iM 



TETRANDRIA RlONOGlTflA. 



border 4 cleft, ^sometimes S or 5) ? segments lanceolate, ^f'm 

 w»tite. Germ superior, ovate. Style longer than the tube of the co- 

 rolla, 2 cleft. Stignws simple, acute, reflexed. Capsule emsr- 

 ginate. 



Grows in dry soils in the vicinity of the ocean. 

 Flowers all the year whenever the weather is mild. 



GALIUM. 



Corolla l-petala, pla- 



Corolla i petalled, flat 



na. 

 tun da. 



Semifia 2, subro- Seeds 2, nearly round. 



* Fructu sclabro. 



i) 



* Fruit smooth. 



1 Trifiuum. 



G. caule procumbente 



Stem procumbent, sea- 

 scabro ; foliis subquater- I brous ; leaves generall) 



nis, ovalibus, basi cune- 



by 



atis 



trifidis. 



J 



corollis plerumque I shaped at base; 



fours, oval, wedge. 



corolla 



generally 3 cleft. 



Pursh, 1. p. 103. 



Sp'.iil. 1. p. 585. Walt. p. 86. 

 G. Claytoni ? Mich. 1. p. 78. 



Hoot perennial ? Stem procumbent and assurgent, much branchcoi 

 square, with the angles retrorsely aculeate. Leaves 5 — 6 ina whorl, 

 oval, obtuse, the upper ones linear, with the margin and midrib re- 



trorsely aculeate 



1 — 3 to each whorl. 



Flowers axillary, _._„.- 

 ■white, tube very sJiort ; border very frequently 3 parted ; se^Pf[^* 

 somewhat acute. Filaments 4, Twlien the corolla is 3 cleft, onl.V y 

 half the length of the corolla. Anthen, erect, 2 celled, greenish w- 

 low. Germ inferior, twin. Style short, 2 cleft, surrounded at «•* 

 vith a 2 cleft gland. Stigmas capitate. Fruit purple. , 



Leaves i^enerally 6 in a whorl on the old stalks but 3, 4, 5 oBtnc 

 younger branches. 



Grows in damp and wet soils. 



Flowers April — July. 



2. Latifohum. 



Mi ch . 



G. caule erecto, la?vi ; 

 foliis quaternis, ovalibus, 





^cutis, mem bran aceis, 

 niargiiie bispidulis ,• ped- I mare;ins 



Stem 

 leaves 



rect, 



s 



mootli ; 



fours, 



ov 



acute, membranou^ 



the 



^,..„ somewlmt lii^ 



unculis divaricatis, laxc pid; peduncles divanca ; 

 liiultifloris. Mich, 1. p. loosely many flower' 



ed. 



:^9. 



Pursh, 1. p. 102. 



