RUBIACE.E. CCXVI. GALIUM. 



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pilose, muricated along the angles ; lower leaves ovate : cauline 

 ones 8 in a whorl : uppermost ones opposite, all with revolute 

 hispid edges ; panicles decompound ; lobes of corolla cuspidate ; 

 fruit glabrous. . H. Native of Gibraltar, on the mountains. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Gibraltar Bed-straw. PI. J to 1 foot. 



105 G. SCHULTE'SII ; leaves cordate, glabrous, rather ciliated, 

 with scabrous margins ; peduncles dichotomous, leafless. .H. 

 Native of Caucasus, in dry stony places on the Talusch moun- 

 tains, near Swant. G. articulatum, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. 

 p. 250. but not of Lam. nor D. C. ex Meyer, pfl. syst. p. 55. 



Schultes's Bed-straw. PL \ foot. 



106 G. PYGM^UM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 606.) plant quite gla- 

 brous, branched from the base ; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish ; 

 peduncles axillary, thort, 3-6-flowered, bractless ; fruit globose, 

 drooping, glabrous. O- H. Native of Iberia. Valantia mura- 

 lis, Bieb, fl. taur. 2. p. 435. exclusive of the synonyme. Vaillan- 

 tia pusilla,Stev. in litt. 1825. Herb very minute. Flowers yellow. 



Pigmy Bed-straw. PL small. 



107 G. CORDA'TUM (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 259.) plant 

 glabrous, erectish, branched from the base ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 obovate, unequal : floral ones sessile, ovate-cordate, deflexed, 

 and covering the flowers and lower parts of the nodi ; peduncles 

 branched, short, few-flowered ; fruit glabrous. O- H. Native of 

 the Levant, at the foot of Mount Lebanon, where ic was collected 

 by Labillardiere, &e. The flowers are probably yellow. This 

 plant is often to be found in gardens under the name of Calli- 

 peltis cucullaria. Nearly allied to G, articulatum. 



Cordate-leaved Bed-straw. PL ^ foot. 



10. Xanlhaparines (from avfloe, xanthos, yellow, and aira- 

 fivr], aparine, the Greek name of cleavers or goose-grass ; in 

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

 600. Plants annual. Leaves 4-8 in a whorl. Inflorescence cy- 

 mosely panicled. Flowers yellow, hermaphrodite. Fruit glabrous. 



108 G. CAMPE'STRE (Schousb. ex Willd. enum. 1. p. 152.) 

 stem erect, tetragonal, having the roughness on the angles 

 turned upwards, not retrograde ; lower leaves 4 in a whorl, the 

 rest 6, elliptic, mucronate, with scabrous margins ; peduncles 

 dichotomous ; lobes of corolla lanceolate, bluntish. O- H. 

 Native of Barbary. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 224. Link, 

 enum. 1. p. 135. Corollas cream-coloured. Leaves 4 lines long, 

 and 2 lines broad. Stems decumbent at the base. Leaves on 

 the upper part of the branches sometimes opposite. 



Var. /3, Vahln (D. C. prod. 4. p. 606.) stem smoothish ; 

 leaves oblong. 0. H. Native of Barbary, where it was col- 

 lected by Vahl and Lamarck, &c. See Lam. diet. 3. p. 584. ob- 

 servations under G. megalospermum. The leaves are almost 

 like those of var. a, but the margins are more scabrous. Lobes 

 of corolla not awned. Fruit granular. 



Field Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL foot. 



109 G. GIOMERATUM (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 128. t. 40.) stem 

 erect, branched, panicled, tetragonal : angles rough ; leaves 6-8 

 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, mucronately acute, serrulately sca- 

 brous on the margins ; panicles trichotomous ; lobes of corolla 

 very acute, a little awned ; fruit glabrous. G- H. Native of 

 Barbary, in corn-fields. Flowers pale yellow. Said to be allied 

 to G. campestre. 



Glomerate-fiowered Bed-straw. PL -j- to f foot. 



110 G. VISCO'SUM (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 29.) stems ascending, 

 tetragonal, smooth, branched ; lower leaves 4 in a whorl : upper 

 ones 6, linear-lanceolate, with serrated margins and a smooth 

 keel ; the serratures directed upwards ; peduncles filiform, by 

 threes; pedicels 2-flowered ; fruit clammy. O- H. Native of 

 the kingdom of Tunis, on the mountains. Corolla pale yellow, 

 almost white. 



VOL. III. 



Clammy-fruited Bed-straw. PL ^ foot. 



11. Leiaparlnes (from Xtioc, leios, smooth, and mruptvn, 

 aparine). D. C. prod. 4. p. 607. Plants annual. Leaves 4-8 

 in a whorl. Inflorescence cymosely panicled. Flowers white, her- 

 maphrodite. Fruit glabrous. 



111 G. URVI'LLEI (Req. diss. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 607.) 

 stem erect, branched at the base, glabrous ; leaves 6-8 in a 

 whorl, linear, erect, glabrous, with revolute edges : peduncles 

 axillary and terminal, trifid ; pedicels 3 times longer than the 

 flowers; fruit glabrous. . H. Native of the islands in the 

 Grecian Archipelago, in arid places. G. floribundum, D'Urv. 

 cat. no. 130. but not of Smith. Flowers purplish in the dried 

 state. Habit of G. setaceum, but differs in the fruit being quite 

 glabrous. 



D'Urville's Bed-straw. PL \ foot. 



112 G. DIVARICA'TUM (Lam. diet. 2. p. 580.) stem ascend- 

 ing or erect, branched at top, slender, smoothish ; leaves 6-8 in 

 a whorl, linear, acute, hispid ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 

 slender, elongated, divaricate, trifid at the apex ; pedicels twice 

 the length of the flowers; fruit glabrous. 0. H. Native of 

 the south and middle of France ; Liguria and Sicily, in arid 

 sandy places. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3370. icon. rar. t. 21. Req. diss. 

 mss. G. tenue, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 322. t. 7. Flowers greenish. 



Divaricate Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL | ft. 



113 G. TENUI'SSIMUM (Bieb. fl taur. 1. p. 104.) stems weak, 

 ascending, much branched, rather scabrous along the angles ; 

 leaves 6-8 in a whorl, linear, acute, scabrous, hispid ; peduncles 

 axillary and terminal, trichotomous, divaricate ; pedicels length 

 of peduncles ; fruit glabrous. . H. Native of Tatiria, Cau- 

 casus, Iberia, in uncultivated and sterile places. G. purpureum, 

 Pall. ind. taur. but not of Lin. Flowers small, greenish-white. 

 Very nearly allied to G. divaricatum, a'id probably only a variety 

 of it according to Steven, but differs in the pedicels being 3 or 4 

 times longer. 



Most-slender Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL \ ft. 



114 G. A'NGLICUM (Huds. fl. angl. p. 69.) stems decumbent, 

 much branched, rather scabrous ; leaves 6 in a whorl, linear- 

 lanceolate, mucronate, with scabrous edges ; peduncles 2-3- 

 cleft, a little longer than the leaves, axillary, disposed in a kind 

 of panicle ; fruit glabrous, granular. . H. Native of Eng- 

 land, on walls and in sandy places ; north and middle of France, 

 palatinate of the Rhine, Vallais, Sicily, and Caucasus. Smith, fl. 

 brit. 1. p. 179. D. C. fl. fr. 3369. Smith, engl. bot. 384. G. 

 Parisiense, Lam. diet. 2 p. 584. G. Parisiense p, Bertol. dec. 

 3. p. 15. G. rubrum, Poll. pal. no. 156, exclusive of the syn. 

 G. gr&cile, Wallr. sched. p. 57. Presl, fl. sic. prod. p. 60. ex 

 Guss. prod. .p. 173. Ray. syn. t. 9. f. 1. Corollas of a greenish 

 cream-colour, almost white, small. It differs from G. litigiositm 

 in the fruit being glabrous, and from G. divaricatum in the pe- 

 duncles being shorter. 



Var. /3, parvifolium (Gaud. fl. helv. 1. p. 439.) stems erect, 

 short; floriferous branches short ; fruit granular. 0. H. Na- 

 tive in fields about Geneva. G. parvifolium, Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 3. p. 246. 



English Bed-straw. Fl. June, July. Wales. PL decumbent. 



115 G. APRI'CUM (Sibth et Smith, fl. graec. t. 120.) stems 

 pilose, diffuse ; leaves 4 in a whorl, obovate, uniform, with sca- 

 brous edges; peduncles trifid, leafless ; fruit glabrous. . H. 

 Native of Candia and other islands in the archipelago, frequent. 

 Peduncles 3-flowered; middle flower hermaphrodite and quad- 

 rifid ; lateral ones male and trifid. Certainly a species of Vail- 

 Idnlia. 



Sunny Bed-straw. PL diffuse. 



116 G. GAUDICHAU'DI (B.C. prod. 4. p. 607.) stems weak, 

 decumbent, tetragonal, rather hispid ; leaves 4 in a whorl, ob- 



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