480 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Galium asprellum Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 78 (1808). 
G. pennsylvanicum MuHL. Cat. 15 (1813). 
G. spinulosum Ra¥F. Prec. Decouv. 40 (1814). 
G. micranthum PursH, Fl. Am. 103 (1814) in part. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Mac., Fl. 
Can. I, 201; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142; Upham, Fl. Minn. 67; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 
63 in var.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 393; Gray, Syn. Fl, I, 2, 39. 
EH. Sib.; Japan; Manchuria. 
North America: N.S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. Eng., 
N. J. and N. Car.; W. to Man., Minn., Neb. and Mo. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; damp thickets or edges of 
wooded swamps. 
Hers.: Taylor 234, Janesville; Arthur 72, Vermilion 
lake; Sandberg 258, Goodhue Co.; Herrick 133, Minneapolis; 
Bailey 356, Mud river. 
Galium concinnum T. and G. FI. II, 23 (1841). 
2G. parviflorum RAF. Med. Repos. V, 360 (1808). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J. 126; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 67; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142; Cov., Fl. Ark. 188; Gray, Syn. FI. I, 
2, 38. 
North America: N. J., Penn. to Va.; W. to Minn., 
Neb. and Ark. . 
Minn. valley: Forest district to Cottonwood valley 
and N. W. district; dry places in woods or thickets. 
HERB.: Taylor 626, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 241, Tur- 
tle lake, Le Sueur Co.; Ballard 299, Jordan, Scott Co,; Sheldon 
651, Waseca; Ballard 236, Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 489, Janes- 
ville; Sheldon 296, Madison Lake; Sheldon 747, Sleepy Eye; 
Herrick 134, Minneapolis. 
Galium trifidum Linn. Spec. 105 (1758). 
G, tinctoriwum LINN. Spec. 106 (1753). 
G. claytont Micux. FI. I, 78 (1803). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 227; Britt., Fl. N. J.126; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 67; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 201, 540; Coult., Fl. Colo. 128; Wats., Fl. 
Calif. II, 284; Chap., Fl. S. St. 174; Webb., Fl. Neb. 142; Nym., Fl. Eur.; 
Led., Fl. Ross. II, 409; Herd., Fl. Hur. Russ. 62; Wats., King Exp. 135; 
Roth., Wheel. Exp. 138; Cov., Fl. Ark. 188; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 38; Hart., 
Fi). Scand. I, 65; Coult., Fl. Tex. 162. 
Europe; Siberia, Dahuria and Japan. 
North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can. and N. to 68° N. 
lat.; throughout U.S. to Fla., Tex. and Arizona; Alaska and- 
Aleutian Islands. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; swamps and wet woodland 
regions. 
HeRB.: Taylor 1037, Glenwood; Ballard 800, Goose 
lake, Carver Co:.; Ballard 674, Waconia; Sheldon 838, Smith’s 
