MADDER FAMILY. Rubiaceae. 



burlike, in pairs, and covered with short, hooked bristles 

 which facilitate transportation. 2-5 feet long. Shady 

 thickets and roadsides, Me., south, and west to S. Dak., 

 Kan. , and Tex. The following Galiums are perennials. 

 . A smooth or slightly downy species with 

 Galium " broad, ovate leaves in fours, three-ribbed, 

 circcezans and about an inch long. The greenish 



Greenish white white flowers, with four pointed lobes 

 May-July hairy on the outside, are borne on stalks 

 usually forked but once. 1-2 feet high. Common in 

 rich dry woods. Me., south, west to Minn., and Tex. 



A smooth species with acute lance- 

 shaped or narrower leaves almost smooth 

 Bedstraw 



Galium boreale on the ed g e - The numerous tiny white 

 flowers set in close clusters. 15-30 inches 

 high. Near streams, among rocks. Me., south to N. 

 J., and west to S. Dak., Neb., and Cal. 

 Sma ii A very small, delicate, variable species, 



Bedstraw often much entangled among bushes. The 



Galium minute stem-prickles are scarcely visible. 



The linear blunt-tipped or wedge-shaped, 

 deep green leaves, J inch long, set in fours. The minute 

 usually three-lobed, white flowers, with three stamens, 

 are in tiny thin clusters. 6-18 inches high. Common 

 in sphagnum bogs and wet woodlands everywhere. 

 P h A very common, weak, and reclining 



Bedstraw species, with the usual square stem set 



Galium with backward-hooked prickles. The light 



asprellum green leaves slightly blunt lance-shaped, 



lte and prickly-rough on edge and. rib, are set 



in circles of 4-6. The profuse tiny white 

 flowers are in thin, airy, terminal clusters ; they are pe- 

 culiarly, perhaps unpleasantly, odorous. 2-6 feet long. 

 In damp soil. Me., south to N. Car., west to Neb. 

 Sweet-scented A similar species with the flowers usu- 

 Bedstraw ally borne in clusters of three, and with 



Galium the same bristly rough stem; the leaves 



tnflorum broad lance-shaped, bright shining green, 



bristle -pointed, slightly rough-edged, and set usually in 

 sixes. The foliage fragrant after drying. 1-3 feet long. 

 Rich woodlands throughout our range; south only to Ga. 



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