The. Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin 381 



a. Ovary and fruit glabrous. 



b. Flowers yellow. 7. G. verum 



b. Flowers white. 

 c. Leaves cuspidate. 

 d. Leaves in 6's on the main stem, in 4's or 5's on the branches, elliptical ; 



plant very rough. 8. G. asprellum 



d. Leaves in 8's on the main stem, in 6's on the branches, narrowly oblanceo- 

 late; plant slightly rough. 9. G. Mollugo 



c. Leaves blunt. 

 d. Flowers paniculate ; endosperm lunate in cross section. 



10. G. palustre 

 d. Flowers solitary or in 2's or 3's ; endosperm annular in cross section. 

 e. Corolla 4-lobed, the lobes acute. 



/. Leaves ascending, 1.5-2.5 cm. long; inflorescence mostly terminal; fruit 



2.5-3.5 mm. broad. 11. G. tinctoriitm 



f. Leaves mostly reflexed, 0.5-1.5 cm. long; inflorescence finally strong'y 

 lateral; fruit 1-1.5 mm. broad. 12. G. labradoricum 



e. Corolla 3-lobed, rarely 4-lobed, the lobes obtuse; fruit 1.5 mm. broad. 

 /. Pedicels straight, glabrous. 13. G. Claytoni 



f. Pedicels slender, arcuate, scabrous. 14. G. trifidum 



1. G. lanceolatum Torr. Wild Liquorice. 



Dry woodlands, in sandy, gravelly, or stony, mostly neutral, soils; frequent. June- 

 July. 



Mostly on the hills w. and s. of Ithaca, and near the ravines; rare in the McLean 

 district, in the clays and richer soils, and in the more acid sands : West Danby ; New- 

 field Glen ; Enfield Glen ; Coy Glen ; near South Hill Marsh ; Beebe Lake ; Ren- 

 wick slope; region of McLean Bogs; and elsewhere. 



S. Me. and w. Que. to Minn., southw. to Va., Ky., and Ohio; rare or absent on the 

 Coastal Plain. 



2. G. circaezans Michx. Wild Liquorice. 



In locations similar to the preceding, but in more acid soils; frequent. June 20- 

 July. 



Coy Glen ; Beebe Lake ; McGowan Woods ; Turkey Hill ; n. e. of Hanshaw Cor- 

 ners ; woods near Mud Creek Swamp; around Junius peat bogs; and elsewhere. 



S. Me. and w. Que. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex., including the Coastal Plain. 



3. G. pilosum Ait. 



Dry sandy woodlands, in acid soils ; rare. July. 



Wild bank in rear of Valley Cemetery, s. of Ithaca (£>.!) ; s. crest of Coy Glen; 

 around Junius marl ponds (D. !). 



N. H. to Ont., Mich., 111., and Kans., southw. to Fla. and Tex. ; common on the 

 Coastal Plain. 



4. G. boreale L. Northern Bedstraw. 



Dry open places, mostly in soil derived from sandstone and shales mixed with clay, 

 rarely over more calcareous shales ; common. June-July. 



Common on the South Hill terraces and along the lake shores ; rare or absent on 

 the higher hills and in the McLean region. 



Que. to Alaska, southw. to N. J., Pa., Mich., Mo., N. Mex., and Calif.; rare or 

 absent in granitic N. E. and on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Found also in Eurasia. 



5. G. Aparine L. Cleavers. Goose Grass. 



Borders of woods and thickets, in moist rich sandy or alluvial soils; common. 

 May. 



