DIELS—RUBIACEAE. : 279 
99 Rubia membranacea (Franch., sub tit. var.), Diels. Sp. nov. 
Rubia cordifolia, Linn. var. membranacea, Franch., ms. in 
schedis. 
Caulis 0°3-0’9 m. altus, sparse retrorso-scabridus. Folia 4—na, 
petiolo 0°5—2 m. longo praedita ; lamina membranacea-herbacea, 
parva,e basi cordata vel rotundata lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, 
I-6 cm. longa, 0'5—1'5 cm. lata. Inflorescentiae axillares et 
terminales, 2-3 cm. longae. Pedicelli 1--3 mm. longi. Corolla 
rotato-stellata, fere ad basin 5-partita ; segmenta expansa 
haud incurva, 1°5-1°8 mm. longa, ovata, apice tenuiter acu- 
minata, rubro-purpurascentia. Styli 2 breves, stigmata capitata. 
“ Plant of 1-3 ft. Flowers reddish purple. Dry, stony situa- 
tions on the margins of pine forests on the eastern flank of the 
Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. g-10,000 ft. Flow. August 
1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4639. 
The same species was collected before by Delavay “in silvis 
ee Lan-ho-kien, 12 July 1889,” and named by Franchet 
“ R. cordifolia, Linn var. membranacea.” 
Galium Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis quadrangulus, strigoso-pilosus, 15-25 cm. altus, vix 
ramosus. Folia 4-—na, brevissime petiolata vel  subsessilia, 
ovato-elliptica, supra strigosa, subtus strigosa et glandulis 
flavis praedita, 8-12 mm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata uni- vel obsolete 
3-nervia. Inflorescentia terminalis e corymbis laxifloris pedun- 
culatis effecta. Blow —— = fusci, gracillime pedi- 
cellati. R setuloso-pilosum (siccum deinde 
albidum). Corollae segmenta subovata Popeedats 1°3 mm. longa. 
Styli 2 divaricati apice capitati. 
“ Plant of 6-10 inches. Flowers greenish-yellow. Dry, stony 
situations in bed of stream at base of eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 10’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Flow. June 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2363. 
Allied to G. serpylloides, Royle, of the Western Himalaya, but 
stems more strict, less branched, leaves more remote, cymes 
longer, pedunculate and pedicels more slender. 
- Galium nephrostigmaticum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis vix ramosus 20-40 cm. altus, quadrangulus, strigoso- 
pilosus. Folia 4—na, basin et apicem versus minora, subsessilia, 
late ovata vel obovata, obtusa, utrinque strigoso-pilosa deinde 
cinerascentia, ad 15 mm. longa et 7°5 mm. lata, e basi trinervia. 
Inflorescentia terminalis e corymbis multifloris pedunculatis 
effecta. Flores demum breviter pedicellati viridulo-lutei. Calyx 
glaber vel raro scabridulus. Segmenta (nonnunquam 5) cordato- 
