262 RUBIACEAE. Vor. III. 
12. Galium trifldrum Michx. Sweet- 
scented or Fragrant Bedstraw. 
Fig. 3939. 
Galium triflorum Michx. Fl. Bor.'Am. 1: 80. 1803. 
Perennial, diffuse, procumbent, or ascending, 
glabrous or nearly so, shining, fragrant in drying, 
the stems and margins of the leaves sometimes 
roughened. Leaves in 6’s, narrowly oval or 
slightly oblanceolate, I-nerved, cuspidate at the 
apex, narrowed at the base, 1’-33’ long, 2-6” 
wide; peduncles slender, terminal and axillary, 
often exceeding the leaves, 3-flowered or branched 
into 3 pedicels which are 1-3-flowered; flowers 
greenish; fruit 14”-2” broad, hispid with hooked 
hairs; seed almost spherical, the groove obsolete. 
In woods, Greenland to Alaska, south to Florida, 
Louisiana, Colorado and California. Also in north- 
ern Europe, Japan and the Himalayas. June-Aug. 
Three-flowered bedstraw. 
13. Galium latifolium Michx. Purple 
Bedstraw. Fig. 3940. 
Galium latifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 79. iy 
1803. J 
Perennial, erect, smooth and glabrous (rarely 
hispid), branched, 1°-2° high. Leaves in 4’s, 
lanceolate, 3-nerved, acute or acuminate at 
the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 
1’-2’ long, 4”-8” wide, the midrib sometimes 
pubescent beneath, the margins minutely 
roughened, the lower smaller and sometimes _\ 
opposite; peduncles axillary and terminal, “=k 
slender, but usually shorter than the leaves; 
flowers purple; cymes loosely many-flowered, 
the pedicels slender, 2”-6” long, smooth or 
very nearly so; fruit smooth, slightly fleshy, 
2” broad, usually only one of the carpels de- 
veloping. 
In dry woods in mountainous regions, Penn- 
sylvania to Tennessee and Georgia. May-Aug. 
14. Galium arkansanum A. Gray. Ar- 
kansas Bedstraw. Fig. 3941. 
Galium arkansanum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 
Ig: 80. 1883. 
Similar to the preceding species but usually 
lower, the leaves linear-lanceolate, 6-12” long, 
1’’-3” wide, the lateral nerves obscure or none, 
the midrib sometimes pubescent beneath, and 
the margins ciliate; fruiting pedicels roughish, 
3-12” long; flowers brown-purple, the numer- 
ous cymes loosely several-many-flowered; fruit 
glabrous, warty, somewhat fleshy, each carpel 
1-13” in diameter. 
Southern Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. 
June-July. 
