PIPER—FLORA OF THE STATE 
7. Plantago elongata Pursh, Fl. 2: 729. 1814. 
Plantago pusilla Nutt. Gen. 1: 100. 1818. 
Tyrer cocatity: “In Upper Louisiana.” 
Rance: Washington to New England and Texas. 
OF WASHINGTON. 
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SPECIMENS EXAMINED: White Salmon, Suksdorf 306; Major Creek, Suksdorf, May 4, 1886. 
RUBIACEAE. Mapper 
FAMILY. 
Leaves whorled, without stipules .......-...------------------- GaLiuM (p. 525). 
Leaves opposite, stipulate 
Annuals; fruit hispid or hirsute. 
KELLOGGIA (p. 527). 
Leaves mostly in 4’s; stems erect, smooth ....-.--- 3. G. bifolium. 
Leaves 6 to 8 in each whorl; stems rough on the 
angles. 
Stems erect or ascending; fruit 2 to 3 mm. 
broad _.. 2.2... ------ 2-2-2202 ee ee eee 1. G. vaillantit. 
Stems reclining; fruit 4 to 6 mm. broad. ..--- - 2. G. aparine. 
Perennials. 
Stems wholly herbaceous. 
Leaves 3-nerved in whorls of four. 
Fruit hispid. 
Leaves oblong-ovate, acutish .-..- --- 4a. G. kamtschaticum oreganum. 
Leaves obovate or orbicular, obtuse... 4. @. kamtschaticum. 
Fruit canescent, becoming smooth; leaves 
linear ....2.---.----------------+--- 5. G. boreale. 
Leaves I-nerved. 
Whorls containing four, five, or six leaves; 
fruit smooth. 
Flowers in clusters of three, or solitary- 
axillary ........----------------- 6. G. trifidum. 
Flowers cymose, numerous... ......-- 7. @. eymosum. 
Whorls containing six leaves; fruit not 
smooth. 
Fruit granulate-scabrous..........-.. 8. @. asperrimum. 
Fruit hispid with hooked hairs....... 9. G. triflorum. 
Stems sulTrutescent. 
Hlerbage glabrous. 
Leaves ovate, thick........-..---------- 10. G. multiflorum. 
Leaves oblong, thin .....-.------------- 10a. G. multiflorum watsont. 
Herbage puberulent; leaves ovate ......------ 10b. G. multiflorum puberulum. 
1. Galium vaillantii DC. Fl. Fr. 4: 263. 1805. 
Galium aparine minor [us] Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 290. 1833. 
Galium aparine vaillantii Koch, Fl. Germ. 330. 1837. 
Type Locairy: Near Paris, France. 
Rance: British Columbia to California and Texas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf 1659 
and Waterville, Spillman, May, 1896; Coulee City, Piper 3858; Kamiak Butte, Piper 3558. 
2. Galium aparine L. Sp. PI. 1: 108. 1753. 
Type Locauity: European. 
Rance: Alaska to Canada, southward to California and Texas. 
(2); between Coulee City 
Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Montesano, Heller 4007; Lopez Island, Lyall in 1858; Peshastin, 
