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Galium RUBIACEAE Galium 



Earle, 3265, 17 May 1941 (P). Mid-May to early July. Nat. 

 from Europe. 



G. trifidum L. var. tinctorium (L.) T. & G. (G. Claytoni of 

 manuals. See Fernald: Rhodora 37, 443 sqq. 1935.) 



Frequent, in low ground, from the Fall Line southward to Sussex 

 and Talbot Counties. June, July. 



G. obtusum Bigel. (G. tinctorium of manuals. See Fernald, 1. c.) 



Common; damp woods, meadows and pond margins; widely 

 distributed north of the Virginia line. Late May through July. 



Var. filifolium (Wieg.) Fern. 



Apparently rare: low ground, 23^ mi. n. w. of Easton (Ta), 

 Earle, 1715, 30 May 1938. 



G. concinnum T. & G. 



Rare, along the Susquehanna River in Cecil County: Conowingo, 

 E. B. Bartram, 4 July 1907 (A); Pennell, 1589, 1 July 1914 (A); 

 alluvial thickets, Rowlandsville, Long & Bartram, 1178, 31 May 

 1913 (A). 



G. asprellum Mx. Rough Bedstraw. 



Frequent in wet places, sprawling over bushes, northern New 

 Castle County. July, Aug. 



G. triflorum Mx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. 



Common in rich woodlands of the Piedmont; less frequent on 

 the Coastal Plain, as far south as Talbot County {Earle). July to 

 early Oct. 



G. uniflorum Mx. 



Rare, in Northampton County: woods back of dunes. Savage 

 Neck, Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5457, 11 Oct. 1935 (T); pine woods s. 

 of Kendall Grove, same, 5458, 13 Oct. 1935 (P). 



A southern species, here apparently at its northern limit. 



G. hispidulum Mx. (G. bermudense L.) Coast Bedstraw. 



Rare, in sands of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Charles to Cape 

 Henlopen: Cape Charles City (No), Canhy, Sept. 1894 (D); dunes 

 near Cape Henlopen (S), Commons, 27 Aug. 1895 (A); pine woods, 

 Chincoteague Island (Ac), R. R. Tatnall, 138, 13 Sept. 1928 (T); 

 pine woods, Kiptopeke (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5460, 14 Oct. 



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