Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



89. Small Bedstraw. (Galium trifidum.) 



LEAF : i'-}', simple, 4-7-whorled, entire, narrow, apex blunt, 

 edge and midrib rough. FLOWER : white, very small (corol- 

 la-lobes and stamens 3-4), i-7-clustered ; fruit smooth ; in 

 swamps ; dries black ; stem rough-bristly. (PI. VIII.) 



90. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. (Galium triflorum.) 



LEAF : i'-2', simple, 4-6-whorled, entire, oval to elliptical, 

 edge rough, apex bristle-pointed. FLOWER : greenish or green- 

 ish-white (corolla 4-parted, stamens 4), mostly 3-clustered ; fruit 

 covered with hooked prickles ; plant sweet-scented when dried ; 

 swamps ; stem rough-bristly. (PI. VIII.) 



91. Hairy Bedstraw. (Galium pilosum.) 



LEAF: i' or less, simple, 4-whorled, entire, oval, apex not 

 bristle-pointed, hairy. FLOWER : purplish, brown or whitish ; 

 otherwise as in foregoing ; July-September ; fruit with hooked 

 bristles ; stem square, edge roughish or hairy. (PI. VIII.) 



92. Cat-brier. Green-brier. (Smilax rotundifolia.) 



LEAF: 2'-$', simple, alternate, entire, roundish to ovate, often 

 broader than long, base slightly cordate, apex abruptly pointed, 

 smooth, thickish, rather evergreen southerly, 5~7-veined ; tendrils 

 from leaf-stem. FLOWER : greenish or yellowish (no corolla, 6 

 sepals and stamens), few-clustered, cluster-stem ^' long or less ; 

 May-July ; fruit, blue-black berries, with a bloom ; stalk and 

 branches often yellow-green ; with stout prickles. (PI. VIII.) 



93. False Sarsaparilla. (Smilax glauca.) 



LEAF : 2 '-4', much as in 92, but with a whitish bloom beneath, 

 and occasionally above. FLOWER : as in 92, cluster-stem i' long 

 or less ; fruit, black with a bloom. Massachusetts, south and 

 west ; with and without prickles. 



94. Stretch-berry. (Smilax bona-nox.) 



LEAF: 2 ; -4 ; , simple, alternate, entire, roundish heart-shaped, 

 slightly narrowed above broad base, to deeply lobed and fiddle- 



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