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flowers numerous, in a compact panicle: corolla white, 3.5-4.5 mm. broad; 

 lobes acute or slightly acuminate: fruits 2-2.5 mm. broad, minutely bristly. 

 Not very common, in dry thickets and rocky hillsides. Sum. 



7. G. tinctorium L. Plants 1.5-2.5 dm. tall, the stem glabrous or nearly so: 

 leaves and stipules mostly in 4 's, with linear-lanceolate blades 15-25 mm. long: 

 flowers 2 or 3 in terminal clusters: corolla white; lobes about 1 mm. long: 

 fruits 1.5-2.5 mm. thick, smooth: endosperm annular in cross-section. Com- 

 mon, in swamps and wet thickets. Spr. and sum. 



8. G. asprellum L. Plants reclining, the stems 3-16 dm. long, retrorsely sca- 

 brous or prickly: leaves and stipules in 6's, with oblong-spatulate to elliptic 

 blades 1-2 cm. long, the margins and midrib scabrous: flowers very numerous: 

 corolla white; lobes fully 1.5 mm. long: fruits about 2.5 mm. thick, smooth 

 and glabrous. Common, in thickets. Spr. and sum. ROUGH-BEDSTRAW. 



9. G. concinnum T. & G. Plants glabrous or near so: stems diffusely spread- 

 ing, mostly 1-3 dm. tall, slightly scabrous-angled: leaves and stipules in 6's, 

 as long as the internodes or shorter, mostly 1-2 cm. long; blades linear or 



near streams and in rocky woods. Sandstones and shales, schists. Sum. 



10. G. triflorum Michx. Plants reclining, sweet-scented in drying, the stems 

 3-10 dm. long, sparsely hispid or rarely glabrous: leaves and stipules in 6's, 

 with broadly linear to elliptic blades 1-8 cm. long, the margins and midrib 

 hispid: flowers relatively few, 3 together on the ultimate peduncles: corolla 

 greenish or yellowish- white ; lobes fully 1.5 mm. long: fruit about 3 mm. thick, 

 uncinate-hispid : endosperm circular in cross-section. Occasional, in thickets 

 and woods. Spr. and sum. SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW. 



6. SHERARDIA L. Annual, slender, caulescent herbs. Leaves opposite, 

 with the stipules whorled: blades entire. Flowers subtended by involucres of 

 united bracts. Sepals minute, shorter than the hypanthium. Corolla pink or 

 blue, funnelform, 4- or 5-lobed. Filaments adnate up to the sinuses of the 

 corolla-lobes. Fruit twin, of 2 indehiscent 1-seeded carpels. 



1. S. arvensis L. Plants with slender diffuse finely pubescent branches: 

 leaves, and stipules, 5-18 mm. long; blades obovate to elliptic or oblong, 

 bristle-tipped: sepals deltoid, about 1 mm. long: corolla pink or blue, 3.5-4 

 mm. long ; lobes lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate : fruits 2-2.5 mm. long. S. 

 Occasional, in fields. Nat. of Eu. Sum. FIELD-MADDER. 



FAMILY 2. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



Shrubs, trees, vines, or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite: blades 

 entire, toothed, or pinnate. Flowers mostly perfect, in terminal or axil- 

 lary cymes, or axillary. Calyx of mostly 4 or 5 minute or foliaceous 

 sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 partly united petals, often irregular. Androe- 

 cium of 4 or 5 stamens : filaments partly adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoe- 

 cium 2-5-carpellary. Ovary inferior. Fruit baccate, drupaceous, or 

 capsular. 



Corolla rotate to urceolate : stigma 2-5-lobed, sessile. 



Leaf -blades pinnate : drupe berry-like with 3-5 nutlets. 1. SAMBUCCS. 



Leaf-blades simple : drupe with 1 nutlet. 2. VIBDRXDM. 



Corolla tubular to tubular-campanulate, sometimes with a 2- 

 lipped limb : style elongate. 



Flowers axillary : herbs. 3. TRIOSTEUM. 



Lancaster County Flora 18. 



