FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 53 



mitciii:lla l. 



M. repens L. Pariridgk-hkkkv. S(jua\v-berrv. Tea-hkrry. 

 ICvk-i;kkkv. Abundant in damp woodlands. Stems trailing; 

 leaves roundish, entire; flowers in pairs, funnel-shaped, white 

 or pink, hairy within, fragrant; berry bright red, composed of 

 the united ovaries and marked with the lobes of the two calyxes. 

 Fruit well flavored but scarcely edible on account of the hard, 

 bony seeds. June. 



GALIUM L. 



Q. Aparine L. G()()SE-(;rass. Cleavers. Very common in damp, 

 shaded places. Leaves about eight in a whorl ; stem covered 

 with hooked prickles pointing downward ; flowers very small, 

 white. June. 



Q. pilosum Ait. Hairy Cleavers. Rare, Gra7>es. Town of 

 Ashland, Lucy. 



G. circsezans ]\Iichx. Wild Liquorice. Tolerably common in 

 woods. Not reported from the Chenango valley. The leaves 

 are said to have a sweetish taste like liquorice. 



Q. lanceolatum Torr. Wild Liquorice. Lance-leaved Bed- 

 siRAw. More common than the preceding, which it much re- 

 sembles. Found in woods throughout our range. 



G. boreale L. Northern Bedstraw. Very common on banks, 

 wet or dry, in sun or shade. Stems erect, a foot or more high ; 

 tlowers white, minute, numerous, in a thryse-like panicle at the 

 top of the stem. A pretty and decorative plant, very conspicu- 

 ous when in bloom. June. 



G. trifidum L. Small Bed.straw. Dyer's Cleavers. Not un- 

 common in swamps and bogs throughout. 



G. asprellum Michx. Rouciii Bedstraw. Common in swamps 



and low grounds. 

 G. triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw, Common in 



damp woodlands. Foliage sweet-scented in drying. 



VALERfANACE/E. 



VALKRIAXELLA Poll. 



V. chenopodiifolia (Pursh) DC. Lamh's Letiuce. Common in 

 the river meadows of Broome county, Clute; MiUspaugh. 



