Hepyoris. LXXII. RUBIACEZ. 305 
hispid with hooked hairs.—2 Grows in moist thickets and nh, Can. and 
U.S. Stem 1—3f long, slightly branched. Leaves 1—2’ long, } as broad, often 
obovate. Flowers greenish-white, small. Fruit whitish with its uncinate 
clothing. Jl. 
7. G. BOREALE. (GQ. septentrionale. Bw.) ‘Northern Galium. 
St. erect, smooth; Jvs. in 4s, linear-lanceolate, rather acute, 3-veined, 
smooth ; fs. in a terminal, pyramidal panicle—%| Grows in rocky, shady places, 
Northern States and Brit. Am. Stems 1f or more high, several together, 
branched above. Leaves 12—20” by 2—9", tapering to an obtusish point. 
Flowers numerous, small, white, in a thyrse-like panicle at top of the stem. 
Fruitsmall. Jl. a 
8. G. PiLésum. Ait. (G. puncticulosum. Michz.) Hairy Galium. 
St. ascending, hirsute on the angles; lvs. in 4s., oval, indistinctly veined, 
hirsute both sides and punctate with pellucid dots; ped. several times forked, 
each division 2—3-flowered; fls. pedicellate——2 A rare species, found in dry 
woods and sterile soils, Mass.! to la.! and Tex. Stem 1—2f high, acutely 4 
angled, mostly with few, short, spreading branches, sometimes much branched. 
Leaves 9—12” by 4—8”, obtusish, very hairy as well as the stem and fruit. 
Flowers purplish. Jn. 
9. G. circmzaNns. Michx. Circea-like Galiwm. 
St. erect or ascending, smooth; Jvs. in 4s, oval or ovate-lanceolate, 3- 
veined, smoothish, ciliate on the margins and veins; ped. divaricate, few-flow- 
ered; fr. subsessile, nodding.—2, Grows in woods, U. S.andCan. Stem about . 
1f in height, with a few short branches near the top, or simple. Leaves 1—2’ 
by 4—8”. Fiowers on very short, reflexed pedicels, scattered along the ad 
2) branches of the dichotomous peduncle. Fruit covered with little hooks asin 
ircea. Jl.—The leaves have a sweet taste like liquorice. 
8.% lanceolatum. Torr. (G. Torreyi. Bw.) Very smooth; ls. lanceolate; 
fr. sessile.—A fine variety ? with larger leaves (2’ or more in length). Flowers 
purple. 
y-% montanum. T. & G. (G. Litielli. Oakes.) Dwarf; Ws. obovate—White 
Mis. Oakes. 
SuBORDER 2—CINCHONE XE. 
Calyx adherent to the ovary. Leaves opposite (rarely verticillate). 
Stipules between the petioles, often united with them into a sheath. 
2 MITCHELLA. 
wee In honor of Dr. John Mitchell, an English resident in Virginia. 
Flowers 2 on each double ovary; calyx 4-parted ; corolla funnel- 
shaped, hairy within ; stamens 4, short, inserted on the corolla; stig- 
mas 4; berry composed of the 2 united ovaries—LHvergreen herbs, 
smooth and creeping, with opposite leaves. 
M. rerens. Partridge Berry. 
St. creeping ; lvs. roundish-ovate, petiolate.—A little prostrate plant found 
in woods throughout the U.S. andCan. Stem furnished with flat, coriaceous, 
dark green leaves, and producing small, bright red berries, remarkably distin- 
guished by their double structure, and remaining on the plant through the win- 
ter. The corollas are white or tinged with red, very fragrant. Fruit well fla- 
vored but dry and full of stony seeds. Jn. 
3. HEDYOTIS. 
Gr. novs, sweet, (evs) oros, the ear; said to cure deafness. 
Calyx tube ovate, limb 4-parted ; corolla 4-lobed; stamens. 4, in- 
serted on the corolla ; stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. 
—FHerbs, rarely shrubs. Lvs. opposite. Stip. connate with the petiole. 
