' 258 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Leaves in whorls of 4. 



Leaves 1-nerved; stems densely hairy; flowers conspicuously pediceled, yellowish 



- pUrple 3. G. pilosum. 



Leaves 3-nerved; stems glabrous or nearly so; flowers sessile or nearly so, greenish. 



Fruit glabrous. Plants perennial. 4. G. circaezans. 



Leaves acute or bristle-pointed, mostly in whorls of 6. 



Leaves linear, shining, slightly upward-scabrous on the margins, acute. 



, . 5. G. conctnnum. 



Leaves elliptic to obovate, dull, downward -scabrous, bristle-pointed. 



Leaves obtuse, never bristle-pointed. 6 ' ° as * relIum - 



Leaves usually all in whorls of 4, linear or nearly so; corolla lobes 4, acute. 



T . . 7. G. tinctorium. 



Leaves mostly in whorls of 6, sometimes in 4's, epatulate or spatulate-oblong- 



corolla lobes usually 3, obtuse 8i G claytoni ' 



1. Galium aparine L. n 



Wet or moist ground; common. May-June. Nearly throughout N. Amer.; also in 

 Eur. 



2. Galium triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented bedstraw 

 Damp woods or alluvial soil; common. July -Oct. Nearly throughout N. Amer 



north of Mex.; also in Eur. and Asia. 



3. Galium pllosum Ait. xt. tt ,, 



t. * ... Hairy bedstraw. 



Dry woods or thickets; along the Potomac and at Lanham. June July. Eastern 



4. Galium circaezans Michx. Wtiti „„„„„,„ 

 n , , , Wild licorice. 



Open or shady woods; common. May-July. Eastern N. Amer. 



5. Galium concinnum Torr. & Gray. Shining bedstraw . 

 Low woods along the Potomac; common. June-Aug. Eastern U S 



6. Galium asprellum Michx. RouGH BEDSTRAW . 

 Woods along the Potomac and Hunting Creek. June-Oct. Eastern N. Amer. 



7. Galium tinctorium L. ■ -nx 



T i xt , Wild madder. 



Low ground near Naucks; also collected at several other localities not specified 

 May-June. Eastern N. Amer. 



8. Galium claytoni Michx. 



Swamps north and east of Washington; frequent. June-Sept. Eastern N Amer 

 (G. tnfidum of W'ard's Flora.) 



3. MITCHELLA L. 

 ttt , repens . Partridge-berry. 



Woods, especially under pines; common. May-June; fr. in autumn, persisting 

 until spring. Eastern N. Amer. b 



The "double" scarlet berries, as well as the foliage, are very handsome, and large 

 quantities of the plant are gathered for winter decorations. A form with white fruit 

 nas been found within our range by Titus Ulke. 



4. DIODIA L. 

 1. Diodla teres Walt. r. 



n„, ^ * -i -t T , Poor-weed. 



-Dry or sterile soil; common. July-Sept. Eastern U. S. to Mex. 



5. OLDENLANDIA L. 

 1. Oldenlandia uniflora L. 



Low ground near Bennings, August, 1899 (Steele). Eastern U. S. 



