Asperula RUBIACEAE Galium 



A. odorata L. Sweet Woodruff. 



Escaped from cultivation, and collected once: near Centreville 

 (NC), Commons, 15 Sept. 1874 (A). 



Galium L. Bedstraw. 



G. Aparine L. Cleavers. 



Frequent in the Piedmont province, in thickets; less common on 

 the Coastal Plain: 4 mi. w. n. w. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 2382, 11 

 May 1940 (P); 6 mi. e. n. e. of Easton, Earle, 2476, 1 June 1940 (P). 

 May, early June. 



G. varum L. Yellow Bedstraw. 



Local: Chesapeake City (NC), just n. of the village, R. R. Tat- 

 nall, 367, 28 June 1929 (T, G, A); roadside. Middle Neck (Ce), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 2243, 4 July 1934 (T, P); roadside H mi. s. w. of 

 Greenville (NC), on Barley Mill road, R. R. Tatnall, 4861, 25 May 

 1941 (T, G, A). Late May to early July. Nat. from Europe. 



G. pilosum Air. Hairy Bedstraw, 



Frequent throughout; thickets and woods, in dry sandy soil. 

 Late June, July. 



Var. puncticulosum (Mx.) T. & G. 



Infrequent, in pine woods. Piedmont and Coastal Plain. 



G. circaezans Mx. Wild Licorice. 



Common in rocky woods of the Piedmont province; less common 

 on the Coastal Plain, at least as far south as Talbot County (Earle). 

 June, early July. 



G. lanceolatum Torr. Wild Licorice. 



Infrequent, in rich woods. Piedmont province. June, early 

 July. 



G. boreale L. Northern Bedstraw. 



Rare, in the Piedmont of northern New Castle County: near 

 Hockessin, Commons, 19 June 1869 (A); along Red Clay Creek 

 above Yorklyn, Commons, 23 June 1872 (D); rocky woods near 

 Faulkland, Commons, 22 July 1884 (A). June, July. 



G. Mollugo L. 



Infrequent; fields and waysides of northern New Castle County; 

 rare on the Coastal Plain: roadside 2}^ mi. w. of Easton (Ta), 



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