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Syuopsis of the Genera. 



1. (lia'Uuni. Leaves in whorls. Slender weak herbs with square 



stems. Calyx-teeth inconspicuous. Corolla 'l-parted, wheel- 

 shaped. Styles 2. Fruit twin, separating intp two 1-seeded 

 carpels. 



2. Slierard'In. Leaves in whorls. Stems square, slender, procum- 



bent. Corolla funnel-form, 4-o-lobad. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. 

 Flowers blue or pinkish, with a gamophyllous involucre. 



3. Ccpbalnn'tbns. Leaves opposite. Shrubs with the flowers in a 



globular pedunded head. Lobes of calyx and corolla each 4. 

 Style very slender, muchT>rotruded. Stigma capitate. 



i, iMitcliel'Ia. Leaves opposite. Shining trailing evergreen herbs, 

 with flowers in pairs, the ovaries united. Lobes of calyx and 

 corolla each i, the corolla bearded inside. Style 1. Stigmas ft 

 Fruit a red 2-eyed berry. 



4. HoH8to'nla. Leaves opposite. Low and slender erect herbs, with 



the flowers in small terminal clusters. Lobes of calyx and 

 corolla each 4. Style 1. Stigmas 2. 



1. eAXIUM, L. Bedstbaw. Cleavers. 



1. G. Apari'ne, L. (Cleavers. Goose-grass.) Leaves 

 about 8 in a whorl, lanceolate, rough-margined. Peduncles 

 1-2-flowered, axillary. Fruit covered with hooked pricMes. 

 Low grounds. 



2. G. triflo'rum, Michx. (Sweet-sobnted Bedstraw.) 

 Leaves <ihiefiy 6 in a whorl, elliptical-lanceolate, bristle- 

 pointed. Pedunctes 3-flowei'ed, terminating the hranphes. 

 Fruit covered with %ooked prickles. — Woods. 



3. G. pild'sum, Ait. Leaves in whorls of 4, hairy, ovaJ,. 

 Peduncles twice- or thrice-forked. — Southwestern Ontario. 



4. G. laneeola'tum, Torr. (Wild Liquorice.) Leaves 

 all in wlwils of Jf. each, lanceolate, tapering at the apex, more 

 or less 3-nerved. Peduncles mostly once-forked. Flowers 

 few or several, remote. Fruit covered with hooked prickles. 



5. G. circse'zans, Michxi, is similar to No. 4, but the 

 leaves are obtuse instead of tapering. — Woods, 



