258 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [Bull. 
RICHARDIA L. 
Richardia scabra L. (Richardsonia scabra St. Hilg.) Mexican 
Clover. 
Dry sandy soil. On Tennessee River bottoms in Tisho- 
mingo County. Summer and fall. 
DIODIA L. 
Diodia Virginiana lL. (D. tetragona Walt.) White Button 
Flower. 
Low damp fields and pastures. Throughout the state. 
Oxford; Hinds Co. June. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Diodia teres Walt. (Spermacoce diodina Michx.) Puarpie 
Button Flower. 
Dry sandy or sterile soil throughout the State. Lafayette, 
Benton, Carroll, and Hinds Counties. Summer. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
GALIUM L. Bedstraw, Cleavers. 
Galium Aparine L. Climbing Bedstraw. 
Damp thickets and banks, climbing over objects perhaps 
throughout the state. Tishomingo Co.; Hinds Co. April-May. 
Geol. Survey Herb. Allison Herb. 
Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bedstraw. 
Dry open woods. Tishomingo Co. (Allison) ; Oxford; Rip- 
ley; West Point; Lost Gap. Summer. 
Geol. Survey Herb. Allison Herb. 
Galium pilosum puncticulosum (Michx.) Torr and Gray (G. 
puneticulosum Michx.) 
Dry sandy soil in the southern counties. Hinds Co.; Bay 
St Louis (Allison.) Summer. 
Allison Herb. 
Galium circaezans Michx. Wild Licorice. 
Damp shaded soils. Ripley; Pontotoc; Oxford. May- 
July. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
