RUBIACEAE (MADDER FAMILY) 



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long ; 



8. G. kamtschaticum Steller. Stems weak, mainly glabrous, 1-3 dm 

 leaves orbicular to oblong-ovate^ thin, 1-3 cm. long, slightly pilose ; flowers 

 slender-pediceled ; corolla glabrous, yellowish-inhite, not turning dark, its lobes 

 merely acute. — Mts. of Cape Breton I., Que., N. E., and N. Y. (E. Asia.) 



9. G. circaezans Michx. (Wild Liqlorice.) More or less pubescent, 

 3 dm. high ; leaves oval, varying to ovate-oblong, mostly obtuse, ciliate, 1.5-4.5 

 cm. long : peduncles usually once forkfcL the branches elongated and widely 

 diverging in fruit, bearing several remote floicers on very short lateral pedicels, 

 reflexed in fruit ; lobes of the greenish corolla hairy outside, acute or acuminate. 

 — Rich woods, s. Me. and w. Que. to Minn., s. to Fla. and Tex. Var. glabrum 

 Britton. Smoothish, leaves sparingly pubescent on the upper surface or merely 

 ciliate; corolla glabrous. (Var. glabellum Britton.) — Rensselaer, Albany, 

 and Washington Cos., N. Y. (according to Peck). 



10. G. lanceolatum Torr. (Wild Liquorice.) Kearly glabrous; leaves 

 (except the lowest) lanceolate or ovate-lancfolate. tapering to the apex, 3-7.5 

 cm. long; corolla glabrous, yellowish, turning didl purple, its lobes more acumi- 

 nate; otherwise like the preceding. — Dry woods, s. Me. and w. Que. to Minn., 

 s. to O., Ky., and Va. 



11. G. latifblium Michx. Smooth, 3-6 dm. high ; leaves lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, 3-6 cm. long, the midrib and margins rough, the lateral nerves 

 prominent ; cymes panicled, loosely many-flowered, the purple jffmcers on slender 

 spreading pedicels; fruit rather fleshy. — Dry woods, mts. of Pa. to N. C. and 

 Tenn. Var. hispidum Small, Stems and leaves hispid. — Iron Mts., Va. 



12. G. arkansanum Gray. Similar; leaves lanceolate to linear, 2-3.5 cm. 

 long, the lateral nerves obscure or none. — Rocky woods, s. Mo., Ark., and Okla. 



13. G. boreale L. (Xortherx B.) Smooth, 3-9 dm. high; leaves in 4"s. 



linear-lanceolate ; flowers bright u'hite, in compact panicles ; 

 fruit minutely bristly, sometimes smooth. — Rocky banks, 

 shores, etc.. Que. to Alaska, s. to N. J., Pa., Mich., Mo., 

 S. Dak., Col., etc.; rare eastw. 



14. G. ]N[oLLUGO L. Perennial, smooth throughout or 

 pubescent below ; stems erect or diffuse, usually numerous, 

 3-9 dm. long ; leaves in 8's or on the branchlets in 6's, 



904. G. Mollugo. 



oblanceolate to nearly linear ; flowers ichite, very numerous 

 in loose ample almost leafless j9«;<z'c?^8 ; branches and pedi- 

 cels mostly wide-spreading ; fruit smooth. — Roadsides and fields, 

 Nfd. to Del. and 0. (Kat. from Eu.) Fig. 904. 



15. G. ERECTUM Huds. Similar ; stems mostly erect ; flowers 

 fewer and slightly larger ; the branches and pedicels mostly 

 ascending. — Fields, etc., e. Que. to Vt. and Ct. (Nat. from 

 Eu.) Fig. 905. 



16. G. sYLVATiccM L. (ScoTCH MisT, Baby's Breath.) 

 Stems very many, tall, suberect, shining, somewhat geniculate 

 at base; lower leaves 8, upper 4 or 6 in a whorl, acuminate, 

 smooth, entire, glaucous beneath ; pedicels capillary, very ascend- 

 ing, in loose terminal panicles ; fruit smooth. — Fields and 



thickets, N. E., escaped from cultivation, 

 from Eu.) 



17. G. palustre L. Slender, 2-5 dm. high, slightly 

 branched, branches solitary or opposite ; leaves linear- 

 elliptic or si>atulate, thin, dull, barely 1 cm. long ; 

 flowers numerous in terminal cymes; pedicels becoming 

 strongly divaricate ; corolla 4-parted, white or rose- 

 tinged, 2.5-3.3 mm. broad; fruit glabrous, lunate in 

 cross-section. — Wet meadows and banks, Nfd. and Que. 

 to Ct., N. Y., and Mich. June, July. (Eu.) Fig. 900. 

 Slender and weak, very freely branched, forming dense 



905. G. erectum. 



(Introd. 



906. G. palustre. 

 18. G. trifidum L. 



mats; primary leaves oftenest in 4's, linear-s{)atulat(\ 0.5-1.3 cm. long ; flowers 

 solitary, or when terminal in 3's, on capillary .^icabmus arcuate pedicels; 

 corolla whitish, 0.5 mm. long; fruit annular in cross-section. ((?. trifidum.^ 



