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PLANTAGINACEAK 



Plantago [Toum.] L. Plantain. Ribwort. 



major L. Common Plantain. The old Indian name was "White 

 Man's Foot," applied because of its appearance in 

 clearings made by the early settlers. It was for- 

 merly considered as an introduced plant, but is 

 now recognized as native to America ; it is also 

 cosmopolitan. 



Rugelii Dene. Very common. 



LANCEOLATA L. Rib Grass. Ripple Grass. English Plantain. 

 ••South Amherst, 1829, E. Hitchcock. Then ap- 

 parently rare ; now ver)- common. 



MEDIA L. Hoary Plaintain. Becoming common. 



Purshii R. & S. Springfield, 1879 ; Amherst, H. L. Clark in Rho- 

 dora, \o\. I, p. 165. Adventive from the West. 



ARISTATA Michx. Near Pratt Field, Amherst, S. C. Brooks; 

 Springfield, L. Andrews. 



RUBIACEAE 

 Asperula L. 



galioides Bieb. Northampton, Miss G. L. Pettis. 



odorata L. Sweet Woodruff. Northampton, Miss G. L. Pettis. 

 See Bailey's Enc. of Am. Hort., p. 108. 

 GaliuTn L. Bedstraw. Cleavers. 



Aparine L. Cleavers. Goose Grass. Hitchcock Catal. 



VERUM L. Yellow Bedstraw. Springfield, Amherst, etc. 



pilosum Ait. 



circaezans Michx. Wild Liquorice. 



lanceolatum Torr. Wild Liquorice. 



boredle L. Northern Bedstraw. 



MOLLUGO L. 



trifidum L. 



Claytoni Michx. Springfield, L. Andrews. 



tinctorium L. 



asprellum Michx. Rough Bedstraw. 



triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. 

 Mitchella L. Partridge Berry. 



repens L. 

 Cephalanthus L. Buttonbush. 



occidentalis L. 

 Houstonia L. 



caerulea L. Bluets. Innocence. 



longifolia Gaertn. Springfield. 



