G"24 RUBIACE^. 



simple stem beiuing 2-o-ternately finely dissected leaves, and a small leafy- 

 bracted compound umbel of white flowers. 



£. bulbosa, Nult. — Base of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, and north- 

 ward. April. 



OiiDER CAPRIFOLIACE^. 



VIBURNUM, L. 



v. densiflorum. Stem slender, brandling ; leaves small, downy be- 

 neatli, vnryinj; fioin oblong to broadly ovate, entire, irregularly serrate or 

 slightly 2-o-lobed, acute at e.acli end, or rounded at the base ; cymes downy, 

 small, compact, the base and ramifications involucrate with a whorl of linear 

 brjicis. (V. involucratum, Cliapm., not o{ Wall.) — Wooded hillsides, West 

 Florida. April. — Stems 2^-4° high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. 



V. nudum, L., var. angUStifolium, Torr. & Gray. Smoother ; leaves 

 thinner and narrower, obscurely serrulate or entire. — Margins of swanijis, 

 Florida to North ("arolina 



Var. serotinum, llavenel. Smooth, or nearly so, punctate ; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, attenuate above the middle, crenate-serrate, abruptly short- 

 petioled ; cyme long-peduncled, mostly leafy and corymbose, the divisions 

 very slender, flowers very small, the filaments slightly exserted. — Low pine 

 barrens near Darien, Georgia. October and November. 



Okder RUBIACE^. 



GALIUM, L. 



G. Aparine, L. (Cleavers.) Annual; stems weak, retrorsely hispid ; 

 leaves G-8 in a whorl, lanceolate, hispid on the margins and midrib ; pedun- 

 cles long, 1-2-flowered; fruit bristly. — Waste places, sparingly introduced. 



G. pilosum, var. puneticulosum. Gray. (G puncticulosum, Michx.) 

 Stem, leaves, &c. smooth or nearly so; fruit often much larger. —Dry, rich 

 soil, Florida, and northward. 



G. Virgatum, Nutt. Low (6'- 10' high), simple or branching at the 

 base, smooth or hispid ; leaves 4 in a whorl, short (4" or 5"), oblonglanceo- 

 kte, hispid-ciliate ; peduncles a.xillary, short, bracteolate, 1-flowered ; fruit 

 hispid. — Barrens of Tennessee {Dr. Gattitiger), and westward. 



RICHAEDSONIA, Kunth. False Ipecac. 



Calyx 4-7-parted, the lobes deciduous. Corolla funnel-shaped, 3-6-lobed. 

 Stamens 8-6, exserted. Style 3- or 4-cleft. Capsule separating into 2-4 

 one-seeded indehiscent nutlets. — Hairy branching herbs. Leaves united by 

 bristly stipules. Flowers white, in terminal sessile clusters. 



R. scabra, St. Hilaire. Annual, hirsute, forking; leaves ovate, acute, 

 the two upper pairs involucre-like; calyx-lobes subulate; nutlets 2-3, 

 oblong. — Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Introduced. 



