Corolla very long and 
slender, nearly as long as the leaves, five-toothed. Stamens and stigmata long, exserted. Anthers pendulous, linear- 
oblong; lobes produced downwards into two points. Berry small, hispid. —A very curious little plant, more like a 
Coprosma in the long tubular corolla and pendulous anthers and stigmata; but the flowers appear truly hermaphro- 
dite. —PLATE XXVIII. B. Fig. 1, leaf and stipule; 2, 3, flowers; 4, corolla laid open; 5, stamen; 6, berry; 
7, transverse section of berry; 8, nut; 9, vertical section of the same :—all magnified. 
Gen. IV. GALIUM, Zinn. 
Calycis tubus globosus v. oblongus; limbo 0. Corolla rotata, 4-partita, rarius 3-partita. Stamina 
3-4, brevia. Styli 2, breves. Fructus didymus, subrotundus, siccus; carpellis 2, indehiscentibus, 1- 
spermis. 
Prostrate, erect, or subscandent herbs, with very slender, weak, branching, four-angled stems and entire whorled 
leaves. Flowers very small and inconspicuous, axillary in the New Zealand species, pedunculate; peduncles one- or 
several-flowered. Calyx tube globose; limb wanting. Corolla rotate, three- to four-partite. Stamens three to four. 
Styles two, short. Fruit small, dry, two-lobed, of two indehiscent one-seeded nuts.— This genus is common to 
most latitudes and every climate; the species are generally local: those of New Zealand are both peculiar; as are 
the Tasmanian and Australian, which are numerous. (Name from yada, milk, which an English species was used 
to curdle.) 
1. Galium tenuicaule, A. Cunn.; scaberulum v. glabratum, caule debili elongato vage ramoso laxe 
folioso, foliis 4-nis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis subaristatis marginibus costague inferne scaberulis, pe- 
dunculis axillaribus brevibus v. elongatis 1—3-floris, carpellis parvis globosis levibus glaberrimis. 4. Cunn. 
Prodr. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; abundant in grassy situations, etc. 
Stems slender, straggling or loosely tufted, 2—3 feet long, branched, smooth or scabrid with remote, short, stiff 
hairs. Leaves in remote whorls of four, 1—$ inch long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate or aristate, scabrid along the edges 
and midrib below. Peduncles one- to three-flowered, longer or shorter than the leaves, spreading and curved down- 
wards when in fruit. Fruit of two globose, smooth carpels, each smaller than a mustard-seed. 
2. Galium propinquum, A. Cunn. ; annuum, caule debili prostrato vage ramoso ciliato v. glaberrimo, 
foliis 4-nis late elliptico-ovatis mucronatis ciliatis v. glaberrimis, pedunculis gracilibus 1—3-floris foliis bre- 
vioribus longioribusve, fructibus levibus glaberrimis. A. Cunn. Prodr. G.umbrosum, Banks et Sol. MSS. 
Var. a. elongata ; laxe ramosa, caule foliisque laxe ciliatis. 
Var. 8. glabrata ; laxe ramosa, caule foliisque glaberrimis. 
Var. y. hispidula ; parvula, caule robusto ramoso folioso foliisque longe ciliato-pilosis. 
Has. Throughout the Islands; abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. Var. y. In dry and alpine 
situations. 
A smaller species than the former, much more variable in size and amount of short or long hairs on the stem 
and leaves. Stems 1 to 10 inches long, branching, stout, or weak and straggling amongst grass. Leaves broadly 
elliptical, acuminate or aristate, often marked with pellucid oblong spots, seen by holding them between the eye and 
light, 4-2 inch long. Peduncles one- to three-flowered, solitary or one to three together, usually trifid. Flowers very 
minute. Fruits globose, quite smooth.—The small variety y is usually more hispid than the larger ones, but is 
very variable in this respect. 
