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7. Galium virgatum Nutt. Southwest- 

 ern Bedstraw. (Fig. 3414.) 



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



1841. 



Annual, 4 / -i2 / high, usually hispid, some- 

 times nearly glabrous; stem very slender^ 4-an- 

 gled, branched from the base, or simple. Leaves 

 in 4's, oblong or linear-oblong, 2 ^"-5" long, 

 \" wide, or less, obtuse or acutish; peduncles 

 axillary, i-flowered, less than \" long, recurved 

 in fruit; flower white, subtended by 2 large ob- 

 long to lanceolate bracts which closely resemble 

 the leaves; fruit about \" in diameter, covered 

 with slender barbed bristles. 



Greene Co., Mo., probably introduced from the 

 south; Arkansas to Louisiana and Texas. April- 

 June. 



8. Galium pilosum Ait. 



Hairy Bedstraw. (Fig. 3415.) 



Galium pilosum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 145. 1789. 

 Galium Bermudense L. Sp. PI. 105. 1753? 



Perennial, more or less hirsute-pubescent; 

 stems ascending, branched, i-2^ long. 

 Leaves in 4's, oval or oval-ovate, punctate, 1- 

 nerved, obtuse, or obscurely 3-nerved at the 

 base, mucronulate,6 // -i2 // long, 3 // ~5 // wide, 

 the lower usually smaller; peduncles axillary 

 and terminal; cymes numerous but few-flow- 

 ered; pedicels i // -6 // long, flowers yellowish- 

 purple; fruit dry, densely hispid, nearly z" 

 in diameter. 



In dry or sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts to 

 Indiana, south to Florida and Texas. June-Aug. 

 Galium pilosum puncticulosum (Michx.) T. & G. 



Fl. N. A. 2: 24. 1841. 

 Galium puncticulosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 



80. 1803. 



Glabrous or nearly so; leaves smaller, ciliate. 

 Southern New Jersey to Florida and Texas. 

 Perhaps a distinct species. 



9. Galium lanceolatum Torr. Tor- 

 rey's Wild Liquorice. (Fig. 3416.) 



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, 

 \'-2y z ' long, 5 // -n // wide, the lower smaller 

 and obtuse or obtusish; cymes rather few- 

 flowered, loose, widely branched; flowers ses- 

 sile or very nearly so; corolla glabrous, yellow- 

 ish green to purple, its lobes acuminate; fruit 

 dry, hispid with long hairs, 2." -2.%" broad. 



In dry woods, Quebec and Ontario to Minnesota, 

 south to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. 

 Ascends to 4000 ft. in Virginia. June-Aug. 



