Class IV. Order I. 



45. GALIUM. 

 GALIUM ASPRELLUM. Jlfic/i. Pointed Cleavers or Clivers. 



Stem decumbent, rough backward ; leaves in 

 sixes, oval- lanceolate with a flaccid point ; flowers 

 on very short pedicels ; fruit smooth. Mich. abr. 



Found in thickets and low grounds. Stem weak, support- 

 ed by plants around it, like many others of the genus ; rough 

 with minute reflexed prickles, as are also the ribs and margins 

 of the leaves. Leaves in whorls of six, lanceolate, with a slen- 

 der, scarious, curved point. Flowers white. Fruit smooth, 

 very minute. June, July. Perennial, 



GALIUM TINCTORIUM. L. Dyers Cleavers. 



JLeaves linear, those of the stem in sixes, of the 

 branches in fours ; stem flaccid ; peduncles two 

 flowered; fruit smooth. L. 



A weak, branching plant, rough with reflexed prickles. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, whorled, the larger ones in 

 sixes, smaller ones in fours. Peduncles very small, supporting 

 minute Avhite flowers, which are succeeded by smooth fruit. *- 

 Thickets and low ground, June, July .Perennial, 



According to Kalm the roots dye a permanent red. 



GALIUM VERUM. L. Fellow 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, 

 slender, pubescent. Leaves linear, rough, with the edges 

 rolled back, pointing downward. Branches opposite, unequal, 

 leafy, many flowered. Flowers small, yellow, followed by mi* 

 nute smooth fruit. June, July. Perennial, 



