480 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Galium asprellum Michx. F1. N. Am. I, 78 (1803). 

 G. pennsylvanicum Muhl. Cat. 15(1813). 

 G. spinulosmn Raf. Prec. Decouv. 40 (1814). 

 G. micranthum Pursh, F1. Am. 103 (1814) in part. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Mac. Fl. 

 Can. I, 201; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142: Upham, Fl. Minn. 67; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 

 63 in var.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 393; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 39. 

 E. Sib.; Japan; Manchuria. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. Eng., 

 N. J. and N. Car. ; W. to Man. , Minn. , Neb. and Mo. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; damp thickets or edges of 

 wooded swamps. 



Herb.: Taylor 234, Janesville; Arthur 72, Vermilion 

 lake; Sandberg 258, Goodhue Co.; Herrick i55, Minneapolis; 

 Bailey 356, Mud river. 



Galium concinnum T. and G. Fl. II, 23 (1841). 



f G. parviflorum Raf. Med. Eepos. V, 360 (1808). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 67; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142; Cov., Fl. Ark. 188; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 

 2,38. 



North America: N. J., Penn. to Va. ; W. to Minn., 



Neb. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Forest district to Cottonwood valle}'- 

 and N. W. district; dry places in woods or thickets. 



Herb. : Taylor 626, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 24.I, Tur- 

 tle lake, Le Sueur Co. ; Ballard £99, Jordan, Scott Co, ; Sheldon 

 651, Waseca; Ballard 236, Jordan, Scott Co. ; Taylor 439, Janes- 

 ville; Sheldon 296, Madison Lake; Sheldon 747, Sleepy Eye; 

 Herrick 134, Minneapolis. 



Galium trifidum Linn; Spec. 105 (1753). 

 6r. tinctoriimi Linn. Spec. 106 (1753). 

 G. daytoni Micnx. Fl. I, 78 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 67; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 201, 540; Coult., Fl. Colo. 128; Wats., Fl. 

 Calif. II, 284; Chap., Fl. S. St. 174; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142; Nym., Fl. Eur.: 

 Led., Fl. Ross. II, 409; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 62; Wats., Kin^ Exp. 135; 

 Roth., Wheel. Exp. 138; Cov., Fl. Ark. 188; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 38; Hart., 

 Fl. Scand. I, 65; Coult., Fl. Tex. 162. 



Europe; Siberia, Dahuria and Japan. 

 North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can. and N. to 68° N. 

 lat. ; throughout U. S. to Fla., Tex. and Arizona; Alaska and 

 Aleutian Islands. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; swamps and wet woodland 

 regions. 



Herb. : Taylor 1037, Glenwood; Ballard 800, Goose 



lake, Carver Co. ; Ballard 674, Waconia; Sheldon 338, Smith's 



