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RUBIACEAE. 



VOL. III. 



6. Galium virgatum Xutt. Southwestern 

 Bedstraw. Fig. 3933. 



Galium virgatum Nutt. ; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 20. 1841. 



Annual, 4'-i2 r high, usually hispid, sometimes 

 nearly glabrous; stem very slender, 4-angled, 

 branched from the base, or simple. Leaves in 4's, 

 oblong or linear-oblong, 2j"-5" long, i" wide, or 

 less, obtuse or acutish; peduncles axillary, i-flow- 

 ered, less than i" long, recurved in fruit; flower 

 white, subtended by 2 large oblong to lanceolate 

 bracts which closely resemble the leaves ; fruit 

 about i" in diameter, covered with slender barbed 

 bristles. 



Dry prairies, barrens and glades, Tennessee and 

 Missouri to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. April- 

 June. 



7. Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bed- 

 straw. Fig. 3934. 



Galium pilosum Ait. Hort. Kew. i : 145. 1789. 

 Galium puncticulosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 80. 



1803. 

 Galium pilosum puncticulosum T. & G. Fl. N. A. 



2 : 24. 1841. 



Perennial, more or less hirsute-pubescent or 

 glabrate; stems ascending, branched, i-2i 

 long. Leaves in 4's, oval or oval-ovate, puno- 

 tate, i-nerved, obtuse, or obscurely 3-nerved 

 at the base, mucronulate, 4"-i2" long, 2"-$" 

 wide, the lower usually smaller ; peduncles ax- 

 illary and terminal; cymes numerous but few- 

 flowered ; pedicels i"-6" long, flowers yellow- 

 ish-purple; fruit dry, densely hispid, nearly 2" 

 in diameter. 



In dry or sandy soil, New Hampshire to On- 

 tario, Michigan, Kansas, Florida and Texas. June- 

 Aug. 



8. Galium lanceolatum Torr. Torrey's 

 Wild Liquorice. Fig. 3935. 



Galium circaezans var. lanceolatum Torr. Cat. PI. N. 

 Y. 23. 1819. 



Galium lanceolatum Torr. Fl. U. S. 168. 1824. 

 Galium Torreyi Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 56. 1824. 



Perennial, glabrous or nearly so, the stems 

 minutely roughened, simple or often branched. 

 i-2 high. Leaves in 4's, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acutish or acuminate, 3-nerved, more 

 or less ciliate on the margins and nerves, i'-2i' 

 long, 5"-ii" wide, the lower smaller and obtuse 

 or obtusish ; cymes rather few-flowered, loose, 

 widely branched ; flowers sessile or very nearly 

 so; corolla glabrous, yellowish green to purple, 

 its lobes acuminate; fruit dry, hispid with long 

 hairs, 2"-2i" broad. 



In dry woods, Quebec and Ontario to Minnesota, 

 south to North Carolina and Kentucky. Ascends to 

 4000 ft. in Virginia. June-Aug. 





