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long and intertangled, rough on the angles. Leaves linear, 

 J4 to 24 m - long. Fruits smooth, on recurved pedicels which 

 mostly exceed the leaves. — Yosemite, Hetch Hetchy, etc. 



4. G. asperrimum Gray. Stems long and weak, very rough. 

 Leaves linear to elliptic, $4 to iy in. long. Flowers numer- 

 ous, in repeatedly forked clusters. Fruits rough with short 

 hairs. — Perhaps common : Mariposa Grove, Snow Creek, 

 Yosemite Valley, Mt. Dana. 



5. G. triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. Stem 

 weak, a foot or two long, moderately rough. Leaves broadly 

 elliptic or oblong, 34 to \ l / 2 in. long. Flowers on long 3- 

 forked peduncles. Fruits bristly, the hairs nearly as long as 

 the body of the fruit. — Damp, shady places in the Yosemite 

 Valley, etc. 



6. G. aparine L. Cleavers. Goose Grass. Weak reclining 

 annual, 1 to 4 ft. long, hispid on the angles of the stems and 

 on the edges and midribs of the leaves. Leaves linear to 

 oblong, ]/ 2 to 2 in. long. Fruit dry and covered with stiff 

 hooked hairs. — Common at low altitudes. 



7. G. pubens Gray. Stems herbaceous or woody, stiff, 

 1 or 2 ft. long, the whole herbage grayish with a short stiff 

 pubescence. Leaves oblong or oval, acute, % to y 2 in. long. 

 Berry short-hairy, juicy, probably purple or black. — Plentiful 

 in rocky places at middle altitudes. 



8. G. bolanderi Gray. Stems somewhat woody and stiff, 

 1 or 2 ft. long, roughish. Leaves linear or narrowly lanceo- 

 late, acute, seldom over y 2 in. long, % in. or less wide. Berry 

 glabrous, juicy, white when fresh, drying black. — Very com- 

 mon on rocky ledges and talus slopes. 



9. G. subscabridum Wight. Like G. bolanderi except that 

 the leaves are broadly lanceolate to oval, the main ones y 2 to 

 Y\ in. long, y to y 2 in. or more wide. — Known only from 

 Wawona and from Fresno Co. 



CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Honeysuckle Family. 



Shrubby plants with opposite leaves and no stipules. Sta- 

 mens as many as the lobes of the corolla (4 or 5) and alter- 

 nate with them, inserted on the tube or base. Ovary inferior, 

 ripening into a fleshy berry-like fruit; style 1. 



Leaves pinnately compound; corolla nearly rotate 1. Sambucus. 



Leaves simple; corolla tubular to bell-shaped. 



Corolla regular 2. Symphoricarpos. 



Corolla more or less irregular, swollen at base on one 



side 3. Loniczra. 



