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875. G. triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented bedstraw. 

 Common in oak forests. 



- Nova Scotia to Alaska; Florida to California: Europe 

 and Eastern Asia. 



876. G. circaezans Michx. Wild liquorice. 

 Common in oak woods and thickets. 



Quebec to Minnesota; Florida to Texas and Kansas. 



877. G. pilosum Ait. Hairy bedstraw. 



Common on dry hills, and in thickets and open woods. 

 Massachusetts to Michigan and Kansas; Florida to 

 Texas. 



878. G. Aparine L. Cleavers. Goosegrass. 

 Hedges, cliffs and steep banks; common. 



New Brunswick to South Dakota and Colorado; Flor- 

 ida to Texas: Europe, Asia and Africa: South America. 



Family 103. CAPRIFOLIACEAE Vent. Honeysuckle fam- 

 ily. 



376. SAMBUOUS L. Elder. 



879. S. Canadensis L. Black elderberry. 

 Common in moist places and along roadsides. 

 New Brunswick to Manitoba; Florida to Arizona. 



377. VIBURNUM L. Arrow-wood. 



880. V. dentatum L. Arrow-wood. 



A few shrubs on the summit of the Pinnacles. The plants 

 were seen only in flower and may quite possibly belong to 

 V. Demetrionis Deane & Robinson, a species from Benton 

 county, Missouri, not yet seen or described in flower. Till 

 the fruits of these plants are seen, an indubitable determina- 

 tion is impossible. 



New Brunswick to Minnesota, and in the mountains to 

 Georgia; Missouri, if indeed the forms found in many parts 

 of the state belong to the species. 



