1268 RUBIACEAE 
greenish or r yellowish: -white; lobes fully ae 5 mm. long: fruit about 3 mm. thick, 
uneinate-hispid.—(S WEE ET-SCENTED BEDS w.)—Thickets and woods, a 
provinces, Fla. to Tex., Calif., Alas., Ont, a Ne NE Urano )—Spr.-s 
8. G. latifolium Michx. Plant 3-6 dm. tall, the stem glabrous (hispid, like 
the leaves, in G. latifolium E 2. leaves ind hb ules Rios h br oadly 
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lanceolate blades 3—6 em. long: corolla brownish; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
‘nate, about 2.5 mm. long: fruit about 2.5 mm. thick, ay ane slightly fleshy. — 
Woods, Blue Ridge to Appalachian Plateau, Ga. to Al a. and Pa.—Sum 
9, G. arkansanum A. Gray. Plant about 3 dm. tall, the stem glabrous below, 
Re seabrous above: leaves and stipules with narrowly or linear-laneeolate 
blades 25—40 mm. long, seabrous on the margin and midrib, x pellue cid- 
puntate e corolla brownish purple: lobes ovate-lanceolate, cuminate 
about 2.5 mm. long: fruit 2-2.5 mm. thick, glabrous.—Dry soil, a in rocky 
woods, various a N of Coastal Plain, Tenn. to Okla. and Mo.— 
10. G. Claytonii Michx. Plant more or less diffuse, 1.5-6 dm. tall, the stem 
retrorse-seabrous on the angles: leaves and stipules mostly in 5 6’s, wit 
linear-spatulate or spatulate-elliptie blades ae mm. long, obtuse, with scabrous 
sal oe and midrib: corolla white; lobes about 1 mm. long: fruit ee 1.5 
thick, Sta oi BA: shes and ditches, various provinces, N. C. to Tex., 
Nebr., and Que.—Spr 
11. G. tinctorium L. Plant 1.5-2.5 dm. tall, the stem glabrous or nearly so: 
leav 7 and stipules mostly in ev with h linear-lanceolate blades 15-25 mm. long; 
(plants decumbent MS linear-spatulate leaves, in G. tinctoriwm , forida anum) : 
flowers 2 or 3 i y nal elusters: corolla white; lobes about 1 m ong: fruit, 
when didymous, 3-3.5 mm. wide, smoot amp shaded Uc. sw T and 
Ww thickets, n pA Fla. to Tex., Ariz., Nebr., and Que.—Spr.-sum., 
all year southward. 
12. G. filifolium (Wiegand) Small. Plant 1.3 dm. tall, the stem and branches 
diffuse, more or less spr E in age, glabrous: leaves and ds pes ul in 
4's, with very narrowly linear blades mostly m cm. long: in Era n 
d i pedicelled : corolla white, about 1 m m. long: fr ur nun d idy- 
wide, glabr me pinelands, swamps, and stream- -banks, 
Col ‘Plain Ga. 46 N. Cer 
13. Œ. asprelum L. Plant reclining, the stem 3-16 dm. long, retrorsely sca- 
brous or prickly: leaves and stipules in 6’s, with elliptic- spatulate to elliptic 
blades 1-2 em. long, the margins and midrib scabrous: flowers very numero 
corolla white; lobes fully 1.5 mm. long: fruit about 2.5 mm. thick, smooth and 
gla rous.— (Rove GH-BEDSTRAW. )—0 pen swamps and moist thickets, various 
provinces, N. C. to Nebr., Ont., and ee eee 
14. G. uniflorum Michx. Plant evergreen, about 3 dm. tall, - stem smooth 
and glabrous: leaves and stipules with linear blades 25—28 mm. long, aeute, 
glabrous Mu flowers solitary in pairs: corolla white; lobes QM ovate, 
about 2 mm. long: fruit about 1.5-2 mm. thick, baccate, gla rous.—Dry * woods, 
Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex. and S. C.—Sum. 
15. G. bermudense L. Plant evergreen, diffuse, the stem 1-6 dm. long, his- 
pour or oe a and stipules oval or elliptic, 5- 20 mm. long, 
mm. thick, ba itin Bud y smooth and glabrous. Ed hispidulum nice um 
Dry sandy soil, Coastal Plain, Fla. to La. and N. (V. I.)—Spr.- 
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