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3. Stem harsh on the angles; leaves 8 per 
whorl, linear to narrowly oblanceolate.......... G. aparine 
3. Stem smooth; leaves 6 per whorl, narrowly elliptic. 
Expected (G. triflorum). 
2. Leaves 4 per whorl; stems ascending, not reclining. 
4, Flowers on distinct pedicels terminating the 
branches of the panicle. Expected (G. pilosum). 
4, Flowers sessile along the loosely divergent 
branches of the inflorescence. (Also, leaves 
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Galium aparine L. Cleavers, 
Bedstraw 
Java Farm. Infrequent in bottom of Muddy Creek valley, 
above tidal portion. Canopy primarily Fraxinus americana, Also one 
station at shoulder of old Muddy Creek Road, near entrance gate. 
Associate species: Duchesnea indica, Poa sylvestris, Geranium 
carolinianum. Higman 95, 639. 
G. circaezans Michx. Wild Licorice 
Java Farm. Infrequent along old entrance road, west of Muddy 
Creek. Canopy of Fagus grandifolia, Carya tomentosa, Quercus alba, 
Liriodendron tulipifera, etc. Associate species: Houstonia purpurea, 
Arrhenatherum elatius. Higman 777. 
Mitchella 
Mitchella repens L. Partridge—-berry 
Java Farm. Infrequent to moderately abundant beneath canopy of 
mature Fagus grandifolia, especially along old entrance road near wellhouse. 
Hectares 2477, 2478, and 2487. 
Ivy Neck. One station: west shore of Cheston Creek estuary. 
Hectare 5704. Canopy of mature Quercus prinus. Higman 93, 774. 
Diodia 
Diodia teres Walt. Buttonweed 
Ivy Neck. One station: tractor trail to grassy abandoned field 
on Scaffold Peninsula. Hectare 4740. Higman 1019. 
