RUBIACEiE. 



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acute. Pan. somewhat dichotomous. Corolla 

 avraed. Fr. ovoideo-didymous, minutely granu- 

 lar, a. 6, 7. Cape Revelata and Monte Cagna 

 in Cors." — Bert. 



29. parisiense. L. 6, lanceolate, mucro- 

 nate. Corolla without cusps. Fruit rough 

 with hooked prickles, a. 5-8. Wann, sandy 

 or stony. (Includes litigiosum) 



fi. anglicum. Fi-. without haii'S. (Includes 

 divaricatum.) 



30. setaceum. L. 4-8, Uneari-setaceous, 

 rough on margin, exceeding Fl. : lower ohovate, 

 very small. Stems erect, rough at the base. 

 Stalks slendei-, divaricate, trifid. Fr. covered 

 ■with hooked bristles, a. 4, 5. Barren, 

 stony. Prov. Sic. Sai'd. 



Ei. Flotoers in axillary panicles. 



31. trifidum. L. 4, lineari-oblong, broader 

 upwards, very obtuse, pointless, 1 - nerved. 

 Margin with reversed prickles. Stalks 1-3- 

 flowered. Fr. reflesed, even. p. 7, 8. Spongy 

 meadows. Styria. 



32. spurmna. Same as Faillantii, except 

 that the Fr. is hairless, a. 7- Corn. For- 

 far. France. Germany. Italy. 



33. Vaillantii. L. 8, linear, prickly on 

 margin and keel. Angles of stem piickly; 

 knots smooth. Fr. very small, furnished with 

 hooked prickles. Fl. minute, yellow, a. 5, 

 6. Corn. Sw. rare. G. 



34. Aparine. L. 6-8, lanceolate. Keel, 

 margin, and angles of stem armed with re- 

 flexed bristles. Stem weak (Imots villous, Gau.). 

 Fr. hispid with hooked bristles, a. 6, 7- 

 Hedges, ^c. 



j3. tenerum. Stem filiform, smooth. Gem- 

 mi. Zermatten. 



35. tricorne. L. 8, lineari-lanceolate, inu- 

 cronate, 1-nerved. Margin with backward 

 prickles. Stems flaccid ; arms reflexed. Stalks 

 3-flowered ; in fruit recurved ; longer than the 

 wai-ty, haiiless fi'uit. a. 7-9. Calc. fields. 



P. Flowers a.tillary, not panicled. Seeds 

 oblong. 



36. minutuluxu. Fl. solitary. Fr. spread- 

 ing (never reflexed). Seeds globular. L. 

 eUiptic or obovato-eUiptic. a. 6. Granitic. 

 Island of PortqueroUes near Hyeres. — Joed. 



Besides this, M. Jordan adds no less than 

 nineteen new species to the genus, and alludes 

 to some others of whose distiactness he has 

 less confidence. The descriptions do not af- 



ford characters sufiicicntly definite to enable 

 me to introduce them. He also proposes to 

 restore several other species which have been 

 generally rejected by modern botanists. 



37. murale. Flower-stalks between the 

 L. usually 1-flowered, reflexed in fruit. Fr. 

 hispid at top. Seeds incm-ved. a. 3, 4. Walls. 

 Italy, s. France. 



38. verticillatum. Fl. in the axUs, ver- 

 ticUlate. L. in fours ; upper opposite. Fr. 

 hispid, erect, a. 5, 6. Warm, dry. Prov. 

 Cal. Sicily. 



Sect. III. Lateral Flowers barren. 

 G. Flowers axillary. 



39. saccharatum. L. in sixes, Hneari- 

 lanceolate, mucronate, 1-nerved. Fruit warty. 

 Stems flaccid, with reversed prickles, a. 5, 7- 

 Fields, m. and s. Eur. 



40. Cruciata. Stem hairy, simple up- 

 wards. L. ovate or eUiptico-oblong, 3-nerved. 

 Stalks branched, bracteate. Root annual, a. 



4, 5. Thickets, ^"c. 



41. pedemontauum. Stem simple, flaccid, 

 with reflexed prickles, softly villous or haiiless. 

 L. 8 -nerved, ovali-oblong, hispid. Stalks 

 without bracts, 3-4-flowered, shoi-ter than L. 

 Fr. haMess. Root'annual. a. 5, 6. Sandy. 

 s. Em*, occ. 



42. vernum. Stem simple, \\ithout re- 

 flexed prickles, hairless towards the top. L. 

 ovate or oblong, 3-nerved. Stalks branched, 

 smooth, without bracts. Fi-. smooth. Root 

 perennial, p. 5, 6. Shade and moist mea- 

 doivs. s. Eur. 



370. VALANTIA. 



1. muralis. Stem decumbent. L. nearly 

 hairless. Fr. with a rigid crown, otherwise 

 smooth, a. 4, 5. Walls, Sfc. s. Eur. 



2. hispida. Stem ascending, hispid. L. 

 ciliate. Fr. hispid. Stalk recurved, a. 4, 



5. Fields and hedges. Pdm. Cal. 



371. CRUCIANELLA. 



1. molluginoides. Heads somewhat pa- 

 nicled. Fl. 5 -cleft. L. 6-12, lineari-lanceo- 

 late, rough. Bracts ovato-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, with villous margin, p, 7, 8. Moun- 

 tains. On the Kahlenberg near Laybach. 



2. maritima. Woody, branched. Fl. 5- 

 cleft, in an ovato-oblong head. L. in fom-s. 



