102 
TETR ANDRIA MONOGYNU. 
glomerata. 
12 g. OLDENLANDIA. Gen.pl. 205. 
2 . 0 . procumbens ; foliis lanceolato-ovatis, floribus axilla- 
ribus terminalibusque conglobatis pedicellatis, germi- 
nibus hispidis. Mich.Jl,. amer. 1 . p. 83. 
O. uniflora. Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. 6J5. 
Hedyotis auricularia. Walt.Jl. car. 85. 
Hedyotis uniflora. Lam. illustr. 1 . p. 27 L 
On sandy wet fields : New Jersey to Carolina. ©• May 
—July. v. v. A small creeping plant 5 flowers green- 
ish-white. 
Brownei. 
130. RUBIA. Gen. pl. 104. Madder. 
1 . R. hispida •, foliis quaternis ovalibus, pedunculis solitariis 
unifloris, caule decumbente. Mich.Jl. amer. 1 . p. 81. 
R. subhirsuta scandens vel reclinata., foliis cruciatis, flo- 
ribus singularibus ad alas. Brown, jam. p. 141. 
R . peregrina. Walt. fl. car. 80. 
Valantia hypocarpa. Limi. 
In shady woods : Carolina and Florida. l/.-fi. Flowers 
yellow j berries purple, smooth. 
latifolium. 
131. GALIUM. Gen.pl. 102. 
* Fructu glabro. 
1 . G. caulibus erectis laevibus, foliis quaternis ovatis acutis 
trinervibus : margine nervisque hispidis, pedunculis 
oppositis lateralibus terminalibusque dichotomis diva- 
ricatis laxe multifloris. — Mich.Jl. amer . 1 . p. 79 . 
In dry slaty mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . 
June, July. v. v. Leaves broad ; flowers purple. It 
generally has but one seed. 
uniflorum . 
2 . G. caulibus flaccidis laevibus, foliis quaternis linearibus 
acutis glabris, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris 
brevissimis . — ■ Mich.Jl. amer. 1 . p. 79- 
In Carolina. Michaux. -fi . Flowers white. 
tinctonum . 
3 . G. caulibus diffusis lseviusculis, foliis caulinis senis, ra- 
meis quaternis linearibus acutiusculis, margine nervo- 
que tenuissime aculeatis, pedunculis terminalibus 
elongatis plerumque trifloris. — Willd.sp.pl. 1 . p. 580. 
In wet woods and along hedges : Canada to Virginia. 
l/.June — Aug. v.v. Flowers white. This is the 
plant with which the Indians of North America dye 
