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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



129. OLDENLANDIA. Gen. pi. 205. 



glomerata. 1. O. procumbens ; foliis lanceolato-ovatis, floribus axilla- 

 libus terminalibusque conglobatis pedicellatis, germi- 

 nibus hispidis. Mich.fl. amer. 1, p. 83. 



O. uniflora. Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 675. 



Hedyotis auricularia. IViilt.Jl. car. 85. 



Hedyotis uniflora. Lam. illustr. ] . p. 27 1. 



On sandy wet fields : New Jersey to Carolina. 0. May 

 — July. V. V. A small creeping plant j flowers green- 

 ish-white. 



130. RUBIA. GeTi. pi. 164. Madder. 



• 

 Brownei 1. R. hispida ; foliis quaternis ovalibus, pedunculls solitaviis 



unifloris, caulc decuinbente. Mich.Jl. amer. I. p. 81. 

 R. subhirsuta scandens vel reclinata, foliis cruciatis, flo- 

 ribus singularibus ad alas. Brown, jam. p. 141. 

 R . peregrina. IFalt. fl. car. 86. 

 Valantia hypocarpa. Linji. 



In shady woods : Carolina and Florida. 1/ . -f . Flowers 

 yellow j berries purple^ smooth. 



131. GALIUM. Gen.pl. 162. 

 * Fruciu glalro. 



lat'ifolium. l.G. caulibus erectis laevibus, foliis quaternis oralis acutis 



trinervibus : margine nervisque hispidis, peduncuUs 

 oppositis lateralibus terminalibusque dichotomis diva- 

 ricatis laxe multifloris. — Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 79. 

 In dry slaty mountains of Virginia and Carolina. % . 

 June, July. v. v. Leaves broad ; flowers purple. It 

 generally has but one seed. 



unlflorum. 2. G. caulibus flaccidis laevibus, foliis quaternis linearibus 

 acutis glabris, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris 

 brevissimis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 7Q. 

 In Carolina. Michaux. +. Flowers white. 



tinclormm. 3- G. caulibus diffusis laeviusculis, foliis caulinis senis, ra- 

 meis quaternis linearibus acutiusculis, margine nervo- 

 que tenuissime aculeatis, pedunculis terminalibus 

 elongatis plerumque trifloris. — lVilld.sp.pl. 1. p. 586. 

 In wet woods and along hedges : Canada to Virginia. 

 1/ . June — Aug. v. v. Flowers white. This is the 

 plant with which the Indians of North America dye 



