652 



RUBIACEjE. CCXVI. GALIUM. 



lary ; fruit nearly globose, hispid from bristles, which are hooked 

 at the apex. I/. H. Native of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, on 

 hills and in woods. Guss. prod. 1. p. 176. Presl. del. prag. 

 1822. p. 122. G. Barrelieri, Salzm. in flora, 1820. p. 107. 

 Duby, bot. gall. 1. p. 251. Lois. fl. gall. ed. 2. p. 114. Bar- 

 rel, icon. t. 324. Bocc. sic. t. 0. f. 1. G. rotundifSlium, var. 

 ft, Room, et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 254. G. ovalifolium, Schott. 

 isis. 1818. p. 821. Flowers white; but there is a variety also 

 with reddish flowers, according to Soleir, in litt. 



Elliptic-leaved Bed-straw. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 ft. 



51 G. OBOYA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 336. 

 t. 278.) stems almost simple, pilose ; leaves 4 in a whorl, on 

 short petioles, obovate, acute, flat, smoothish, ciliated, 4 times 

 shorter than the internodes ; flowers terminal, by threes, pedun- 

 culate; fruit covered with hooked bristles. Native of South 

 America, in temperate parts of the kingdom of Quito, about 

 Chillo and Guancabamba. Corolla of a whitish violaceous colour. 

 Nearly allied to G. rotundifblium. 



Obovate-leaved Bed-straw. PL 1^ foot. 



52 G. JAVA'NICUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 943.) branches tetragonal, 

 hairy ; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish obovate, 3 -nerved, with the 

 margins and veins downy beneath ; cymes pedunculate, trichoto- 

 inous, leafy. Native of the East of Java, on the mountains. 

 Said to be allied to G. ilegans. 



Java Bed-straw. PL 



53 G. NEESIA'NUM (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 600.) 

 stems ascending, erectish, branched, tetragonal, beset with soft 

 hairs ; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish-ovate, ending each in a 

 very short cusp, 3-nerved, hairy ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 longer than the leaves, trichotomous, hairy ; fruit nearly glo- 

 bose, beset with hooked bristles. %. F. Native of TenerifFe, 

 in the Chestnut woods. G. hirsutum, Nees, in Buch. in hor. 

 berl. p. 113. t. 22. but not of Ruiz et Pavon. G. ovalifolium, 

 Schott, Spix, and Mart. 1. p. 55. ex Link, in Buch. can. p. 151. 

 Flowers white. Said to be nearly allied to G. rotundifolium. 



Nees's Bed-straw. PL ascending. 



54 G. E'LEGANS (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 382.) stems dif- 

 fuse, ascending, tetragonal, hairy ; leaves 4 in a whorl, elliptic, 

 obtuse, sessile, 3-nerved, rather hairy above, and villous along 

 the nerves and margins beneath ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 trichotomous, hardly pilose, disposed in a panicle ; fruit roundish, 

 hispid from bristles, which are hooked at the apex. 2 . F. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul. G. Pundimnum, Wall. cat. no. 6212. Roots 

 creeping. Fruit small. Flowers white. Habit of G. cruciatum. 



Far. ft, glabriusculum (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. 1. c.) stems 

 and leaves smoothish. l/.H. Native of Nipaul. 

 Elegant Bed-straw. PL diffuse, 1| foot. 



55 G. HAMILTONII (Spreng. cur. post. p. 39.) stems erect, 

 branched, pilose ; leaves 4 in a whorl, oblong, acute, rather pi- 

 lose on both surfaces ; peduncles terminal, trichotomous, loose- 

 flowered ; fruit hispid. 11 . F. Native of Upper Nipaul, at 

 Mereba. G. latifolium, Ham. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 133. 



Hamilton's Bed-straw. Pl.l foot. 



56 G. HiRTiFLORUM (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 600.) stems weak, branched, rather scabrous; leaves 4-6 in a 

 whorl, linear, bluntish, glabrous above, and scabrous from pili 

 on the keel and margins beneath ; peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal, bifid, disposed in a kind of panicle ; pedicels divaricate ; 

 corollas bristly outside ; fruit roundish, hispid from bristles, 

 which are hooked at the tops. %. F. Native of Nipaul, at 

 Narainhetty. G. ciliatum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 133. but 

 not of Ruiz et Pav. G. Aparlne, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 382.? 

 Stems rather hispid. Flowers small, milk-coloured. 



Hairy-flowered Bed-straw. PL | to 1 foot. 



57 G. UNCINULA'TUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. GOO.) stems weak, 

 diffuse, branched, tetragonal, hispid at the base, and glabrous at 



the apex ; leaves 4 in a whorl, oval, acutish, hispid on both sur- 

 faces, hardly 3-nerved at the base ; peduncles dichotomously 

 corymbose, few-flowered ; fruit beset with bristles, which are 

 hooked at the apex, and about equal in length to the diameter of 

 the fruit. If. . F. Native of Mexico, between Tampico and 

 Real del Monte, where it was collected by Berlandier. 

 Small-hooked Bed-straw. PL diffuse. 



58 G. CHAMISSONIS (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 363.) 

 plant quite glabrous, perennial ; stems erectish, acutely tetra- 

 gonal : angles smoothish ; leaves deflexed, oblong, acute, with 

 revolute margins ; panicles axillary and terminal, trifid, bifid, or 

 trichotomous ; pedicels very mucli divaricate ; fruit roundish, 

 hispid from compressed bristles, which are acute at the apex, 

 but not hooked. T^.F. Native of Chili, about Valparaiso. This 

 approaches somewhat in habit to Asperula galioides. 



Chamisso's Bed-straw. PL 1 foot. 



59 G. GILLIE sn (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 364.) pe- 

 rennial ; stems herbaceous, diffuse, almost simple, acutely 4-an- 

 gled ; leaves 4 in a whorl, oval, obsoletely 1 -nerved, with spi- 

 nulose margins ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 3-flowered, 

 equal in length to the leaves ; flowers pedicellate ; fruit hispid ; 

 bristles longer than the friut, not hooked at the apex. 



Var. a ; stem and leaves glabrous. If. . F. Native of Chili, in 

 El Valle de Las Caigas, Andes of Mendozo, Cordillera of Chili. 



Var. ft ; stem and leaves hairy. If. . F. Native of Chili, at 

 El Malpaso and Los Palomares, Andes of Mendozo. 



Gillies' 's Bed-straw. PL diffuse. 



60 G. SUFFRUTICO V SUM (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 863.) 

 suffruticose, hairy, canescent ; stems erectish, simple, terete ; leaves 

 oblong-linear, mucronate, hairy : the nerves as well as the recurved 

 margins pilose ; peduncles alternate, longer than the leaves, divari- 

 cately panicled. If. . F. Native of Chili, in Vina de La Mar, near 

 Valparaiso. The hairs forming the pubescence point downwards. 



Suffruticose Bed-straw. PL I foot. 



61 G. ERIOCA'RPUM (Bartl. in herb. Hsenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 600.) plant suffruticose, glabrous, erect ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 oblong, 1 -nerved ; flowers trichotomously panicled ; fruit beset 

 with bristles, which are as long as it, but arc not hooked at the 

 apex. "H.. F. Native of Cordillera of Chili. This is very dis- 

 tinct from all other species. 



Woolly-fruited Bed-straw. PL 1 foot. ? 



62 G. TRICHOCA'RPUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 600.) stems dichoto- 

 mous, much branched, glabrous, tetragonal, having the angles 

 scabrous from retrograde bristles, the rest glabrous ; corymbs 

 trichotomous, few-flowered ; fruit beset with bristles, which are 

 a little shorter than it, but not hooked at the apex. Native of 

 Chili, about Rancagua, among bushes. Allied to G. eriocarpum, 

 but differs in the bristles of the fruit being shorter and fewer. 



Hairy-fruited Bed-straw. PL diffuse. 



63 G. BOREA'LE (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 498.) stems erect, 

 straight, tetragonal, smoothish ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, 3-nerved, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, trichotomous, 

 much longer than the leaves, disposed in a terminal panicle ; 

 bracteas obovately orbicular. If.. H. Native throughout the 

 whole of Europe, in moist rocky shady places, by rivers and 

 lakes ; plentiful in some parts of Britain, as in the north of 

 England and Scotland. Root creeping, brownish. Leaves with 

 scabrous margins. Flowers milk-coloured. 



Var. a, hyssopifolium (D. C. prod. 4. p. 600.) fruit quite gla- 

 brous. Hoffm. germ. 3. p. 71. G. rubioides, Poll. pall. no. 

 148. G. boreale a, Lam. diet. 2. p. 576. G. rubioides ft, 

 Lam. fl. fr. 4. p. 258. Nearly allied to G. rubioides, but differs 

 in the leaves being narrower, and in the bracteas being roundish. 



Var. ft, intermedium (D. C. prod. 4. p. 601.) fruit rather sca- 

 brous from somewhat adpressed bristles. G. boreale, Koch, in 

 litt. D. C. suppl. p. 498. 



