876 



RUB1ACEAE 



Galium 



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Map 1919 



Galium boreale L , var typicum 



la. Galium circaezans var. hypomalacum Fern. (Rhodora 39: 450. 

 1937.) Wild Licorice. Map 1916. The variety is frequent in moist, rich 

 woods throughout the state. 



Maine, sw. Que. to Minn, and Nebr., southw. to N. C, Ky., Mo. and 

 Okla. 



2. Galium lanceolatum Torr. Wild Licorice. Map 1917. Very local; in 

 moist or dry woods, usually associated with beech and sugar maple. 



Maine to Minn., southw. to N. C. and Ky. 



3. Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bedstraw. Map 1918. Infrequent 

 throughout the lake area in dry, sandy soil, usually associated with black 

 and white oak; rarer in the southwestern part of the state, where it is 

 generally found in rather sandy soil on the crests and slopes of black oak 

 ridges ; apparently absent from the Tipton Till Plain. 



N. H., Ont., Mich., 111., and Kans., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



4. Galium boreale L. var. typicum Beck von Man. (Femald. The varieties 

 of Galium boreale. Rhodora 30: 106-10. 1928.) Northern Bedstraw. 

 Map 1919. Restricted to the lake area. Our specimens are from moist, sandy 

 soil along railroads and roadsides and one is from a tamarack bog. 



N. H. to B. C., and Alaska, southw. to N. Y., N. Mex., and Oreg. 



4a. Galium boreale var. intermedium DC. Map 1920. Local in the lake 

 area in moist, sandy soil in black oak woods, on borders of lakes, and 

 along roadsides. 



N. E. to Ont., southw. to Del. and Ind. 



4b. Galium boreale var. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) DC. Map 1921. Re- 

 stricted to the lake area and found in dry, sandy soil along railroads and 

 roadsides, and less frequently in bogs and marshes. 



Gaspe Peninsula, s. Que., N. Dak. to Vancouver Island, southw. to n. 

 N. J., Ohio, Mo., and Oreg. 



