uiFSAcus. TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. IGI, 



oval, pedunculate, generally terminal, pale blue, or nearly 

 white. Scales of the receptacle longer than the ilovvers. 

 Hab. In old fields on the Island of New-York ; rare. July. 

 On the edges of fields and on water sides ; Pennsylvania to 

 Virginia. Purs/i. Doubtless introduced from Europe. 



105. GALIUM. L. 

 Calyx 4-toothcd. Corolla monopetalous, rotate, 

 4..cleft. Seeds 2, globose. Gm. pL 162. Nutt. 

 Gen. I. p. 93. Juss. p. 196. Lam. III. t. LX. 

 Roem. £if Scliult. Gen.A^l. Nat. Orel. Rubiaceae 

 Juss. Leaves verticillate. Bed-straw. Cleavers. 



* Fruit smooth. 



1. G. verum L.: leaves about 8 in a whorl, linear, 

 grooved, scabrous ; flowers in dense panicles. W Hid. Spec. 

 J. p. 590. Eng. Bot 660. Big. Bost. p. 36. Rotnu cfr 

 Schult. III. p. 233. 



Root perennial. Stem erect, branched, slender, pubescent. 



Leaves reflected downward, scabrous; margin involute. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Hab. In dry open pastures, near Boston. Digelonv. June — 



July. Introduced. 



2. G. trijidum L. : stem procumbent, scabrous down- 

 ward ; leaves linear, obtuse, scabrous of the margin and mid- 

 rib ; those of the stem in fives; of the branches in fours; 

 flowers in terminal fascicles, pedicels short ; corolla generally 

 3.cleft. Willd. Spec. I. p. 585. Pursh Ft. I. p. 108. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 1 94. Wal t. Car. p. 86. R o t vu cfr 

 Schult. III. p. 220. G. Clayioni J\I i c h. Fl. 1. p. 78. 



Root perennial. Stem procumbent and assurgent, quadrangular, 

 much branched ; the angles roughened by minute, reflexed 

 prickles. Leaves generally about 4 in a M-liorl ; sometimes 

 those on the stem are in fives ; broadly linear. Flowers in 

 threes, white, minute; pedicels slender, spreading. Calyx 

 very minute ; teeth obtuse. Segments of the corolla 3, (rarely 

 4,) obtuse. Stamens shorter than the corolla; a?i(/u'?-s dk])- 

 mous, oblong. Style as long as the stamens, bifid ; srig^mus 

 globose. 



Hab. In low wet places; very common. .Tune — August. 



^. lalifolium : leaves obovatu-cuncatc. 



IIab. In similar situations with tiie preceding. 



This species is also a native of iJenmaik and Sweden. It 

 strongly resembles G. /lalustrc. 



