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13. Galium triflorum Michx. Sweet- 

 scented or Fragrant Bedstraw. 

 (Fig. 3420.) 



Galium triflorum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 80. 1803. 

 Perennial, diffuse, procumbent, or ascending, 

 glabrous or nearly so, shining, fragrant in dry- 

 ing, the stems and margins of the leaves'some- 

 times a little roughened. Leaves in 6's, nar- 

 rowly oval or slightly oblanceolate, i-nerved, 

 cuspidate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 i / -3^ / long, 2 // -6 // wide; peduncles slender, 

 terminal and axillary, often exceeding the 

 leaves, 3- flowered or branched into 3 pedicels 

 which are 1-3-flowered; flowers greenish; fruit 

 ij // -2 // broad, hispid with hooked hairs; seed 

 almost spherical, the groove obsolete. 



In woods, Nova Scotia to Alaska, south to Ala- 

 bama, Louisiana, the Indian Territory, Colorado 

 and California. Also in northern Europe, Japan 

 and the Himalayas. June-Aug. 



15. Galium Arkansanum A. Gray. 

 Arkansas Bedstraw. (Fig. 3422.) 



Galium Arkansanum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 19: 80. 1883. 



Similar to the preceding species but usually 

 lower, the leaves linear- lanceolate, 6 // -i2 // 

 long, i // -3 // wide, the lateral nerves obscure 

 or none, the midrib sometimes pubescent be- 

 neath, and the margins ciliate; fruiting pedi- 

 cels roughish, 3 // -i2 // long; flowers brown- 

 purple, the numerous cymes loosely several- 

 many-flowered; fruit glabrous, warty, some- 

 what fleshy, each carpel \ ,, -\%' r in diameter. 



Southern Missouri and Arkansas. June-July. 



14. Galium latifolium Michx. 



Purple Bedstraw. (Fig. 3421.) 



Galium latifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 79. 

 1803. 



Perennial, erect, smooth and glabrous, 

 branched, i-2high. Leaves in 4's, lanceo- 

 late, 3-nerved, acuminate at the apex, narrow- 

 ed or rounded at the base, i / -2 / long, 4 // -8 // 

 wide, the midrib sometimes pubescent be- 

 neath, the margins minutely roughened, the 

 lower smaller and sometimes opposite ; pe- 

 duncles axillary and terminal, slender, but 

 usually shorter than the leaves; flowers pur- 

 ple; cymes loosely many-flowered, the pedi- 

 cels slender, 2 // -6 // long, smooth or very 

 nearly so; fruit smooth, slightly fleshy, 2" 

 broad, usually only one of the carpels devel- 

 oping. 



In dry woods in mountainous regions, Penn- 

 sylvania to Georgia. May-Aug. 



