fiDabber ifamil^. 



Small Bedstraw. Galimn. asprelhim. 



Cleavers. • 



Found iu blossom througli August and September, in moist or 

 swampy tangles and thickets. \ 



The stalk is branching, but very weak-fibred, leanings- on sturdiei' 

 plants for support, or lopping over ; it is square, and closefy set along 

 the angles with many minute down ward -pointing piickles, by means of 

 which it clings or " cleaves " to its neighbors ; color, a light green. 



The small leaf is rounded at the tip, has an entire margin, and a 

 smooth upper surface; beneath, the edges and midrib are set with 

 jDrickles. The leaves grow in whorls of 4 or 6, close upon the stalk, at 

 regular intervals. The color is a pretty yellow-green. 



The minute white corolla is 4-pointed, or occasionally 3-pointed, 

 with the same number of stamens ; the calyx is green, and the foot- 

 stems are very small. The flowers grow in branching clusters from the 

 whorls of leaves. 



Though a pretty plant growing, it is not a pickable one, as its 

 weak stems get themselves inextricably entangled and caught on their 

 own armor. 



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