Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
89. Small Bedstraw. (Galium trifidum.) 
LEAF : #-%', simple, 4-7-whorled, entire, narrow, apex blunt, 
edge and midrib rough. FLOWER: white, very small (corol- 
la-lobes and stamens 3-4), I-7-clustered; fruit smooth; in 
swamps; dries black; stem rough-bristly. (Pl. VIII.) 
90. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. (Galium triflorum.) 
LEAF: 1'-2', simple, 4-6-whorled, entire, oval to elliptical, 
edge rough, apex bristle-pointed. FLOWER: greenish or green- 
ish-white (corolla 4-parted, stamens 4), mostly 3-clustered ; fruit 
covered with hooked prickles; plant sweet-scented when dried ; 
swamps ; stem rough-bristly. (Pl. VIII.) 
91. Hairy Bedstraw. (Galium pilosum.) 
LEAF: 1’ or less, simple, 4-whorled, entire, oval, apex not 
bristle-pointed, hairy. FLOWER: purplish, brown or whitish ; 
otherwise as in foregoing; July-September; fruit with hooked 
bristles ; stem square, edge roughish or hairy. (Pl. VIII.) 
92. Cat-brier. Green-brier. (Smilax rotundifolia.) 
LEAF: 2’-3', simple, alternate, entire, roundish to ovate, often 
broader than long, base slightly cordate, apex abruptly pointed, 
smooth, thickish, rather evergreen southerly, 5—7-veined ; tendrils 
from leaf-stem. FLOWER: greenish or yellowish (no corolla, 6 
sepals and stamens), few-clustered, cluster-stem %’ long or less ; 
May-July ; fruit, blue-black berries, with a bloom; stalk and 
branches often yellow-green ; with stout prickles. (Pl. VIII.) 
93. False Sarsaparilla. (Smilax glauca.) 
LEAF: 2'-4', much as in g2, but with a whitish bloom beneath, 
and occasionally above. FLOWER: as in 92, cluster-stem 1’ long 
or less; fruit, black with a bloom. Massachusetts, south and 
west ; with and without prickles. 
94. Stretch-berry. (Smilax bona-nox.) 
LEAF: 2’-4', simple, alternate, entire, roundish heart-shaped, 
slightly narrowed above broad base, to deeply lobed and _ fiddle- 
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