GALIUM Vaillantii.
V a illa n t’s C le a v e r s .
TETRANDR1A Monogynia.
Gen. Char. C o ro lla rotate. F r u i t dry, not crowned
Spec.w Cithh atrh.e cLaleyaxv.es 6-8 in a whorl, linear-lanceolate,
with reflexed marginal prickles. Stems rough with reflexed prickles. Pedunclesaxillary,
many-flowered, cymose. Fruit bristly.
Syn. Galium Vaillantii. D e C a n d . F l. F r . v . 4. 263 ;
S y n . 301 ; P r o d . v . 4. 608 (excluding the synonym
of W a l d s t . e t K i t .) . G. agreste a. echinospermon. W a l l . S c h e d . 59 (excluding the synonyms of C a m e r a r iu s , M o r i-
s o n , and W a ld s te in ) . G. agreste a . M e r t. e t K o c h D e u ts c h . F l. v . 1.207.
G. spurium ß . R e ic h . F I. G e r m . E x c u r s . 207.
G. Bsrpeubr.i uFmI. N o r m . 138. ß . Vaillantii. B a b . M a n . e d . 2. 156.
G. spurium B. echinospermum. D e s p . F I. S a r . e t
G. Mspauyr. iu1m18 .b . M ic h e l F I. D a u p h . 214.
G. Aparine ß . L a m . E n c y c l. v . 2. 581.
G. Aparine ß . Vaillantii. L o is . D e s l. F I. G a ll. e d . l.?j. 1.56. D u b y B o t. G a ll. 251. K o c h S y n .
F I . G e r m . e d . 2. 363. G o d r . F I. L o r r . v . 5. 311.
G. Aparine d . B o r e a u F I. C e n t. F r . v . 2. 221.
G. Aparine s. v. Vaillantii. C o ss . e t G e r m . F I .
P a r . 364; A tla s , t. 2 3 . f . D. 3 (by no means
Apcahrainrae cvteurlgisatricis),. semine minori. T o u r n . I n s t A 14.
V a ill. P a r . 14. t. 4. ƒ. 4. except b . (excluding
the synonym of C a m e r a r iu s ) .
T H I S small Cleavers, first distinguished by Tournefort and
excellently figured by Vaillant, was named Galium Vaillantii
by DeCandolle in honour of that eminent botanist, which
name must remain, being prior to that of Wallroth. It was
discovered by Mr. George Stacey Gibson, F.L.S., in cultivated
grounds in the neighbourhood of Saffron Walden in