38 RUBIACEAE 
unequal, wee to broadly eve mostly 1.5-2.25 cm. long and 6-10 mm. broad or sometimes Apacs 
above, obtuse at apex and apiculate, thin, 3-veined, pocket to thinly pa ooh above and s 
Petes hele ‘with short aaécitine hairs, the margins chi hich oie sed cilia ; intone 
axillary or terminal, the pistillate flowers solitary or 2-3 in the upper leaf-axi Is, ‘the pedicels 
ul an p t 
the lobes pote fruit blac in ‘dried specimens, glabrous , about 
bageig wooded slopes, Arid sie Zone; Sierra Nevada Plumas County to Pr pea, California, 
more abundant. Gane locality: Big Meadows, Pie: ig a ounty, as designated by d & Howell 
Foun West. Bot. 1: 164. 1935). June—Aug. 
27. Galium bint var. rothrockii (A. stig Sa aie Slender-branched 
r Rothroc S newicga g. 5017. 
Galium rothrockii A. Gray r. Acad. 882. 
Galium wrightti var. pe isha =F aaa 92 in — . Dudley Herb. 5: 99. 1958. 
Perennial from a woody base, stems several, slender, ace page glabrous or nearly so. 
Leaves in whorls of 4, rigid, narrowly linear, acute, about 0.5-1 inflorescence a few- 
flowered, diffusely branched panicle terminating t ; flowers ae. monoecious, dar 
red or purplish b nak oad, s acuminate; style and style-branches slender ; 
fruit about 1. mm. wide including the bristles, dark- colored, the bristles white, straight, spread- 
ing, not very de 
ocky slopes and ¢ nyons, Arid Transition Zone; known only in California from Clark Mountain, San Ber- 
nardino County i ing eastward ore Arizona to southern New Mexico and adjacent Mexico. Type locality: 
Santa Cruz phn anging eas July—Aug 
28. Galium angustifélium Nutt. Narrow-leaved Bedstraw. Fig. 5018. 
Galium ee Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 22. 1841, as a synonym. 
Galium angustifolium Nutt. ex A. Gray, oc Calif: 1: ast, 1876. 
Brest shrubby plant 3-10 dm. high rain ge pe 8 ange glabrous or puberulent. Leaves 
mostly 3 or 4, narrowly linear, 5-1 ong, t f the poetics and inflorescence much 
shorter oa those of the main stem, a aN or iliaton on ‘ © be ns, bik gla abrous, or minutely 
puberulent; flowers many, dioecious, on slender pedicels, ing pa r diffuse panicles ; 
corolla gree iy A white, —2.5 mm. broad; fruit small, ce posted ye oa coassicolet white 
bristles about e ualing the width of the body. 
andy od ter washes, mesas, and i panes, Upper and Lower Sonoran Zones; San Benito, Monterey, 
and Kern Const s, California , south to northern Lower California. Type locality: San Diego, San Diego County. 
typical form is os os ih oy as follows: numerous ace inte en generally congested at the ends of 
the aia “ the inflorescenc nternodes of the stems glabr eaves scabrous on the margins; fruit 1.5-2 
mm. broad. A species be Pry variable and from which the Potlawine pred allen have been keyd ye by Hilend & 
Howell (Leaflets West. Bot. 1: 154. 1935). As stated by them much intergradation occurs between neighboring 
roup. 
in the Inner Coast Ranges from San Benito and Monterey i unties south to Los Angeles County, California. 
Tose et Del Mar, San tak Gente. the first cited specim 
liu: ium var. pinetOrum Munz tn. Dull. Torniy Club 49: 357. 1923. Loose open habit, 
the pra lax, branched at the get nee slightly oe 1.5—3 dm. high, glabrous throughout; leaves 1-3 cm. long: 
Lee few- flowered, ed 3-10 ¢ ng. Drv =~ sg ta ridges, Arid Transition Zone; Santa Barbara County 
o Riverside County. ornia. i. Secstiins Sierra Madre Mountains, Los Angeles County. 
Galium eeestetions var. diffisum Hilend 4 Howell, Leaflets West. Bot. 1: 134. 1934. Stems lax and 
diffusely branched; staminate flowers in broad diffuse panicles, flowers of niles inflorescence scattered, solitary 
on slender pedicels. Dry desert slopes and ridges, Greenhorn Mountains, Kern County, and Holcomb Valley on 
—— slopes of the San — Mountains south to the western edge of the Colorado Desert, southern Cali- 
Type locality: up olcomb Valley, San Bernardino County. 
Pr aie Fcmesitatican var. folidsum Hilend & Howell, loc. cit. Compact leafy nla 1-3 dm. high; leaves 
4-10 mm. long, mucronate, scabrous on the margins; fruit 2 5 mm. broad; staminate flowers in a narrow panicle, 
Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa Islands off the coast of southern Calitornia and eesti, on the adjacent 
mainland. Type locality: exposed rocky slopes, — Island, Mig os 
alium angustifolium var. bernardinum Hilend & Howell, loc pe and c 1.5-3 dm. high; 
leaves 0.5—-1 cm. long; staminate sage nayrow and elongated, << pistillate pecan er ancient 
branches ie numerous congested flowers; fruit 1.5 mm. broad. 
ry, rocky or gravelly places, Arid Transition Pie Bear Valley and Cactus Flats, San Bernardino Moun 
wo a the Laguna Mountains, southern California. Type locality: near Cactus Flats, San Bernardino > onl 
tal 
29. Galium gabrielénse Munz & ae Old Baldy Bedstraw. Fig. 5019. 
Galium gabrielense Munz & Jtn. Bull. Torrey Club 51: 
Galium siccatum var. anotinum Jepson, Man. FI. Pl. ou 962. 1925. 
Dioecious sah oak gee fe a woody base, stems crowded, much branched and tufted, some- 
what woody at base, 5-1 high, oo pveaaaee see with a short, spreading, hirsute pubes- 
cence. Leaves Al wild of 4 eer 5-10 mm. lo ane, acute but not cuspidate or only obscurely so, 
crowded ; ariel in short in the axils e upper leaves ; Rieke a yellowish, 3 mm. broad, 
the lobes h ry on the pateides tr fruit including he hairs about 3 mm. wide. 
Dark rocky ridges and slopes, Arid Transition and Canadian Zones: mountains of sonthes oes oie in Los 
Angeles, aeeie and San Bernardino Counties. Intergrades with = lium angustifolium. Type locality: “‘ridges 
east of Ontario Peak, alt. 8400 ft.,”’ Sai Bernardino County. June-Aug 
