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PLANTAGINACEAE 
Plantago [Tourn.] L. Plantain. Ribwort. 
major L. Common Plantain. The old Indian name was “White 
Man’s Foot,” applied because of its appearance in 
clearings made by the early settlers. It was for- 
merly considered as an introduced plant, but is 
now recognized as native to America; it is also 
cosmopolitan. 
Rugelii Dcne. Very common. 
LANCEOLATA L. Rib Grass. Ripple Grass. English Plantain. 
South Amherst, 1829, E. Hitchcock. Then ap- 
parently rare ; now very common. 
MEDIA L. Hoary Plaintain. Becoming common. 
Purshit R. & S. Springfield, 1879; Amherst, H. L. Clark in Rho- 
dora, Vol. 1, p. 165. Adventive from the West. 
ARISTATA Michx. Near Pratt Field, Amherst, S. C. Brooks; 
Springfield, L. Andrews. 
RUBIACEAE 
Asperula L. 
galioides Bieb. Northampton, Miss G. L. Pettis. 
odorata L. Sweet Woodruff. Northampton, Miss G. L. Pettis. 
See Bailey’s Euc. of Am. Hort., p. 108. 
Galium L. Bedstraw. Cleavers. 
Aparine L. Cleavers. Goose Grass. Hitchcock Catal. 
VERUM L. Yellow Bedstraw. Springfield, Amherst, etc. 
pilosum Ait. _ 
circaezans Michx. Wild Liquorice. 
lanceolatum Torr. Wild Liquorice. 
boreale L. Northern Bedstraw. 
MOoLuuGo L. 
trifidum L. 
Claytoni Michx. Springfield, L. Andrews. 
tinctorium L. 
asprellum Michx. Rough Bedstraw. 
triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. 
Mitchella L. Partridge Berry. 
repens L. 
Cephalanthus L. Buttonbush. 
occidentalis L. 
Houstonia L. 
caerulea L. Bluets. Innocence. 
longifolia Gaertn. Springfield. 
