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4987. Cephalanthus ne 
4988. Sherardia arvens 
the selaiere aig eat Seed adherent to the pericarp; endosperm fleshy ; embryo curved. 
n, diminutive of asper, rough, referring to the leaves. 
aod se uci! natives the Old World. Type species, Asperula odorata L. 
4989. Kelloggia galioides 
4990. A 7 A. + 
1. Asperula odorata L. Sweet Woodruff. Fig. 4990. 
Asperula odorata L. Sp. Pl. 103. 1753. 
Stems erect, slender, smooth. Leaves a. in whorls of 8, varying from 6-9, thin, eee 
late or oblang. lanceolate, Seate or obtuse, , l-nerved, roughish on the margins, 1-2. 
long, the lower smaller and often o oats: ase in several-flowered cymes on slender, pckory 
stg and axillary peduncles, white or pinkish, 3 mm. long ; pedicels 2-4 mm. long; fruit very hispid, 
about 2 oad. 
Frequent escape from gardens, especially in open woods; western Washington and Oregon. Native of 
Europe. April—July. 
Crucianélla angustifélia L. Sp. Pl, 108. 1753. Slender annual with linear whorled leaves and narrow, 
serminal and apeperiem: euilary Hi the tubular flowers subtended by 2 scarious bracts — "gatas mid- 
veins, the fruit glabro This European species has been collected in Tehama County, Califo 
5. GALIUM* L. Sp. Pl. 105. 1753. 
Annual or perennial with slender 4-angled stems and branches, and opposite or appar- 
The following new names and combinations were ma ade in the genus bogeser by poring amay a (Brit- 
jets: 10: 181-192. (Oct.) 1958) after manuscript was set up bor type: Galium nuttailti var. cliftonsmithii, G. nut- 
talht var. ovalifolium, G. nutta ice var. tenue, andrewstt Var. Brat Bs Pisces ota var. Atty G.. cata- 
peeks Mie ge pre G. angustifolinm var. secehce: G. matthewst var. magnifolium, and G. munsii var. 
Ringst se. e also Dempster, Brittonia 11: 105-22. 1959. 
