UEDTOTIS. LXXII. RUBIACE^E. 305 



Hispid with hooked hairs. Tj. Grows in moist thickets and woods, Can. and 

 U. S. Stem 1 3f long, slightly branched. Leaves 1 2' long, } as broad, often 

 obovate. Flowers greenish-white, small. Fruit whitish with its uncinate 

 clothing. Jl. 



7. G. BOREALE. (G. septentrionale. Bw.) Northern Galium. 



St. erect, smooth ; Ivs. in 4s, linear-lanceolate, rather acute, 3-veined, 

 smooth ; fls. in a terminal, pyramidal panicle. 7J. Grows in rocky, shady places, 

 Northern States and Brit. Am. Stems If or more high, several together, 

 branched above. Leaves 1220" by 29", tapering to an obtusish point. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white, in a thyrse-like panicle at top of the stem. 

 Fruit small. Jl. 



8. G. PILOSUM. Ait. (G. puncticulosum. Michx.} Hairy Galium. 



St. ascending, hirsute on the angles ; Ivs. in 4s., oval, indistinctly veined, 

 hirsute both sides and punctate with pellucid dots ; ped. several times forked, 

 each division 2 3-flowered ; fls. pedicellate. 1|_ A rare species, found in dry 

 woods and sterile soils, Mass. ! to la. ! and Tex. Stem 1 2f high, acutely 4- 

 angled, mostly with few, short, spreading branches, sometimes much branched. 

 Leaves 9 12" by 4 8", obtusish, very hairy as well as the stem and fruit 

 Flowers purplish. Jn. 



9. G. ciRCjEZANs. Michx. Circcea-like Galium. 



St. erect or ascending, smooth ; Ivs. in 4s, oval or ovate-lanceolate, 3- 

 veined, smoothish, ciliate on the margins and veins ; ped. divaricate, few-flow- 

 ered ; Jr. subsessile, nodding. Tj. Grows in woods, U. S. and Can. Stem about 

 If in height, with a few short branches near the top, or simple. Leaves 1 2' 

 by 4 8". Flowers on very short, reflexed pedicels, scattered along the (usually 

 2) branches of the dichotomous peduncle. Fruit covered with little hooks as in 

 Circaea. Jl. The leaves have a sweet taste like liquorice. 



ft. 1 lanceolatum. Torr. (G. Torreyi. Bw.} Very smooth ; Ivs. lanceolate ; 

 fr. sessile. A fine variety f with larger leaves (2 X or more in length). Flowers 

 purple. 



y. 1 montanum. T. & G. (G. Littelli. Oakes.} Dwarf; Ivs. obovate. White 

 Mts. Oakes. 



SUBORDER 2. C INQHOtfEJE. 



Calyx adherent to the ovary. Leaves opposite (rarely verticillate). 

 Stipules between the petioles, often united with them into a sheath. 



2. MITCHELLA. 



In honor of Dr. John Mitchell, an English resident in Virginia. 



Flowers 2 on each double ovary ; calyx 4-parted ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, hairy within ; stamens 4, short, inserted on the corolla ; stig- 

 mas 4 ; berry composed of the 2 united ovaries. Evergreen herbs, 

 smooth and creeping, with opposite leaves. 



f M. REPENS. Partridge Berry. 



St. creeping ; Ivs. roundish-ovate, petiolate. A little prostrate plant found 

 in woods throughout the U. S. and Can. Stem furnished with flat, coriaceous, 

 dark green leaves, and producing small, bright red berries, remarkably distin- 

 guished by their double structure, and remaining on the plant through the win- 

 ter. The corollas are white or tinged with red, very fragrant. Fruit well fla- 

 vored but dry and full of stony seeds. Jn. 



3. HEDYtfTIS. 



Gr. rfvs, sweet, (avj) oros , the ear; said to cure deafoess. 



Calyx tube ovate, limb 4-parted ; corolla 4-lobed ; stamens 4, in- 

 serted on the corolla ; stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. 

 Herbs, rarely shrubs. Lvs. opposite. Stip. connate with the petiole. 



