RUBIACE^E. CCXVI. GALIUM. 



Montpelier, at Pont Juvenal, where it was collected by Re- 

 quien. 



Wall Goose-grass. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. decum- 

 bent. 



137 G. VERTICILLA'TUM (Dantli. in Lain. diet. 2. p. 585.) 

 stem branched at the base ; branches nearly simple, elongated, 

 smoothish ; leaves linear-lanceolate, hispid, 4 in a whorl : upper- 

 most ones opposite, deflexed ; flowers 2-4, axillary, and there- 

 fore verticillate, almost sessile; fruit erect, hispid. O- H. 

 Native of Sicily, Provence, about Salon Foz ; at the foot of 

 Mount Ventosa, Tauria, and Caucasus, in arid places, and at 

 the fountains of the river Salgir. Lois. not. 33. t. 2. D. C. 

 suppl. fl. fr. p. 498. Req. diss. mss. Galium murale, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 1. p. 105. ex Stev. G. verticillatum, Pourr. chl. no. 508. 



yerticillatc-Aowered Goose-grass. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. I foot. 



1 38 G. SMITHII ; branches erect, simple, bluntly quadrangular, 

 scabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl, uppermost opposite, all deflexed, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, scabrous; flowers axillary, by threes, therefore 6 

 in a whorl, erect; fruit hispid, with distinct, elongated mericarps. 

 O H. Native of the Grecian Islands, among rocks. Sherardia 

 erecta, Smith, fl. graec. t. 116. Flowers greenish yellow. 



Smith's Goose-grass. PI. ^ foot. 



f Species of Galium not sufficiently hnonn. 



* Species natives of Europe. 



139 G. SOLEIROLII (Lois. nouv. not. 7.) stems weak, angular, 

 downy (Lois.), villous (Spreng.); leaves 5-6 in a whorl, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, hairy ; peduncles dichotomous (Lois.), divari- 

 cate, trifid, few-flowered (Spreng.); fruit wrinkled. Tf.. H. 

 Native of Corsica, by the sea-side, where it was collected by 

 Soleirol. G. Corsicum, Spreng. cur. post. p. 39. Flowers un- 

 known. 



Soleirol's Bed-straw. PI. procumbent. 



140 G. GOLDLA'CHICUM (Kluk. in Bess. prim. fl. gal. 2. p. 

 337.) stems procumbent, diffuse, tetragonal ; leaves 8 in a whorl, 

 narrow-lanceolate, awned, girded by strong hairs at the apex ; 

 flowers umbellate ; fruit globose. Native of Gallicia, in grassy 

 places. Said to be like G. leeve and G. Buccbni. 



Goldlach Bed-straw. PI. procumbent. 



141 G. PENTA'NDRUM (Gileb. ex Kluk. in Bess. prim. fl. gal. 

 2. p. 338.) stems erect, branched ; leaves 8 in a whorl, linenr- 

 lanceolate, spotted with white at the apex ; racemes few-flow- 

 ered ; flowers pentamerous ; fruit didymous Native of Gallicia. 

 Flowers yellowish. Said to be nearly allied to G, verum, and is 

 probably merely a pentamerous-flowered variety of that plant. 



Pentandrous Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 



142 G. OCHROLEU\:UM (Kit. in Schultes, cestr. fl. ed. 2. vol. 1. 

 p. 305.) stems erect, quadrangular, smooth ; leaves 8 in a whorl, 

 linear-subulate, with very rough margins, and ending in a long 

 mucrone each ; flowers by threes, corymbose, campanulately 

 funnel-shaped, y. . H. Native of Austria, on mountain rocks. 

 Flowers cream-coloured. Perhaps a species of Asperula. 



Cream-coloiired-rfioweredi Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 



143 G. MONTA'NUM (Lin. spec. p. 155.) stems weak, scabrous ; 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, smooth; corymbs trifid. O- H. 

 Native of Germany, France, England. Corolla white, purplish 

 outside before expansion. Anthers brown. This plant is not 

 known at the present day, as the plant under this name in the 

 Linnaean herbarium does not agree with the characters given of 

 it by him. 



Mountain Bed-straw. PI. ^ to | foot. 



* A species native of the Levant. 



144 G. HIEROSOLYMITA'NUM (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 451.) leaves 

 10 in a whorl, lanceolate-linear ; flowers umbellate, fa,tigiate. 



Native of Palestine. Stature of G. rubrum. The rest un- 

 known. 



Jerusalem Bed-straw. PI. 5- to 1 foot. 



* 



Species natives of Asia. 



145 G. TUBEROSUM (Lour. coch. p. 79.) root oblong, tuber- 

 ous ; stem procumbent, simple ; leaves 4-5 in a whorl, lanceo- 

 late, glabrous ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, crowded, longish ; 

 fruit rough. Native of China and Cochin-china, where it is cul- 

 tivated for the sake of the tubers, which are farinaceous, and are 

 eaten when boiled. Flowers hardly known. Perhaps a true 

 species of Galium. 



Tuberous-rooted Bed-straw. PI. procumbent. 



146 G. STRIGOSUM (Thunb. nov. act. ups. 7. p. 141. t. 4. f. 

 1-9.) stems decumbent, tetragonal, scabrous along the angles ; 

 leaves 6 in a whorl, elliptic, ending in a spinose point, hispid 

 from pili above, and nearly glabrous beneath, with ciliately sca- 

 brous edges ; flowers axillary, on short peduncles. Native of 

 Japan. G. uliginosum, Thunb. fl. jap. 58. 



Strigose Bed-straw. PI. decumbent. 



* Species natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 



147 G. MUCRONA'TUM (Thunb. prod. p. 30. fl. cap. 151.) stems 

 downy, weak, tetragonal, rising in numbers from the same root ; 

 leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, mucronate, glabrous, with revolute 

 serrated edges ; branches few-flowered ; fruit glabrous. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps the same as G. mucrona- 

 tum, Spreng. pug. 2. no. 49. The G. mucronatum, Lam. and 

 the G. mucronatum, Ruiz et Pav. are distinct species. Mucrones 

 of leaves white. 



Mucronate-leaved Bed-straw. PI. ^ foot. 



148 G. HORRIDUM (Thunb. fl. cap. 1. p. 556. phyt. bl. p. 16.) 

 stem suffruticose, erect, tetragonal, prickly along the angles ; 

 leaves usually 8 in a whorl, linear, reflexed, serrated by prickles. 



Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Horrid Bed-straw. Shrub 2 feet. 



149 G. GLA'BRUM (Thunb. prod. p. 30. fl. cap. 152.) stems 

 flexuous, erect, tetragonal, glabrous, serrated along the angles ; 

 leaves 6 in a whorl, obovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, with repli- 

 cately-serrated edges ; peduncles ample, lateral and terminal, 

 panicled. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 white. Very like G. asperum. 



Glabrous Bed-straw. PL 1 foot. 



150 G. A'SPERUM (Thunb. prod. 30. fl. cap. 554.) stem flexu- 

 ously erect, beset with white twisted hairs, and scabrous along 

 the angles ; leaves 6 in a whorl, oblong, glabrous, with repli- 

 cately serrated margins ; flowers few. 1J. . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Angles of stem rough from retrograde 

 denticulations. Fruit glabrous. 



Rough Bed-straw. PI. 1| foot. 



151 G. EXPA'NSUM (Thunb. prod. 30. fl. cap. 152.) stem te- 

 tragonal, smooth, with divaricate downy branches ; leaves 6 in 

 a whorl, linear, mucronate, glabrous, with revolute margins ; 

 panicles trichotomous, spreading, divaricate ; fruit smooth. Tf. . ? 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corollas white. 



Expanded Bed-straw. PI. 1 foot. 



152 G. CAPE'NSE (Thunb. prod. p. 30. fl. cap. p. 151.) stems 

 frutescent at the base, erect, branched ; branches terete, downy ; 

 leaves 6-8 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, with revolute 

 margins ; peduncles dichotomous ; fruit glabrous, smooth, tj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Cape Bed-straw. Shrub 1 foot. 



***** Species natives of North America. 



153 G. UNIFLORUM (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 79.) stems 

 flaccid, smooth ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, acute, glabrous ; 



