

TETRANDftlA M0XOGYNIA 99 



2. D. FcLLexrM, L. Leaves connate, serrate ; involucre spread- 

 ing, or reflexed) shorter than the head of foivers ; chaff of the 

 receptacle recurved, rigid* DC Prodr. 4. p. 615. 



Pullers' Dipsactjs. Vulga — Fuller s Teasel, 



Cx.ill- Char don <3 Foulon. Qvx.-Die KardendisteL Ilisp.- Carde'nchau 

 K >ot biennial. Stem J to 5 feet high, branched, angular, prickly* Radical 

 leaves oboxaie, narrowed to a petiole at base ; stem-loaves ( on note -perfoliate, ser* 

 ,(i:c. upptr ones entire, all suiooOUsh. Leaves of the involucre lanceolate, mu* 

 rronate, rigid, spreading, or recurred, shorter than the head. Heads ofjlowers 

 c./lin trie, or elliptical ; corolla jxile purple. Scales of the receptacle cuneatoob- 

 long, keAel, terminating in a rigid subulate recurved ucumination, bristly-ciliate 

 on the margin. 



Hub. ( 'ultivaled Lots : not common. Fl. July, Fr. September. 



01 s. '1'his is cultivated by some of our Cloth manufacturers,— but not very ex* 

 lensicch/. The recurved points of the chair, on the mature heads, are used as a 

 kind of card, to raise the nap on woollen dolls. These ttco are the only species of 

 ilie genus tchich have yet been intra luced into the U. Stales* 



69. GALIUM. L. .Yutt. Gen. 131. 

 [Greek, Gala, milk / one of the species having boon used to curdle milk.] 



Calyx minute, 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted (rarely 3-parted), rotate. 

 Stamens ±\\oi\. Stele short, bifid (styles 2, JJC). Fruit didymous, 

 roundish, smooth, or hispid. Seeds 2. 



Herbaceous: stem slender, 4-anglcd, branching, often prickly ; leaves verticillate; 

 flowers s< m 'what corymb -so-paniculate ; peduncles terminal and axillary. Xa.. 

 OrJ, 133. Lindl. Strlljltm* 



f Fruit smooth. 



1. G. tbifidi'X, L? Stem procumbent or assurgent, angles retrorse- 

 ly scabrous ; leaves in fives and fours, linear-oblong, obtuse, cuneate at 

 base, marginal prickles pointing backwards ; peduncles mostly in 3's, 

 rather short ; corolla generally 3-parteJ, and stamens 3. Beck, Bot. 

 p. 161. 



G. Claytoni. Mr. Am. I. p. 78. Book. Am. 1. p. 288. Also, Pees. 

 Si/n. 1, p. 126, 



Thru-cleft Galium. Vulgd. — Goose grass. Ladies Bed-straw. 



Loo' perennial. Stem procumbent and assurgent, 1 t>2or 3 feet 1 >n:, much 

 I ranched. Leaves generally in fours, sometimes in lives on the stem, lineai -ellip- 

 tic, (sometimes oblanceolate,) obtuse, narrowed or cuneate at base, mid-rib and 

 margins retro rsely aculeate. Peduncles mostly in threes, axillary, or subtermi- 

 ual, rather sh.»rt, slender, spreading. Corolla white, small, mostly 3-lobed ; lobep 

 obtuse. Stamens shorter than the corolla, always 3 when the corolla is 3-lobed. 

 Style as long as the stamens, bifid ; stigmas 2, globose. 



Hub. Moist low grounds, and thickets : frequent. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. Prof. Hooker thinks this may be distinct from the G. irijultcm of Europe, 

 ffhlch. he says, is a in^re slender plant than ours. 



