RUBIACEAE 1267 
1. G. Aparine L. Plant reclining, 1-15 dm. long, the stem retrorse-scabrous 
or prickly: leaves, and stipules, with linear- peepee blades 1-8 cm. long, the 
upper side with short stout ges (small- 
leaved, abun ndantly fruited, Roni h longer- 
hispidu ulous fruits in G. Aparine Valllanis ): 
eorolla Saran Jobes ar ae o mm 
aeute: fruit 3—5 mm. t 
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ee various provinces, Fla. to d pum 5 
Ont., and N. B.—( Eurasia.) —Spr.- 
. G. parisiense L. Plant 1.5-3 dm. tall, 
the stem retrorse-scabrous on the angles: 
. Much 
fruit about 0.5 mm. thick, Bier rough 
ened.— Fields and roadsides, Blue Ridge to Appalachian Plateau, N. C. to 
Tenn. and Va. Nat. of —Sum. 
3. G. virgatum Nutt. Plant 1-3 dm. tall, the stem hispid, with short p 
nodes: leaves and stipules with linear-elliptie blades, 3-10 mm s ng, very 
hispid on the margin and midrib: corolla white; lobes ovate, less t an 1 2n 
long, glabrous: fruit about 3 mm. thick, uncinate. hispid, (glabr ous 25 smooth 
like the foliage, c virgatum eigear pum) — Dry soil, Coastal Plain and adj. 
provinces, Tenn. to La., Tex., and Mo. | 
G. pilosum Ait. Plant 3-8 dm. tall, the stem p 4-angled above the 
swollen nodes (or internodes merely pubescent with uncinate hairs on the angles 
in G. pil loswm ilo 
m puncticu l in G. um pam aule): leaves and 
stipules, with ov pidas i elliptic blades 8-10 mm. long, sparingly pubescent, 
pe ellucid- eine ben : corolla yellowish bs des ; lobes ovate to lanceo- 
late, about 1.5 mm pera "fra it about 4 hiek, uncinate-hispi ee 
wo di shaded banks, fence- 2 and thi coe various pode Fla. to Tex. 
, Ont., and Mass.—(W Sum. 
5. G. circaezans Michx. Plant 2-4 dm. tall, the stem glabrous or sparingly 
m leaves and stipules with elliptic-ovate or oval blades 15-30 mm. 
long, or more, iaa gly pubeseent: eorolla greenish; lobes ovate, acute, less 
than 2 mm. long: fruit about 5 mm. thick, uncinate- his spid.—( WILD- Ton, Minn, 
—Dry woods, ae a and open banks, various prouncen Fla. to Tex., Min 
and Que.—Sum 
6. G. lanceolatum Torr. Pe i aud pubescent in parts, the stem branched 
at the base, mostly 2.5-6 dm s and stipules shorter than the inter 
nodes, 30— 75 mm . long; bla des - e ide leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 
late, acute or slightly acuminate, sparingly pubescent, especially on the veins 
beneath, 3-ribbed: iar few, sessile on the spreading cyme-branches: corolla 
glabrous or nearly so, 3-5 mm. broad, pene or yellowish, becoming purple; 
lobes 4, slender- reed fruit as in G. E —Dry 
thiekets and in woods, various D. N of Coastal Plain, N. C. to Ky., 
Ont., and Que.—Sum 
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G. ps orum Michx. Plant reclining, sweet-scented in drying, the ste 
3-10 dm. long, sparsely hispid or rarely od leaves Ls stipules in 6's, 
uin broadly linear to elliptic blades 1-8 . long, the margins and midri 
hispid: flowers relatively few, 3 together a the m peduneles: eorolla 
