TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Galium, 
their feathers, porcupine quills, and other ornaments, 
ofabeautifülred. «1 
4. G. caulibus diffusis ramosissimis retrorsum aculeatis, 
, foliis caulinis senis, rameis quaternis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis margine nervoque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis 
divaricatis multifloris, pedicellis brevibus,— AMicA. fl. 
amer. 1. p.78. £ RE 
In swamps and among low bushes : Canada to Virginia. 
Y. July. v.v. Flowers white, very small, >œ =- 
5. G. caulibus procumbentibus retro-scabris, foliis caulinis 
quinis, rameis. quaternis linearibus obtusis margine 
nervoque scabris, fasciculis terminalibus paucifloris, 
pedicellis brevibus, corollis plerumque trifidis.— illd. 
Sp. pl. A. p. 585. 
Aparine floribus albis, &c. Gron. ji. virg. 18... 
.G.Claytoni. Mich.fl.amer.1.9.78. 9. 
In swamps and wet fields: Canada to.Caroling. 2. 
July. v.v. Flowers white, very small. 
** Fructu hirsuto, 
6.G. caulibus flaccidis retrorsum scabris, foliis suboctonis 
lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis supra hispidis, margine 
carinaque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis longitudine fo- 
liorum  subtrifloris, fructibus uncinato-hispidis.— 
Willd, sp. pl. 1. p. 597. 
. Icon, Fl, dan. 495. Engl. bot. 810. . | 
In hedges and small woods: Pensylvania, &c. ©. d. 
at, June—Aug, v.v. Flowers small, white. - 
7. G. caulibus ramosissimis divaricatis retrorsum aculeatis, 
foliis brevibus lanceolatis mucronatis glabris, margine 
carinaque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis divaricato-ramu- 
losis, pedicellis subbifloris, fructibus hispidis. 
In mountain swamps : Canada to New York. X July. 
v.v. Flowers white, very numerous and exceeding 
. small. It produces generally only one seed.  Resem- 
.. bles G. uliginosum very much. YE 
8. G. caulibus flaccidis elongatis bracbiato-ramosis hispi- 
E dis: ramis brevibus, foliis senis oblongo-lanceolatis 
 . acuminatis glabris, margine carinaque setaceo-ciliatis, 
... ramis floriferis verticillis longioribus divaricato-dicho- 
mis: pedicellis bifloris, fructibus uncinato-bispidis. 
__ In meadows and on the edges of woods, frequent: New 
England to Virginia, Y. June—Aug, v.s. Howers 
Se. ss a 
x: : E ; 
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Ae 
asprellum. 
trifidum. 
micranthum. 
brachiatum. | 
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