480 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Galium asprellum MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 78 (1803). 

 G. pennsylvanicum MUHL. Cat. 15 (.1813). 

 G. spinulosum RAF. Prec. Decouv. 40 (1814). 

 G. micranthum PURSH, Fl. Am. 103 (1814) in part. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Mac., Fl. 

 Can. I, 201; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142; Upham, Fl. Minn. 67; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 

 63 in var.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 393; Gray, Syn. PI. I, 2, 39. 

 E. Sib.; Japan; Manchuria. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. Eng., 

 N. J. and N. Car. ; W. to Man. , Minn. , Neb. and Mo. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; damp thickets or edges of 

 wooded swamps. 



HERB.: Taylor 234, Janesville; Arthur 72, Vermilion 

 lake; Sandberg 258, Goodhue Co.; Herrick 133, Minneapolis; 

 Bailey 356, Mud river. 



(ialiimi concinnum T. and G. Fl. II, 23 (1841). 



? G. parviflorum RAF. Med. Repos. V, 360 (1808). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 67; Webb., Fl. Neb, 142; Cov., Fl. Ark. 188; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 

 2,38. 



North America: N. J., Penn. to Va.; W. to Minn., 

 Neb. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Forest district to Cottonwood valley 

 and N. W. district; dry places in woods or thickets. 



HERB. : Taylor 626, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 241, Tur- 

 tle lake, Le Sueur Co. ; Ballard 299, Jordan, Scott Co, ; Sheldon 

 651, Waseca; Ballard 286, Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 439, Janes- 

 ville; Sheldon 296, Madison Lake; Sheldon 747, Sleepy Eye; 

 Herrick 134, Minneapolis. 



Galium trifldum LINN. Spec. 105 (1753). 

 G. tinctorium LINN. Spec. 106 (1753). 

 G. daytoni MICHX. Fl. I, 78 (1803). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 67; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 201, 540; Coult., Fl. Colo. 128; Wats., Fl. 

 Calif. II, 284; Chap., Fl. S. St. 174; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142; Nym., Fl. Eur.; 

 Led., Fl. Boss. II, 409; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 62; Wats., King Exp. 135; 

 Roth., Wheel. Exp. 138; Cov., Fl. Ark. 188; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 38; Hart., 

 Fl. Scand. I, 65; Coult., Fl. Tex. 162. 



Europe; Siberia, Dahuria and Japan. 

 North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can. and N. to 68 N. 

 lat. ; throughout U. S. to Fla., Tex. and Arizona; Alaska and 

 Aleutian Islands. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; swamps and wet woodland 

 regions. 



HERB.: Taylor 1037, Glenwood; Ballard 800, Goose 

 lake, Carver Co.; Ballard 674, Waconia; Sheldon 338, Smith's 



