1 Coa , G. asper » Gray. ! > Rootstocks slender, the stems weak 
bbe and SosTietnge Bo. 100 om. long or more, very scabrous along the angles; 
leaves su@@@y in 5's or 6's, oblong-elliptical, 1-3 om. long, 3-6 om. wide, 
wv. poronate, very scabrous along the vein beneath and the 
flowers several QaRyEAGNayMeymED, the pedice]s 
panicles; corolla white, sometines tinged with pink, its lobes ova ®, 1.56 = / 
2mm. long, mucronate; matur2 carpels 1-1.5 mm. in diameter ,covere® with closely 
appressed, short thickish curving hairs. , 
Frequent in meadows or along streams at the borders of thiekets,. 
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Stemsscreeping over low herbage 
“Gs triflorum Michx. 
_ or prostrate and sometimes forming mats, 30-80 cm. long, the angles 
margined, glabrous or sparingly hispidulous; leaves in whorls of 6, thin 
in texture, narrowly oblong-elliptical, 2-5 om. long, 6-12 mn. wide, obtuse 
at_ both ends, but mucronate, eseahimmmre, l-veined, nearly glabrous, the vein 
and margins sanewhat scabrous; flowers 2-3 on widely divaricate pedicels 
25-2 cme long, Waumerdm jaxilla cymes| on slender peduncles 2-4 om. long; 
corolla greenish-white, the lobes 1.5-2 mm. long, ovate, mucronate; ovary 
densely woolly-hispid; mature carpels 1.5-2 mm. in diameter, subglobose > 
covered with prickles .5-.7 mm. long, hooked at the very tips, not pustulate 
at the base. 
Frequent in rather dry semi-open woods. 
(Ge aparine L. — —— —> Annual, 60-100 om. tall or more, with weak 
reclining stems clinging to enduehinekescems® herbage and shrubbery, re- 
Orse hispid; leaves 6-8 in each whorl] 42-4 om. long, 3-5 mn. broad, 
linear-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse but narrowed to a mucro at the 
apex, narrowed below the middle, l-veined, scabrous; flowers 3-5 in axillary 
Cymes with foliar bracts, the pedicels 8-12 mm. long, the peduncles 2-5 om. 
long; corolla lobes white, =~ ~» 1-1.5 mm. long, the stamens .6 mm « 
long, the anthers yellow, the ovaries densely hispid; mature carpels black 
each 35-4 mm. in diameter, globose-ovoid, armed with stiff straight prickles 
-6-.7 mm. long, pustulate at the base, minutely hooked at the very apex. 
Frequent, climbing upon brush and low herbage in usually open places, 
often on talus slopes or rocky lake shores at low elevations. 
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