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inches long and half an inch broad, a little acuminate, or ta- 

 pering to a point, of a thin and membranaceous texture, (not 

 puncticulaie) ; nerves and midrib smooth. Peduncles long, 

 terminal, trichotomous and divaricate. Corolla brownish-pur- 

 ple ; segments acuminate. Fruit closely sessile. 

 Hab. In stony woods, Bloomingdale, Sec, New-York. Litch- 

 field, Connecticut. Brace, Williamstown, Massachusetts. 

 Dewey. 



Nearly allied to the preceding species, of which I formerly 

 considered it a variety. Having, however, found it to be con- 

 stant in its characters, I am convinced it is quite distinct. 



12. G. hermudianum L? : stem much branched, scarcely 

 pubescent ; leaves in fours, ovate, obtuse, smooth, with pel- 

 lucid dots ; margin and nerves pubescent ; flowering branches 

 elongated; fruit uncinately hispid. Pursh Ft. I. p. 104. 

 Sp, pi. p. 153 .? Roein. &i Schult. IIL p. 254. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stem erect, quadrangular, smooth. 

 Young leaves nearly linear ; old ones ovate, 3-nerved, rather 

 obtuse. Peduncles towards the extremities of the branches, 

 opposite, and so much compounded as to give the fljwers the 

 appearance of a crowded panicle. Segments of the corolla 

 lanceolate. Fruit hispid, with hooked hairs. Elliott. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania. June. Muhlenberg. -^ 



This is an obscure species to me. Among all my speci- 

 mens of Galium I cannot find one that will accord with 

 Pursh*s description. It may be doubted, however, whe- 

 ther the G. bermudia?ium of this author is the same as that of 

 LinnauSf which is thus described in the Sfiecies Plantaruni. 

 "G. foliis quaternis linearibus obtusis, ramis ramosissimis." 

 The detailed description given above is from Elliott, who 

 remarks that his specimens are from Pennsylvania, and were 

 sent him by Muhlenberg. The G. hermudianum of the 

 Muhlenbergin Herbarium I could not distinguish irum our G. 

 fiilosum. 



13. G. boreale L. : stem straight and erect, branched, 

 very smooth ; branches short ; leaves in fours, linear-lanceo- 

 late, generally obtuse, 3-nerved; margin involute and sca- 

 brous ; flowers in a terminal panicle, divaricate ; fruit minutely 

 and uncinately hii^pid. W ill d. Spec. I. p. 695. Pursh 

 Ft. I. p. 104. G. sirictum Cat. pi. Ne.w-York, p. 23. Eat. 

 Man. ed. 2. p. 287. G. septentrionak Rot nu h S chult, 

 \U. p. 253. 



Root perennial. Stem a foot and a half, and sometimes more 

 than two feet, in heiglit, branched above, but nearly naked be- 

 low, smooth and a little shining; joints somewhat sAveiled. 

 Leaves an inch or more in length, varying: from almost linear 

 to lanceolate, very distinctly 3-nerved ; smooth, except on the 

 martrin and nerves. Panicle terminal, subpyramidal, crowded 



