40 RUBIACEAE 
bark, the ultimate branches strongly 4- — the angles white, more or less granu pe and 
densely puberulent with hispidulous hai Leaves 4-7 mm. long, in whorls of 4, those of vigor- 
ous shoots longer, iced sora og to bok: lanceolate, rigid, i a Sapa rev aa acumi- 
nate-cuspidate, pale gra pape eo cabrous puberulence, midvein white minent, the upper 
reduced leaves Ecker node ;  hecaetice atts muniate and Pistillate many- 
flowered, of crowded diffuse “panicles, leafy, the le sue some sia Abs ced in size, ey fruiting 
pedicels s straight usually 2-3 mm. long; corolla greenish yel 2.5-3.5 mi . broad, the lobes 
ovate, ci outer surface with enticed ieee eins ia Ticholing the copious Gin hairs 
2.5- SD wide. 
Fee slopes, Sonoran Zones; common in Inyo County, California, and southern dibs and Utah one gua 
Pee pi flamers the Mojave and Co lorado Deserts to western Arizona and Sonor ra. Type locality: western end 0 
the Sheep Hole Mewdns San alifornia. March— 
32. Galium matthéwsii A. Gray. Matthews’ Bedstraw. Fig. 5022. 
Gali: tthewsit A. Gray, Proc. Amer, Acad. 19: 80. 1883. 
Suffrutescent, glabrous, much-branched perennial 2.5-3.5 dm. high, the stems rather slender 
and persisting more than one season, the bark whitish and shining, ppl ee in age. Leaves in 
whorls of 4. much shorter than the internodes, lanceolate-ovate, 4-8 mm. long, cuspidate-acute, 
l-nerved. rigid, bag green, the upper smaller; inflorescence ample ane open, many-flow sen 
the branches of the flower-clu sters — rather long, and the subtending leaves muc ie 
oe pedicels tem straight in fruit; coro ila greenish white, 1-2 mm. wide, the lobes mae 
tu acuminate, the outer surface gatarty covered sith eee “to hairs ; teal small, 2-3 mm 
broad "nelad ng the dense covering of short white hai 
slopes of desert ranges, Upper Sonoran uae en mee Zones; eastern face of the Sierra Nevada 
; ae : 
Valley region and also the Kingston paar San Bernardino County. Type locality: “Arid district in a 
Co., California,” but according to label on type specimen in the Gray Herbarium collected ‘‘among sagebrush n 
Camp Independence. oe May-July. 
33. Galium mitnzii Hilend & Howell. Munz’s Bedstraw. Fig. 5023. 
Galium munzti Hilend & cates —— West. Bot. 1: 135. 1934. 
Galium munzti var. carneum Hilend & Howell, op. cit. 136 
Galium munzi £. glabrum Ehrendorer aay Dudley Herb. 5:9. 56. 
Ste from a branching, somewhat woody fe erect or Sree! ape ds oi 3.5(5) ae 
high, ase and pallid, ect reap with sprea ofine hairs or som s gla bro Leaves i 
whorls of 4, much shorter than the internodes, usually broadly ovate: PO 3-12 mm. ae 
dark green, tapering to an acute, se, or less apiculate and mucronulate apex, rather thin, and 
thinly hispidulous on both sides, midvein prominent, white, the 2 latefal veins short and slender 
or Bena) oO the —— often sparsely scaberulous ; yo sia pyramidal, ma 
n 
ered and rather ope h e 
hivmcciee branchlets ddivaricate fruitiie pedicels mm. long, 'straig ‘it | and aricate; corolla 
mm. broad, greenish or occasionally reddish, hispid exteriorly ; “truit nies the spread- 
ing ea 3-4.5 mm dors 
rocky or gravelly slopes, Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition Zones; desert ranges of Inyo County 
inclu diss the west face of the southern Sierra Nevada, and adjacent Nevada, south to the San Bernardino Moun- 
tains pe east te malthresters: Arizona and southern Utah. Type locality : “Bonanza King Mi ine, 3000 feet, east 
slope i the Providence Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.’’ June—Sept. 
ium munzit is quite variable as to leaf-shape, and especially as to pubescence in its more easterly range 
where f. glabrum is sometimes collected. 
34. Galium multiflérum Kell. Many-flowered Bedstraw. Fig. 5024. 
Galium Se Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 2: 96. fig. 27. 1863. 
Galium bloomert A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 6: 538. 1865. 
Perennial, stems erect fro woody ock, often somewhat suffrutescent below with 
the epide rmal gil: extfiatng in ‘tes ai shreds, the leaf-bearing branches numerous, rather 
s Sy 1.5-2.5(3) dm. hi labrou 
p wh 
rarely oo scabro _ Leave es in sraeashen of x ga ihe spreading, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceo- 
ate. 0 mm inin r idvei 
he more ne € m t 
pistillate inflorescences Reha many-flowered, the branches sprea ing, definitely longer than 
he leaves, = branchlets divaricate, the fruiting pedicels 8 mm. long, div a 
corolla gisprow: s, greenish yellow, 2-2.5 mm. wide; fruit 4-6 mm, wide including the long, spread- 
air 
Dry rocky gee and talus slopes, mainly Arid Transition Zone; Nevada west to Modoc County, California, 
south to Inyo County and east to Utah. Type locality: “vicinity of Virginia City, Washoe,’ Nevada. June—Aug. 
Galium multiflorum f. hirsttum (A. Gray) ero nee ee Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 10. 5956. ‘ee alium 
bloomeri var. hirsutum A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: tek 876; G. pia ar var. scabridum Jepson, Fis 
Calif. 963. 1925.) Differing from the preceding only Peas the presence of longish, spreading, hirsute og on eae 
and leaves. From the type locality south to seal x ote and a anesnt Nevada. Type locality: Sierra Valley, 
Ghen County, California. Collected by Lemm 
35. Galium hypotrichium A. Gray. Alpine Bedstraw. Fig. 5025. 
Galium hypotrichium A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 6: 538. 1865. 
Herbaceous perennial, the slender woody rootstocks becoming much branched, the stems and 
