PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 525 



7. Plantago elongata Pursli, Fl. 2: 729. 1814. 

 Planiago pusilla Niitt. Gen. 1: 100. 1818. 

 Type locality: " In Upper Louisiana." 

 R.4NGE: Washington to New England and Texas. 

 Specimens examined: Wliite Salmon, Suksdorf'SOi); Major Creek, Siiksdorf, May 4, 188(5. 



RUBIACEAE. M.\i)der Family. 



Leaves whorh^d, without stipules (ialium (p. 525). 



Leaves opposite, stipulate Kellog(;ia (p. 527). 



GALIUM. 



Annuals: fruit hispid or hirsute. 



Leaves mostly in 4's; stems erect, smooth 3. ^t. bijoHum. , 



Leaves 6 to 8 in each whorl; stems rough on the . 

 angles. 



Stems erect or ascending; fruit 2 to 3 mm. 



broad 1 . (r. vailluntii. 



Stems reclining; fruit 4 to (> nun. broad 2. G. apaiine. 



Perennials. 



Stems wholly herbaceous. 



Leaves 3-nerved in whorls of four. 

 Fruit hispid. 



Leaves oblong-ovate, acutisli 4a. G. Tcamtschaticum oretjanum. 



Leaves obovate or orbicular, obtuse.. . 4. G. hamtschaticum. 

 Fruit canescent, becoming smooth; leaves 



linear '. . 5. 6'. horeale. 



Leaves 1-nerved. • 



Whorls containing four, live, or six leaves; 

 fruit smooth. 



Flowers in clusters of three, or solitary- 

 axillary - . i). G. trijidnm. 



Flowers cymose, numerous. . . 7. (f. cynKjHum. 



Whorls containing six leaves; fruit not 

 smooth. 



Fruit gi'anula((>-scabi'ous 8. (r. axpcvrimtnn. 



Fruit hispid with hooked hairs 9. G. trijhirinn. 



Stems suffrutescent . 

 Herbage glabrous. 



Leaves ovate, thick 10. G. in ultiforum. 



Leaves oblong, thin 10a. G. niiilfijloruin wafsoni. 



Herbage puberulent ; leaves ovate 10b. (r. midtijiorum pubendum. 



1. GaUum vaiUantii DC. Fl. Fr. 4: 263. 1805. 



Galium apanite iitiitor [us] Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 2!X). 1833. 

 Galium apaiine vaiUantii Koch, Fl. Germ. 330. 1837. 

 Type locality: Near Paris, France. 

 Range: British Columbia to California and Texas. 



Specimens examined: West Klickitat County, Siiksdorf ]V}'i9 ('(): between Coulee City 

 and Waterville, Spillman, May, 1896; Coulee City, Pijier 385S, Kamiak Butte, Piper 3858. 



2. Galium aparine L. Sp. PI. 1: 108. 1753. 

 Type locality: European. 



Range: Alaska to Canada, southward to California and Texas. Europe. Asia. 

 Specimens examined: Montesano, Heller 4007; Lopez Island, Lyall in 1858; Peshastin, 



