V'l COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



1. Houslo nia. Leaves opposite. Low and slender erect k<->-/>x, with the 

 flowers in small terminal clusters. Lobes of calyx ami corolla r;u-h 1. 

 Sty] el. Stigmas 2. 



1. GA/L.IUM, L. BEDSTKAW. CLEAVKUS. 



1. G. Apari'ne, L. (CLEAVEKS. (|<>OSK-(}KA.SS.) .7,mms < il.mit, 

 Sin a whorl, lanceolate, rough-margined. Peduncles 12 -flowered, 

 <i.>-!t/(irif. Fruit covered with hooked prickles, Low grounds. 



2. G. triflo'rum, Michx. (SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW.) / 

 chiefly i! hi a wltorl, elliptical-lanceolate, bristle-pointed. Peduncles 

 3-flowered, terminating the branches. Fruit coren-d wifh hooked 

 prickles. Woods. 



3. G. pilo'sum, Ait. Leaves in whorls of 4, hairy, oval. 

 Peduncles twice- or thrice-forked. Southwestern Ontario. 



4. G. lanceola'tum, Torn (WILD LIQUORICE.) Leaves all in 

 whorls of 4 each, lanceolate, tapering at the ajx-.x, more or less 3- 

 nerved. Peduncles mostly once-forked. Flowers few or several, 

 remote. Fruit covered with hooked prickles. 



5. G. cilCSB'zailS, Michx., is similar to No. 3, but the leaves 

 are ol>ruse instead of tapering. Woods. 



6. G. asprellum, Michx. (Rouen BEDSTRAW.) Leaves in 

 whorls of 6, or 4 or 5 on the branehlets, elliptical-lanceolate, very 

 rough on the edges and midrib. Stem weak, 3-5 feet high, 

 leaning upon and clinging to bushes by its rough edges. Floivers 

 numerous in panic led clusters. Fruit not rough. Thickets. 



7. G. trif'idum, L. (SMALL BEDSTRAW.) Leaves in whorls 

 of 4-6. Stem 6-18 inches high, roughened on the edges, as arc 

 the leaves usually. Flowers few, not panicled. Parts of the 

 flowers generally in threes. Fruit smooth. Var. latifolium, 

 Torr., is easily known by its broad leaves and widely branching 

 stems. Low grounds and swamps. 



8. G. borea'le, L. (NORTHERN BEDSTRAW.) Leaves in whorls 

 of 4, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved. Flowers very numerous, 

 crowded in a narrow and compact terminal panicle. Stem erect 

 and rigid, 1-3 feet high. Rocky thickets and river-banks. 



3. CEPHALAX'THUS, L. BUTTON BUSH. 



C. OCCidenta'lis, L. A smooth shrub growing in swamps, 

 with ovate pctioled pointed leaves, which are opposite or in 



