tetrandria monogynia. Galium. 
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their feathers, porcupine quills, and other ornaments, 
of a beatitiful red. 
4 . G. caulibus diffusis ramosissimis retrorsum aculeatis, 
t foliis caulinis senis,- rameis quaternis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis margine nervoque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis 
divaricatis multifloris, pedicellis brevibus. — Mich.jl. 
amer. 1. p. 78. 
In swamps and among low bushes : Canada to Virginia. 
11 . July. v. v. Flowers white, very small. 
5. G. caulibus procumbentibus retro-scabris, foliis caulinis 
quinis, rameis quaternis linearibus obtusis margine 
nervoque scabris, fasciculis terminalibus paucifloris, 
pedicellis brevibus, corollis plerumque trifidis. — Willd. 
sp. pl. [.p. 585. 
Aparine floribus albis, &c. Gron.Ji. virg. 18. 
G. Claytoni. Mich.jl. amer. 1 . p. 78. 
In swamps and wet fields : Canada to Carolina. 2[ . 
July. v. v. Flowers white, very small. 
** Fructu hirsuto. 
6. G. caulibus flaccidis retrorsum scabris, foliis suboctonis 
lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis supra hispidis, margine 
carinaque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis longitudine fo- 
liorum subtrifloris, fructibus uncinato-hispidis.— 
Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 5Q/. 
Icon. FI. clan. 4g 5. Engl. lot. 81(5. 
In hedges and small woods : Pensylvania, &:c. 0. g. 
June — Aug. v.v. Flowers small, white. 
7. G. caulibus ramosissimis divaricatis retrorsum aculeatis, 
foliis brevibus lanceolatis mucronatis glabris, margine 
carinaque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis divaricato-ramu- 
losis, pedicellis subbifloris, fructibus hispidis. 
In mountain swamps : Canada to New York. Ij . July. 
v. v. Flowers white, very numerous and exceeding 
small. Jt produces generally only one Seed. Resem- 
bles G. uliginosum very much. 
8. G. caulibus flaccidis elongatis brachiato-ramosis hispi- 
dis: ramis brevibus, foliis senis oblongo-lanceolaiis 
acuminatis glabris, margine carinaque setaceo-ciliatis, 
ramis floriferis verticillis longioribus divaricato-dicho- 
tomis : pedicellis bifloris, fructibus uncinato-hispidis. 
In meadows and on the edges of woods, frequent : New 
England to Virginia, J/ . June— Aug. v.v. Flowers 
white. 
aspr ellum. 
trifidum . 
Aparine . 
micranthum. 
brachiatum 
