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53. KUBIACEAE (MADDER FAMILY) 



1. GALIUM 



Fruit smooth 1. G. Brandegei 



Fruit hispidulous or bristly. 



Small delicate annual (2-6 inches high); hairs of the fruit minute 



2. G. bifolium 



Perennial with suffrutescent base; hairs of the bristly fruit longer than the 

 body 3. G. multiflorum 



1. Galium Brandegei Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 12, p. 58. 1877. 



Type locality. "Valley of the Rio Grande, New Mexico, on Los 

 Pinos trail, at 9,000 feet, September, 1875, T. 8. Brandcgee." (On a 

 sheet of the original collection, now in the herbarium at Berkeley, 

 California, it is stated that the locality of the collection was in Colo- 

 rado, not in New Mexico, as given by Dr. Gray.) 



Range. California to Colorado and northward in the Rockies to 

 Saskatchewan. 



Zone. Transition and Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Webber Lake, Lemmon 1217 ; Suzy Lake, 

 Tahoe, forming small mats near the water, 7,800 feet, Smiley 151; 

 about Marlette Lake, Washoe County, Nevada, Baker 1412; Ostran- 

 der's, above Yosemite, Bolander 5025. 



2. Galium bifolium Wats., Bot. King's Exped., p. 134. 1871. 



Type locality. "In the Trinity, Battle and East Humboldt Moun- 

 tains, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch ; 5-7,000 feet altitude. ' ' Watson 

 480. 



Range. California to British Columbia, east to Colorado and 

 Wyoming. 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Sierra County, Lemmon 548 ; above Donner 

 Lake toward Donner Pass, Heller, July 29, 1903 ; Glen Alpine, Tahoe, 

 7,000 feet, McGregor 151 ; Lake Lucile, Tahoe, Dudley, June 26, 1900 ; 

 Mt. Tallac, west slope above Gilmore Lake, 8,400 feet, Smiley 372; 

 near Stewart Edward White meadow, Sierra National Forest, Abrams 

 4988 ; Lake Tenaya, meadow south of the lake, 8,200 feet, Smiley 863a ; 

 North Fork of King's River, 7,300 feet, Hall and Chandler 452. 



