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RUBIACEjE. CCXVI. GALIUM. 



the Levant, in exposed rocky places. Corollas reddish. Stems 

 creeping at the base. 



Far. ft, villbsum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 602.) plant more crowded ; 

 leaves 4-8 in a whorl. I/ . H. Native of the south of Europe, 

 and at the bottom of the Pyrenees. G. villosum, Lam. diet. 2. 

 p. 582. G. maritimum, Gouan. ill. p. 5. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3384. 

 Barrel, icon. p. 81. Bocc. mus. 2. p. 110. t. 86. Fruit 

 clothed with white hairs. 



Sea-side Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. PI. | to 

 1 foot. 



75 G. BRACHYPHY'LLUM (Schultes, mant. 3. p. 180.) plant 

 smoothish, much branched, procumbent ; leaves 4-6 in a whorl, 

 but the upper ones are opposite, all lanceolate, mucronate, and 

 reflexed; pedicels 2-3-together, axillary, 1 -flowered; fruit sca- 

 brous from pubescence. 7. H. Native of Caucasus, about 

 Buduch, in the calcareous range, &c. G. brevifolium, Stev. 

 mem. mosc. 3. p. 253. but not of Smith et Sibth. G. alpestre, 

 Stev. cat. hort. gor. 1812. p. 43. G. brachyphyllum, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. suppl. p. 107. Flowers white. This is an intermediate 

 plant between the granular and villous fruited species. 



Short-leaved Bed-straw. PI. procumbent. 



76 G. GRJE'CUM (Lin. mant. p. 38.) stems suffruticose, branch- 

 ed at the base ; branches erect ; hispid ; leaves 6 in a whorl, 

 linear, hairy, erect ; peduncles axillary and terminal, few- 

 flowered, a little longer than the leaves ; fruit beset with long 

 white bristles. If. H. Native of Greece, on Mount Parnassus, 

 and the islands of Cois and Candia, on exposed rocks. Sibth et 

 Smith, fl. graec. t. 136. D'Urv. cat. no. 129. Req. diss. mss. 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 584. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1373. P. Alp. exot. 

 t. 166. Peduncles forming a racemose or thyrsoid panicle. 

 Flowers small, yellowish-brown. 



Grecian Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. PI. -J foot. 



77 G. CA V NUM (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 602.) 

 stems suffruticose, tufted ; branches very hairy and hoary ; leaves 

 lanceolate, with revolute margins, hairy on both surfaces, hoary 

 beneath ; peduncles cymose, few-flowered, 2-3 times longer than 

 the leaves ; fruit hispid. 2/ . H. Native of Syria, where it was 

 collected by Donati and Labillardiere. Flowers small, purplish. 

 Perhaps only a variety of G. grid cum. 



Hoary Bed-straw. PI. foot. 



78 G. MICRA'NTHUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 103.) stems 

 much branched, divaricate, beset with retrograde prickles ; 

 leaves short, lanceolate, mucronate, glabrous, having the margins 

 and keel prickly ; floriferous branches divaricately branched ; 

 pedicels usually 2-flowered ; fruit hispid. "It. H. Native of 

 North America, from Canada to New York, in mountain bogs. 

 Said to resemble G. uliginbsum very much. 



Small-jlorvered Bed-straw. PI. divaricate. 



4. Coccogalia (from KOKKOC, kokkos, a grain, and galium ; in 

 reference to the granular fruit). D. C. prod. 4. p. 602. Perennial 

 plants. Leaves 4 in a rvhorl. Flowers on 'long peduncles, herma- 

 phrodite. Fruit granular. 



79 G. COTINOJDES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 227.) 

 stems diffuse, weak, tetragonal, beset with retrograde bristles 

 along the angles ; whorles of leaves distant ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 sessile, lanceolate, acute, with the nerve and margins scabrous ; 

 panicles trichotomous, few-flowered, terminal ; pedicels capillary, 

 very long ; fruit glabrous, minutely tubercular. If. . F. Native 

 of Chili, in hedges near Talcaguana, and about Conception. 

 This is a very showy species, with the habit of G. uliginbsum. 



Cotinus-like Bed-straw. PI. diffuse. 



80 G. LANUGINOSDM (Lam. ill. no. 1360.) stems, branches, 

 and peduncles clothed with long soft dense hairs ; leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, with scabrous margins ; pedi- 

 cels axillary and terminal, simple and bifid, very long, 1-flower- 



ed ; corolla glabrous, with acutish lobes ; fruit glabrous, minutely 

 tubercular. Native of the East Indies, ex herb. Lam. 

 Woolly Bed-straw. PI. diffuse. 



81 G. TOMENTOSUM (Thunb. fl. cap. 151.) steins scandent, 

 glabrous, much branched, tetragonal : with the angles denticu- 

 lated ; branches densely clothed with white hairs ; leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, oblong, roughly serrated ; peduncles dichotomous, capil- 

 lary, villous. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. G. mariti- 

 mum, Thunb. prod. p. 30. but not of Lin. 



Tomentose Bed-straw. PI. climbing. 



5. Erythrogalia (from cpvdpog, erythros, red, and galium ; 

 in allusion to the red flowers of the species). D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 603. Perennial plants. Leaves 6 in a rvhorl. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite, cymosely panicled, purple or red. Fruit glabrous. 



82 G. PURPU'REUM (Lin. spec. p. 156.) stem erect, suffruti- 

 cose, much branched, glabrous ; leaves 5-6 in a whorl, linear- 

 setaceous ; peduncles capillary, longer than the leaves ; lobes of 

 corolla apiculated ; fruit glabrous. Tj . G. Native from Pro- 

 vence to Genoa, on dry hills ; and in Greece, Carniola, Croatia. 

 Req. diss. mss. Host. fl. aust. 1. p. 202. Nocc. et Balb. fl. tic. 

 1. p. 73. t. 3. G. rubrum, Scop. earn. no. 154. D. C. fl. fr. 

 no. 3354. exclusive of the synonymes. G. purpureum and G. 

 rubrum, Wulf. ex Hort. G. sylvestre, Schleich. pi. exsic. J. 

 Bauh. hist. 3. p. 721. f. 2. Galium rubro flore, C. Bauh. hist. 

 335. no. 2. Flowers small, deep purple. 



Purple-fiowered Bed-straw. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 ft. 



83 G. RU'BRUM (Lin. spec. 156.) stems herbaceous, weak, 

 glabrous ; leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, spreading, glabrous ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, many flowered; pedicels short ; lobes of co- 

 rolla apiculated ; fruit glabrous. If . H. Native of the south 

 of Europe, as of Nice and Piedmont. Nocc. et Balb. fl. tic. 1. 

 p. 74. G. purpureum, Schleich. pi. exsic. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 

 251. Clus. hist. 2. p. 174. lower figure. Flowers dirty purple, 

 larger than those of G. purpureum. 



Var. ft, pilbsum (Duby, ench. 1. p. 248.) stem pilose at the 

 base. y. . H. Native of the meadows of Lozera, about Mel- 

 das. G. purpureum var. ft, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 446. 



Red-fiovtered Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1597. PI. 

 procumbent. 



6. Xanthogalia (from ZavOoe, xanthos, yellow, and galium ; 

 in reference to the yellow flowers of the species). D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 603. Plants perennial. Leaves 6-10 in a whorl. Flowers 

 yellow, all hermaphrodite. Inflorescence panicled. 



84 G. RUPE'STRE (Visiani, ex Biasol. in litt. 1829. ex D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 603.) stems erect, tetragonal, velvety, glabrous at the 

 apex ; leaves 6 in a whorl, upper 4 in a whorl, and the upper- 

 most ones opposite, linear-lanceolate, a little cuneated, mucro- 

 nate, glabrous, with rather scabrous edges ; floriferous branches 

 panicled; lobes of corolla acuminated ; fruit glabrous. If.H. 

 Native of Dalmatia, on rocks. Flowers small, deep yellow. 



Rock Ladies' Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 



85 G. VE'RUM (Lin. spec. 155.) stems erectish, tetragonal, 

 almost simple ; leaves 8 in a whorl, linear, sulcate, with rather 

 revolute edges, smooth ; floriferous branches panicled, almost all 

 terminal ; pedicels crowded, leafy, about equal in length to the 

 flowers. I/ . H. Native of Europe and Siberia, in meadows, 

 way sides, margins of fields and woods, and among bushes fre- 

 quent ; very common in Britain, in dry soil. G. luteum, Mcench, 

 meth. 486. Root creeping, tawny. Flowers yellow. Leaves 

 each tipped by a hair. 



Var. a, leiophyllum (Wallr. sched. crit. p. 56.) stem and 

 leaves quite glabrous, smooth; flowers pale yellow. %. H. 

 Native in rather humid shady places. G. verum ft glabrum, 

 Req. diss. mss. 



