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16. Galium catalinénse A. Gray. Catalina Bedstraw. Fig. 5006. 
Galium catalinense A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer, ed. 2. 12: 445. (Jan.) 1886. 
Ste oody, forming an erect, rather compact, branching shrub 4-12 dm. or more high, 
scars of | beat ones es E Depertces, the younger pcanctes sharply 4-angled, the were ones numerous 
and very leafy, sparsely and pr aia He scabrous. Leaves in whorls of 4 or merely opposite 
on the ‘lo chl ny “persistent, always longer than the internodes, midvein and male the lateral 
veins prominent, linea ong, m es ne those of the main branches 15-25 mm. long, 2-5 mm. 
wide, of the ultimate ‘Sranihes often only 5 mm. in length, thinly hispidulous with stout curved 
hairs or paige inflorescence 1 sar shy ymosely pity thesflowers on short pedicels; gig 
white, 3-4 mm. bro ad, the lobes ovate; “Fruit dry, glabrous or with a few hors straight hair 
Rocky ledges and a Upper Sonoran Zone; an insular spec gro n Santa Catalina and ice Cle- 
mente Islands off the coast of southern California. Type locality: Sasitn Catalina istand. ee Angeles County. 
arch—Aug. 
alium buxifélium can gia Neiee” Calif. — a: 96 cea Pe Seg, ony in — with G. catalinense ; 
eaves rather firm and shining, oadly oblong to obovate-oblong, 1 long broad, glabrous or 
sparsely hispidulous; inlorescerice oe in G, Galilataee: ‘Ta ns el or with short, Mio curved ire Rocky 
slopes, Santa Cruz and San Miguel Islands, Santa om thar a County, California. Type ‘localit ty: Santa Cruz Island. 
Perhaps only subspecifically distinct from G. catalin 
if; Sele jepsonii Hilend & Howell. Jepson’s Bedstraw. Fig. 5007. 
Galium subglabrum Jepson, Man. FI. Pl. Calif. 962. 1925. 
Galinm senadadt Hilend & Howell, Leaflet s West. Bot. 1.135. “1934. 
Stems cespitose at the ends of hes smi Reape ge rootstocks, erect or decumbent at base, 
0-20 cm. high, smooth and glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 4, longer than the internodes, midvein 
pronibatett Daa oblong or the ‘ar el to lanceolate or lanceolate- ovate, obscurely cus- 
5003 
a ab 
th 
5005. Galium boreale 
5006 Pe ee te $a1i 
