Stray Contributions to the Flora of Greenland I—V. 29 
The type came from an exsiccated marlpond near the mouth of 
the Grand River, Gaspe County, Quebec. Beyond this, two localities 
from Maine and one from Minnesota are known. Quite recently, FER- 
NALD has withdrawn this species, making it a synonym under G. Brande- 
geei, (“Persistence” etc., p. 283, in a footnote, without giving reasons 
for the transfer). Due to the courtesy of Prof. FERNALD, I have been 
able to investigate good 
specimens, also of the 
type collection, over twen- 
ty individuals, and they 
are all, seen under micro- 
scope,minutelyretrorse- 
scabrous on stems and 
leaf margins (see Fig. 5a). 
As G. Brandegeei is best 
defined from all the others 
by its glabrous stems, leaves 
and peduncles, a transfer 
to this species therefore 
cannot be effected without 
changing the definition of 
G. Brandegeei considerably. 
In its richly branched stem 
G. brevipes recalls dwarfish 
specimens of G. trifidum, 
and we learn that the au- 
thors of it first considered 
it, at least partially, as the 
var. subbiflorum WıEG. of Fig. 4. Galium brevipes FERNALD & WIEGAND, 
G. trifidum. But, on the from Maine, Aroostock County, New Limerick, 
leg. M. L. Fernauo. Slightly enlarged. 
other hand, the peduncles 
and the shape of the leaves 
in G. trifidum are widely different. One part of the variety subbiflorum 
was later transferred by Wırsann to G. Claytoni Micux., (Rhodora 
1910, p. 228), and, certainly, as will be seen from the key below, G. 
ES Ré 
= u ho EN ee ee | mm 
Figs. 5a. Galium brevipes, part of stem showing spines, drawn from type 
specimen, Grand River, Gaspé County, Québec. b Fruits of the same. 
