RUBIACE^E. CCXIII. ASPERULA. 



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gary, on hills in woods. Link, enum. 1. p. 134. Corolla blush. 

 Perhaps sufficiently distinct from A. tinctoria. 



Mountain Woodroof. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. PI. | to 

 to | foot. 



17 A. HIRSU TA (Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 127.) plant erect or ascend- 

 ing ; leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, acute, with revolute margins : 

 lower ones and tops of stems glabrous ; flowers in fascicled um- 

 bels, rising from the tops of the stem or branches ; bracteas 

 hardly exceeding the ovaries ; fruit glabrous. 3. H. Native 

 of Algiers and Algarves, on chalky and sandy hills. Rubeola 

 Lusitanica, &c. Tourn. inst. p, 130. A. repens, Brot. phyt. lus. 

 1. no. 10. t. 10. A. Algerica, Pers. ench. 1. p. 124. Rubia 

 repens, &c. Grisl. vir. no. 1244. Stem hairy at bottom. Leaves 

 glaucous. Flowers subcapitate, red. In cultivation this plant 

 becomes smooth. 



Hairy Woodroof. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



18 A. TOMENTOSA (Ten. prod. xii. fl. neap. t. 9.) plant ascend- 

 ing or diffuse, clothed with velvety tomentum ; leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, linear, with revolute margins : lower ones obovate ; 

 flowers terminal or axillary, S-10 in a fascicle ; bracteas rather 

 shorter than the flowers. "%.. H. Native of Goats' Island, 

 near Naples, in arid places. Herb branched from the base. 

 Stem tetragonal. Stipular leaves the longest. Tube of corolla 

 longish. Corolla red. A crassifolia, Lin. mant. p. 37. does 

 not seem to differ from the present plant. Perhaps A. scabra, 

 Link, enum. 1. p. 134. is also the same. 



Var. j8, semiglabra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 584.) lower part of 

 herb velvety ; upper part and flowers glabrous. % . H. Native 

 along with the species, and probably of Sicily at Cafalu. A. 

 commutata, Presl, fl. sic. prod. p. 62. ? Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 3. p. 267. ? 



Tomentose Woodroof. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. PI. | 

 to | foot. 



19 A. INCA'NA (Smith, fl. grasc. t. 119.) stems villous at the 

 base, and smoothish at top ; leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, hoary ; 

 flowers downy, in terminal fascicles. If. . H. Native of Candia, 

 on the Sphaceotic mountains. Flowers pale red. 



Hoary Woodroof. PI. | to f foot. 



20 A. ARCADIE'NSIS (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2146.) plant hoary, 

 decumbent ; leaves 6 in a whorl, oblong-ovate, acute, with re- 

 volute edges ; flowers terminal and axillary, aggregate, sessile ; 

 style bifid at top. "}/ . F. Native of Arcadia, on Mount 

 Tyria. A small hoary plant, with rose-coloured flowers. Ga- 

 lium Grae v cum, Hort. 



Arcadian Woodroof. Fl. May. Clt. 1819. PI. 2 to 3 

 inches. 



21 A. DE'BILIS (Led. hort. dorp, suppl. 1824. p. 2.) plant 

 hispid from pili ; leaves 6 in a whorl : upper 4 in a whorl, linear- 

 lanceolate, scabrous above, and keel smooth ; umbels lateral, 

 pedunculate, 3-flowered ; corolla funnel-shaped ; fruit granular. 

 If.. H. Native of Tauria, near Bachtschisarai. 



Weak Woodroof. PI. \ foot. 



22 A. NITIDA (Smith, fl. graec. t. 124.) glabrous ; stems dif- 

 fuse, densely tufted, as well as the leaves ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 shining, glaucescent: lower ones oval, the rest linear, acute, 

 awned, revolute ; fascicles terminal, 3-4-flowered, length of 

 leaves ; lobes of corolla awned ; tube terete, wide ; fruit gla- 

 brous, rather rugged. y.. H. Native of Sicily, on rocky 

 and gravelly mountains, and on Mount Olympus, in Bithynia. 

 Guss. prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 168. Flowers purplish. Very like A. 

 hexaphyllum. 



Nitid Woodroof. PL tufted, foot. 



23 A. SCA'BRA (Presl. del. prag. p. 124. but not of Link.) 

 stem scabrous, diffuse, kneed ; leaves 4 in a whorl : lower ones 

 oblong downy : upper ones glabrous, linear, unequal, opposite, 

 small, awned ; flowers in fascicles ; corollas scabrous, with the 



lobes mucronate ; style bipartite to the base, 1 . H. Native 

 of Sicily, on dry mountains ; of Spain, in arid places ; and of 

 Portugal, on the banks of theTagus and Douro. Guss. prod. fl. 

 sic. 1. p. 167. A. digyna, Dufour, ann. gen. sc. phys. 7. p. 295. 

 A. macrorhlza, Link. fl. port. 2. p. 41. t. 84. Stems exactly 

 quadrangular. Flowers purplish white. Habit of A. longi- 

 flora, but differs from it in the lower leaves and flowers being 

 downy. 



Scabrous Woodroof. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



24 A. ALPINA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 103.) the whole plant, 

 as well as the corollas and ovaries are downy ; stems procum- 

 bent, much branched, tetragonal ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, 

 acute : upper ones nearly equal, spreading ; cymes terminal, 

 crowded, 5-7-flowered ; lobes of corolla 4. I/. H. Native of 

 Eastern Caucasus, on the Alps. A. cynanchica, var. y, Stev. 

 in mem. soc. mosc. 3. p. 253. Meyer, verz.pfl. p. 406. Flowers 

 white, or tinged with red. Leaves shorter and broader than in 

 A. cynanchica, and the lower ones blunter. 



Alpine Woodroof. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. \ foot. 



25 A. CRETA'CEA (Willd. in Roam. et. Schultes, syst. 3. p. 

 529.) stems tufted, prostrate ; leaves 6 in a whorl, lanceolate : 

 the whorles so close as to be imbricated ; flowers terminal, 

 aggregate. I/ . H. Native of Siberia, in chalky places. 



Cretaceous Woodroof. PI. prostrate. 



26 A. LITTORA'LIS (Smith, fl. graec. t. 122.) stem downy; 

 leaves linear, 4 in a whorl, scabrous on the margins and stem 

 (almost hoary, according to D'Urv.) : floral ones opposite ; 

 flowers quadrifid, pilose ; fruit hispid. If. . H. Native on the 

 shores of the Euxine Sea, on hills. Flowers pale red. Fasci- 

 cles of flowers disposed in terminal panicles. 



Sea-shore Woodroof. PI. procumbent. 



27 A. NEGLE'CTA (Guss. pi. rar. 69. t. 13. f. 1.) stems nu- 

 merous, hairy, ascending ; leaves 4 in a whorl, hairy, acute, 

 longer than the internodes : lower ones obtuse ; flowers in ter- 

 minal fascicles ; mericarps globose, hispid. T. H. Native of 

 Abruzzo and Sardinia, in alpine places. Corolla white inside, 

 and reddish outside, and downy. Bracteas ovate. Said to be 

 allied to A. litloralis. 



Neglected Woodroof. PI. decumbent. 



28 A. NITENS (Guss. pi. rar. 70. t. 13. f. 2.) plant smooth ; 

 stems tufted, decumbent ; leaves 4 in a whorl, awned, longer 

 than the internodes, shining, quite glabrous : lower ones the 

 broadest ; flowers in terminal fascicles ; lobes of corolla awned ; 

 mericarps tubercularly muricated. If.. H. Native of Abruzzo, 

 in arid, alpine situations. Flowers white inside, and purplish 

 outside. Very like A. neglecla, and probably only a variety 

 of it. 



Shining Woodroof. PI. decumbent. 



29 A. R!GIDA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 121.) stems diffuse, 

 downy ; leaves linear, 4 in a whorl, superior ones opposite ; 

 flowers scattered ; fruit glabrous. %. H. Native of Candia, 

 on hills and in fields, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 270. exclu- 

 sive of the syn. of Lois. Leaves rather scabrous. Flowers pale 

 red, disposed in terminal and lateral few-flowered fascicles. 



Stiff Woodroof. PI. | to 1 foot. 



30 A. SUBEROSA (Smith, fl. graec. t. 123.) stems tufted, as- 

 cending ; root corky ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, rather hoary ; 

 lobes of the corolla awnless. !(.. H. Native of Greece, on 

 high rocks. Stems downy. Flowers rose-coloured, disposed in 

 subspicate fascicles. 



Cor%-rooted Woodroof. PI. \ to \ foot. 



3. Gal'uAdece (the plants contained in this section agree 

 with Galium, in having campanulate flowers). D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 585. Perennial plants. Corollas campanulate. 



31 A. LONGIFOLIA (Smith, fl, graec. t. 118.) stems smooth; 



