BOTANY. 103 



Oldenlandia uniflora L. ( O. glomerata Michx.) 

 Cincinnaii, Thos. G. Lea ( Cat.) 



78. HOUSTONIA L. 



Houstonia caerulea L. Bluets. Innocence. 

 Distributed over the whole state. 



Houstonia purpurea L. 



Licking Co., H. L. Jones (Cat.); Loveland (Clermont Co.) Jos. F. James. 



Houstonia ciliolata, Torr. (H. purpurea ciliolata Gray). 

 Not frequent, but found from northern Ohio to Cincinnati. 



Houstonia longifolia Gaertn. (H. purpurea longifolia Gray). 



Frequent throughout the southern half of the state; S. Bass Island (Lake Erie) 

 W. Krebs. 



Houstonia tenuifolia Nutt, ( H. purpurea tenui/olia Gray). 

 " S. E. Ohio," Gray ( Manual). 



79. MITCHELLA L. Partridge Berry. 



Mitchella repens L. 

 Throughout the state. 



80. SPERMACOCE Dill. Button-weed. 



Spermacoce glabra Michx. 



" Southern Ohio," Asa Gray (Manual). 



81. GALIUM L. BEDSTRAW. CLEAVERS. 



Galium aparine, L. Cleavers. Goose-grass. 

 Frequent throughout the state. 



Galium asprellum, Michx. 



Common throughout the state. 



Galium bore ale L. Northern BediTtraw. 



"Northern Ohio," H. C. Beardslee (Cat.) ; Franklin Co., W. S. Sullivant (Cat.) ; 

 Lorain Co., A. A. Wright (Cat.) 



Galium circ^zans Michx. Wild Liquorice. 

 Over the whole state. 



Galium concinnum Torr. & Gray. 

 Frequent all over the the state. 



Galium lanceolaTum Torr. Wild Liquorice. 



" General," J. S. Newberry (Cat); Northern Ohio, A. A. Wright (Cat.) ; Cen- 

 tral Ohio, Mrs. E. Jane Spence, H. L. Jones (Cat.) 



