MADDER FAMILY. 741 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, south 

 to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Sandy or gravelly exposed soil. 

 Roadsides, pastures, and lields. Clay County, Delta divide, 1,800 feet. Randolph 

 County, Laiuar. Montgomery to Mobih^ County. Flowers rose-purple, throughout 

 the summer. Common wayside weed. Annual. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



GALIUM L. Sp. PI. 1 : 105. 1753. Ladies' Bedstraw. 



Two hundred and tifty species described, about 200 distinct, mostly perennial 

 herbs of temperate and warmer regions. North America o5, Atlantic 14, interior 9, 

 Pacific 14. 



Galium aparine L. Sp. PL 1: 108. 1753. Cleavers. Goose Grass. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 226. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 625; ed. 3, 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 2: 36. 

 CoTilter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 163. 



Europe, Northern Asia, Japax. 



Boreal zone to Louisianian area. British North America. From the Atlantic to 

 the Pacific coast. Aleutian Islands, New England, south to Florida and the Gulf 

 States, west to California. 



Alabama: Over the State. Moist thickets. Flowers white; A]iril, May. Annual. 

 Type locality ; " llab. in Europae cultis et ruderatis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium pilosum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 145. 1789. Hairy Ladies' Bedstraav. 



Ell. Sk. 1:196. (Jray, Man. ed. 6, 226. Chap. FL 174. Grav, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 37. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 162. 



Carolinian area. Ontario, southern New England west to Michigan; southern 

 Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Shaded banks. 

 Clay County. Flowers white; July. Not rare. Perennial. 

 Type locality: " Native of North America." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Galium pilosum puncticulosum (Michs.) Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 24. 1841. 



PUNCTICULATE LaDIES' BEDSTP.AW. 



Galium nuncticulofium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 80. 1803. 



ElLSk. 1:196. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 226. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 625; ed. 3, 192. Gray, Syn. 

 FL N. A. 1, pt. 2: 37. 1884. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 162. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas 

 and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry shady copses and thickets. 

 Clarke, Washington, Monroe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers purplish; 

 June. Fre(|uent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium circaezans Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 80. 1803. Wild Licorice. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 197. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 226. Chap. Fl. 174. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 37. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 162. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Mich- 

 igan, south through Missouri and Arkansas, and from New York to northern Flor- 

 ida and Mississipiii. 



Alabama : Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich shady woods. 

 Dekalb County, Mentone, 1,600 feet. Clay County, Talladega Mountains, 2,000 

 feet. Madison County, Montesano, 1,.500 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Clarke 

 County, Choctaw Corner, 400 feet. Flowers white; May, June. Not rare. Peren- 

 nial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium trifidum L. Sp. PL 1: 105. 1753. Small Bed.straw. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 194. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 227. Chap. Fl 174. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 38. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 162, Wats. Bot. CaliL 1 : 284. 



