Class IV. Order I. 55 



* GALIUM OBTUSUM, Obtuse Galium. 



G. caule Icevi, procumbente ; foliis quaternis, ob- 

 lanceolatis, obtusis, margine nervoqiie asprellis ; 

 fructu Icevi. 



Stem smooth, procumbent ; leaves in fours, oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, rough on the edge and midrib ; fruit 

 smooth. 



Stem slender, diffuse, much branched, quadrangular, entirely 

 smooth. Leaves universally in fours, linear-lanceolate, very ob- 

 tuse, a little rough at the midrib and margin. Peduncles slen- 

 der, three flowered. Petals acute, white. Fruit globular, 

 smooth. On the banks of Muddy brook, Roxbury. July. Pe- 

 rennial. 



I should not have added another species to this numerous 

 genus, but 1 find no character applying to this in the exten- 

 sive list of Rremer, and Schultes. It is a larger and more open 

 plant than G. tinctorium. 



GALIUM VERUM. L. Yelloiv Bedstraw. 



Leaves eight in a whorl, channelled, entire, rough ; 

 flowers in dense panicles ; fruit smooth. Sm. 



Grows at Roxbury in dry, open pastures. Stem upright, slen- 

 der, pubescent. Leaves linear, rough, with the edges rolled 

 back, pointing downward. Branches opposite, unequal, leafy, 

 many flowered. Flowers small, yellow, followed by minute 

 smooth fruit. June, July. Perennial. 



Probably introduced from Europe. 



GALIUM CIUCJEZANS. MX. Cross Cleavers.' 



Stems erect ; leaves in fours, oval, ciliate ; pedun- 

 cles divaricate, few flowered ; fruit bristly. 



Syn. GALIUM RRACHIATUM. Muld. urc, Pi/rsk. 



Found in woods. Stem upright, smooth, minutely pubescent, 

 Leaves an inch, or an inch and an half long, and more than half 

 as broad, three nerved, hairy at the margin and nerves. Branch- 

 es few, near the top, opposite, few flowered. Peduncles nearly 

 simple, bent in various directions, making angles at every flow- 



