TETEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Galium. 103 



their feathers, porcupine quills, and other ornaments, 

 of a beautiful red. 



4. G. caulibus difFusis ramosissimis retrorsum aculeatis, asprdlum. 



, foliis caulinis senis, rameis quaternis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis margine nervoque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis 

 divaricatis multifloris, pedicellis brevibus. — Mich.ji. 

 amer. 1. p.yS. 

 In swamps and among low bushes : Canada to Virginia. 

 11 . July. V. V. Flowers white, very small. 



5. G. caulibus procumbentibus retro-scabris, foliis caulinis irifidum. 



quinis, rameis quaternis linearibus obtusis margine 

 nervoque scabris, fasciculis terminalibus paucifloris, 

 pedicellis brevibus, coroUis plerumque trifidis. — Willd. 

 sp. pi. 1. p. 585. 



Aparine floribus albis, &c. Gron.Ji. virg. IS. 



G.Claytoni. Mich.ji. amer. 1 . p. 78. 



In swamps and wet fields : Canada to Carolina. H , 

 July. V. V. Flowers white, very small. 



** Fructu hirsuto. 



6. G. caulibus flaccidis retrorsum scabris, foliis suboctonis sparine. 



lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis supra hispidis, margine 

 carinaque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis longitudine fo- 

 liorum subtrifloris, fructibus uncinato-hispidis. — 

 WiUd.sp.pl. I.p.5g7. 



Icon. Fi.dan.AQ5. Engl.lot.QlQ. 



In hedges and small woods : Pensylvania, &:c. O. ^. 

 June — Aug. v. v. Flowers small, white. 



7. G. caulibus ramosissimis divaricatis retrorsum aculeatis, winanlhtmi 



foliis brevibus lanceolatis mucronatis glabris, margine 

 carinaque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis divaricato-ramu- 

 Icsis, pedicellis subbifloris, fructibus hispidis. 

 In mountain sv/amps : Canada to New York. 11 . July. 

 V. V. Flowers white, very numerous and exceeding 

 small. Jt produces generally only one seed. Kesem- 

 bles G. uliginosum very much. 



8. G. caulibus flaccidis elongatis brachiato-ramosis hispi. hrachiatum, 



dis: ramis brevibus, foliis senis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis glabris, margine carinaque setaceo-ciliatis, 

 ramis floriferis verticillis longioribus divaricato-dicho- 

 tomis ; pedicellis bifloris, fructibus uncinato-hispidis. 

 In meadows and on the edges of woods, frequent : New 

 England to Virginia. % . June — Aug. v. v. Flowers 

 white. 



