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Common on the plains, 5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 494). 

 Ontario to British Columbia; Missouri and Texas to 

 Arizona and Mexico. 



Order 40. RUBIALES. 

 Family 103. RUBIACEAE. Juss. Madder family. 



414. GALIUM L. Bedstraw. 



966. G. Vaillantii DC. [G. Aparine VaUlantii Koch]. Vail- 

 lant's bedstraw. 



In gulches and canons, mainly in the shade, 5100-8000 ft. 

 (Daniels, 120). 

 Montana and British Columbia to Mexico. 



967. G. boreale L. Northern bedstraw. 



Common on the mesas, foothills and mountainsides, 5600- 

 8600 ft. (Daniels, 89). Also between Sunshine and Ward 

 (Rydberg). 



Quebec to Alaska; New Jersey to California: Europe: 

 Asia. 



968. G. flaviflorum Heller. Yellow-flowered bedstraw. 

 In gulches at base of the Flat-irons, 5700-6000 ft. (Daniels, 



499)- 



Colorado to New Mexico. 



969. G. triflorum Michx. Fragrant bedstraw. 

 Canons of the foothills, 6000-8000 ft. (Daniels, 466). 

 Newfoundland to Alaska; Alabama to California. 



Family 104. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Vent. Honeysuckle 



family. 



415. SAMBTJCUS L. Elder. 



970. S. microbotrys Rydb. Small-berried elder. 



Slopes at Ward, 9200 ft. (Daniels, 306). Also between Sun- 

 shine and Ward (Rydberg); Spencer Mountain at Eldora ; 

 Silver lake; foot of Longs Peak; Redrock lake, west of 

 Ward (Ramaley). 



South Dakota to Wyoming; Colorado to Arizona. 



