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B. Plants perennial. 

 Fruit bristly or becoming glabrous in G. boreale. 

 I,eaves in whorls of 4. 



Leaf-blades i-nerved. 4. G. pilostim. 



Leaf -blades 3-nerved. 



Leaf-blades lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong. 



Upper le'aves with lanceolate blades. 5. G. lanceola/um. 



Upper leaves with oblong or ovate-lanceolate blades. 



6. G. circaezans. 

 Leaf-blades linear or linear-lanceolate. 7. G. boreale. 



Leaves in whorls of 6. 8. G. triflorum. 



Fruit smooth and glabrous. 



Corolla brown-purple. 9. G. latifolinm. 



Corolla white, greenish or yellowish. 

 Endosperm of the seed annular in cross-section. 



Corolla-lobes 4, acute : stems smooth or nearh- so. 10. G. tinctorivvi. 

 Corolla-lobes 3, obtuse : stems retrorsely hispid. 



Leaves mostly in 4's : pedicels slender, rough. 11. G. trifidum. 

 Leaves mostly in 5's or 6's : pedicels stout, smooth. 



12. G. Claytonii. 

 Endosperm of the seed lunate in cross-section. 



Stem smooth or essentially so. 13. G. concinnrim. 



Stem retrorsely hispid. 14. G. asprellum. 



1. Galium verum L. Yellow or Lady's Bedstraw, (Man. p. 

 S65 ; I. F. f. 3408.) In waste places and fields, Ont. to Mass., Pa. and 

 N. J. Adv. or nat. from Eu. — Pennsylvania : Bucks ; Philadelphia. 



2. Galium Mollugo L. Wild Madder. (Man. p. S65 ; I. F. /. 

 3409.) In fields and waste places, Newf. to Vt., Pa., N. J. and Del. 

 Adv. or nat. from Eu. — Pennsylvania : Tioga ; Northampton ; Bucks. 



3. Galium Aparine L. ClEavp:rs. Goosegrass. (Man. p. 865 ; I. 

 F- f- 3412.) In various situations, N. B. to S. Dak., Fla., Mo. and Tex. 

 Nat. from Eu. — Peiinsylvania : Pike ; Northampton ; Bucks ; Phila- 

 delphia ; Delaware ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Franklin. 



4. Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bedstraw. (Man. p. 866 ; 1. F. f. 

 3413.) In dry or sandy soil, Mass. to Ind., Kans., Fla. and Tex. — Penn- 

 sylvania : Pike ; Northampton ; Bucks ; Delaware ; Chester ; 

 Lancaster ; Franklin ; Allegheny. 



5. Galium lanceolatum Torr. Torrey's Wild Liquorice. (Man. 

 p. 866 ; I. F. /! 3416. ) In dry woods, Quebec and Ont. to Minn., N. J., 

 Va., and Mich. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Bucks; Delaware ; 

 Chester ; Lancaster ; Berks ; Luzerne ; Allegheny. 



6. Galiilm circaezans Michs. Wild Liquorice. (Man. p. 866 ; I. 

 F. f. 3417.) In woods, Quebec to Minn., Fla., Kans. and Tex. — Pennsyl- 

 vania : Northampton ; Bucks ; Philadelphia ; Chester ; Lancas- 

 ter ; Franklin ; Luzerne ; Huntingdon ; Allegheny. 



7. GaUum boreale L- Northern Bedstraw. (Man. p. 866; I. F. 

 /. 34^9-) I'^ rocky soil or along streams, Quebec to Alaska, N. J., Pa., 



