RUBIACEAE. Vo, III. 
6. Galium virgatum Nutt. Southwestern 
Bedstraw. Fig. 3933. 
Galium virgatum Nutt.; T.& G. Fl. N.A.2:20. 1841. 
Annual, 4’-12’ high, usually hispid, sometimes 
nearly glabrous; stem very slender, 4-angled, 
branched from the base, or simple. Leaves in 4’s, 
oblong or linear-oblong, 23’-5” long, 1” wide, or 
less, obtuse or acutish; peduncles axillary, 1-flow- 
ered, less than 1” long, recurved in fruit; flower 
white, subtended by 2 large oblong to lanceolate 
bracts which closely resemble the leaves; fruit 
about 1” in diameter, covered with slender barbed 
bristles. 
Dry prairies, barrens and glades, Tennessee and 
co to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. April- 
une. 
7. Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bed- 
straw. Fig. 3934. 
Galium pilosum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 145. 1780. 
Galium puncticulosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 80. 
Caliats pilosum puncticulosum T. & G. Fl. N. A. 
2:24, 1841. 
Perennial, more or less hirsute-pubescent or 
glabrate; stems ascending, branched, 1°-23° 
long. Leaves in 4’s, oval or oval-ovate, punc- 
tate, I-nerved, obtuse, or obscurely 3-nerved 
at the base, mucronulate, 4’-12” long, 2’-5” 
wide, the lower usually smaller; peduncles ax- 
illary and terminal; cymes numerous but few- 
flowered; pedicels 1-6” long, flowers yellow- 
ish-purple; fruit dry, densely hispid, nearly 2” 
in diameter. 
In dry or sandy soil, New Hampshire to On- 
tario, Michigan, Kansas, Florida and Texas. June- 
Aug. : 
8. Galium lanceolatum Torr. Torrey’s 
Wild Liquorice. Fig. 3935. 
Galium circaezans var. lanceolatum Torr, Cat. Pl. N. 
Y.23.. 820; 
Galium lanceolatum Torr. Fl. U.S. 168. 1824. 
Galium Torreyi Bigel. Fl. Bost. Ed. 2, 56. 1824. 
Perennial, glabrous or nearly so, the stems 
minutely roughened, simple or often branched. 
1°-2° high. Leaves in 4’s, lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acutish or acuminate, 3-nerved, more 
ot less ciliate on the margins and nerves, 1’-23’ 
long, 5-11” wide, the lower smaller and obtuse 
or obtusish; cymes rather few-flowered, loose, 
widely branched; flowers sessile or very nearly 
so; corolla glabrous, yellowish green to purple, 
its lobes acuminate; fruit dry, hispid with long 
hairs, 2”-24” broad. 
In dry woods, Quebec and Ontario to Minnesota, 
south to North Carolina and Kentucky. Ascends to 
4000 ft. in Virginia. June-Aug. 
