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4. G. ASPERRIMUM Graj.— ^ Fruit dicoc- 

 cous, a scabrous schizocarp; leaves 4-6 in a 

 whorl, cuspidate; cymes dichotomous; flowers 

 white. — 71. Common. Summer. 



5. G. TRiFLORUM Miclix. — ^ Fruit dicoc- 

 cous, an uncinate hispid schizocarp; leaves 4- 

 6 m a whorl, cuspidate; flowers in 3-florous or 

 biternate cymes, whitish. — IC. 



In shad}^, moist places; Marin County. San 

 Mateo. Summer. This plant developes, in 

 withering, the fragrance peculiar to the Euro- 

 pean Asperula odorata, the Waldmeister of the 

 Germans. It is used frequently for the so- 

 called " May-drink." 



6. G. Californicum Hook & Arn. Dioecious. 

 Fruit baccate; leaves thinnish, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, 4 in a whorl; flowers yellowish. — 71. 

 San Francisco. San Mateo. Contra Costa. 

 Summer. 



7. G. NuTTALLii Gray. Dioecious. Fruit 

 baccate; leaves coriaceous, small, oval, obtuse, 

 mucronulate, 4 in a whorl; flowers yellowish; 



^ . — Common. Summer. 



8. G. Andrewsii Gray. Dioecious. 6 flow- 

 ers in a few flowered cyme; ? flowers solitary; 

 fruit baccate ; leaves crowded, acerose subulate ; 

 4 in a whorl. — li. Common. Summer. 



