508 LXix. RUBiACE.^^. \_Tardavd 



long, crowned with one or both of the somewhat accrescent calyx- 

 lobes, 2-celled, 2-seeded ; seeds semi-ellipsoidal, furrowed on the 

 inner face. 



HuiLLA. — In pastures amongst low bushes near LopoUo ; fl. Jan. 

 1860. In dry pastures amongst low bushes near Humpata, at the 

 confluence ; fr. April 1860. No. 5334. 



This species differs from its allies by its perennial root. 



11. T. verticillata. 



Spermacoce verticillata L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 102 (1753) maxima 

 parte. S. globosa Schum. &Thonn. in Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 93 

 (1828); Hiern, ?.c.,p. 240; Borreria Kohautiana Cham. & Schlecht. 

 in Linnaja iii. p. 311 (1828) ; Schmidt, Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. 

 p. 210 (1852). 



Cape ue Verde Islands. — St. Jago. fl. and fr. Jan. 1861. No. 3247- 

 Sierra Leone.— Fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. No. 3246. 



47. GALIUM L. ; Benth. & Hook, f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 149. 



1. G. productum Lowe in Trans. Oamb. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 29 

 (1833), and Man. Fl Madeira i. p. 391 (1868). 



Island of Madeira. — At the borders of neglected fields between 

 Funchal and Camara dos Lobos ; fl. and fr. August 1853. No. 3250. 



