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Common on the plains, 5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 494). 

 ONTARIO to BRITISH COLUMBIA; MISSOURI and TEXAS to 

 ARIZONA and MEXICO. 



Order 4 o. RUBIALES. 

 Family 103. RUBIACEAE. Juss. Madder family. 



414. GAIITTM L. BEDSTRAW. 



966. G. Vaillantii DC. [G. Aparine Vaillantii Koch]. VAIL- 

 LANT'S BEDSTRAW. 



In gulches and canons, mainly in the shade, 5100-8000 ft. 

 (Daniels, 120). 

 MONTANA and BRITISH COLUMBIA to MEXICO. 



967. G. boreale L. NORTHERN BEDSTRAW. 



Common on the mesas, foothills and mountainsides, 5600- 

 8600 ft. (Daniels, 89). Also between Sunshine and Ward 

 (Rydberg). 



QUEBEC to ALASKA; NEW JERSEY to CALIFORNIA: EUROPE: 

 ASIA. 



968. G. flaviflorum Heller. YELLOW-FLOWERED BEDSTRAW. 

 In gulches at base of the Flat-irons, 5700-6000 ft. (Daniels, 



499)- 



COLORADO to NEW MEXICO. 



969. G. triflorum Michx. FRAGRANT BEDSTRAW. 

 Canons of the foothills, 6000-8000 ft. (Daniels, 466). 

 NEWFOUNDLAND to ALASKA ; ALABAMA to CALIFORNIA. 



Family 104. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Vent. Honeysuckle 



family. 



415. SAMBUCUS L. ELDER. 



970. S. microbotrys Rydb. SMALL-BERRIED ELDER. 



Slopes at Ward, 9200 ft. (Daniels, 306). Also between Sun- 

 shine and Ward (Rydberg); Spencer Mountain at Eldora; 

 Silver lake; foot of Long's Peak; Redrock lake, west of 

 Ward (Ramaley). 



SOUTH DAKOTA to WYOMING; COLORADO to ARIZONA. 



