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4. G. ASPERRIMUM Gray.—% Fruit dicoc- 
cous, a scabrous schizocarp; leaves 4-6 in a 
whorl, cuspidate; cymes dichotomous; flowers 
white.—2£. Common. Summer. 
5. G. vtrirtorum Michx.—% Fruit dicoc- 
cous, an uncinate hispid schizocarp; leaves 4- 
6 in a whorl, cuspidate; flowers in 3-florous or 
biternate cymes, whitish.—2f. 
In shady, moist places; Marin County. San 
Mateo. Summer. This plant developes, in 
withering, the fragrance peculiar to the Kuro- 
pean Asperula odorata, the Waldmeister of the 
Germans. It is used frequently for the so- 
called ‘ May-drink.” 
6. G. Catirornicum Hook & Arn. Dicecious. 
Fruit baccate; leaves thinnish, ovate, acumi- 
nate, 4 in a whorl; flowers yellowish.—2. 
San Francisco. San Mateo. Contra Costa. 
Summer. 
7. G. Nurratti Gray. Dicecious. Fruit 
baceate; leaves coriaceous, small, oval, obtuse, 
mucronulate, 4 in a whorl; flowers yellowish; 
b.—Common. Summer. 
8. G. AnpREwstI Gray. Dicecious. 4 flow- 
ers in a few flowered cyme; 2 flowers solitary; 
fruit baccate; leaves crowded, acerose subulate ; 
4in a whorl.—2¢. Common. Summer. 
