Hedyotis. LXXII. RUBIACE^. 305 



hispid with hooked hairs. — ^Ij. Grows in moist thickets and woods, Can. and 

 U. S. Stem 1 — 3f long, slightly branched. Leaves 1 — 2' long, \ as broad, often 

 obovate. Flowers greenish-white, small. Fruit whitish with its uncinate 

 clothing. Jl, 



7. G. BOREALE. (G. septen Irion ale. Bir.) Nnrlhern Galium. 



St. erect, smooth ; /r.s. in 4s, linear-lanceolate, rather acute, 3-veined, 

 smooth ; Jls. in a terminal, pyramidal panicle. — % Grows in rocky, shady places, 

 Northern States and Brit. Am. Stems If or more high, several together, 

 branched above. Leaves 12 — '20" by 2 — 9", tapering lo an obtusish point. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white, in a thyrse-like panicle at top of the stem. 

 Fruit small. Jl. 



8. G. piLosuM. Ait. (G. puncticulosum, Michx.) Hairy Galium. 



St. ascending, hirsute on the angles; Ivs. in 4s., oval, indistinctly veined, 

 hirsute both sides and punctate with pellucid dots ; ped. several times forked, 

 each division 2 — 3-flowered ; Jls. pedicellate. — % A rare species, found in dry 

 woods and sterile soils, Mass. ! to la. ! and Tex. Stem 1 — 2f high, acutely 4- 

 angled, mostly with few, short, spreading branches, sometimes much branched. 

 Leaves 9 — 12" by 4 — 8", obtusish, very hairy as well as the stem and Iruit. 

 Flowers purplish. Jn. 



9. G. ciRCJEZANS. Michx. Clrccca-like Galium. 



St. erect or ascending, smooth ; lis. in 4s, oval or ovate-lanceolate, 3- 

 veined, smoothish, ciliate on the margins and veins; ped. divaricate, few-flow- 

 ered ; //•. subsessile, nodding. — T]. Grows in woods, U. S. and Can. Stem about 

 If in height, with a few short branches near the top, or simple. Leaves 1 — 2' 

 by 4 — 8". FloAvers on very short, reflexed pedicels, scattered along the (usually 

 2) branches of the dichotomous peduncle. Fruit covered with little hooks as in 

 Circaea. Jl. — The leaves have a sweet taste like liquorice. 



/S. 1 lanceolatum. Torr. (G. Torreyi. Bw.) Very smooth ; Ivs. lanceolate ; 

 fr. sessile. — A fine variety i with larger leaves (2' or more in length). Flowers 

 purple. 



y. 1 montannm. T. & G. (G. Littelli. Oakes.) Dwarf; /Irs. obovate. — "White 

 Mts. Oakes. 



Suborder 2.— C IXCHONE.^. 



Calyx adherent to the ovary. Leaves opposite (rarely verticillate). 

 Stipules between the petioles, often united with .them into a sheath. 



2. MITCHELLA. 



In honor of Dr. John Mitchell, an English resident in Virginia. 



Flowers 2 on each double ovary ; calyx 4-parted ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, hairy within ; stamens 4, short, inserted on the corolla ; stig- 

 mas 4 ; berry composed of the 2 united ovaries. — Evergreen herbs, 

 smooth and creeping.^ with opposite leaves. 



M. REPENS. Partridge Berry. 



St. creeping ; Ivs. roundish-ovate, petiolate. — A little prostrate plant found 

 in woods throughout the U. S. and Can. Stem furnished with flat, coriaceous, 

 dark green leaves, and producing small, bright red berries, remarkably distin- 

 guished by their double structure, and remaining on the plant through the win- 

 ter. The corollas are white or tinged with red, very fragrant. Fruit well fla- 

 vored but diy and full of stony seeds. Jn. 



3. HEDYOTIS. 



Gr. rjSvs, sweet, (avj) oroi, the car; said to cure deafness. 



Calyx tube ovate, limb 4-parted ; corolla 4-lobed ; stamens 4, in- 

 serted on the corolla : stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. 

 — Herbs, rarely shrubs. Lvs. opposite. Stip. cotmate with the petiole. 



