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1. D. leaves connate sinuate, chalF upright. sylvestriso 
D. fullonum, &c. Lin. 
Icon. Jacq. fl. aust. 5. t. 403. 
Wild Teasel. 
About three or four feet high, having the appearance of a 
thistle. Near the entrance-gate to Lemon-hill, (Pratt’s) 
also on the Lancaster turnpike road. Not common, and most 
probably introduced from Europe. I have however, seen it 
in great abundance all along the road from Philadelphia to 
Yorktownj (Penn.) and oftentimes in situations where it ap- 
parently grew wild. Biennial. July. 
74. GALIUM, Gen. pi. 162. ( Ruhiaceas . ) 
Calix 4-toothed. Corolla monopetalous, 4- 
cleft, flat. Seeds 2, nearly round. 
* Species with smooth fruit. 
1. G. stem procumbent, scabrous ; leaves generally trifidum, 
by fours, oval, w^edge-shaped at base \ corolla 
mostly trifid. — Sp,pL 
G. trifidum, L. Willd. and Walt® 
G. Clatoni, Mich. 
G. Aparine, Clayton ? 
Aparine floribus albis, &c. Gron. Virg. 18. 
Three-petaled Goose-grass^ or Ladies^ Bed-straw* 
A common species inhabiting moist places. Perennial ? 
Flowers white, very small. Blooms from early spring till 
midsummer. 
2. G. stem diffuse, very much branched, prickly aspreiium; 
backwards ; stem leaves in sixes, those of the 
branches in fours, lanceolate, acuminate, prickly 
on the margin and nerve ; flower-bearing branch- 
es divaricate many-flowered, with short pedicels. 
— Mich, and Pursh'. 
In wet meadows among bushes, in swamps, and on the 
borders of rivulets. Common. Perennial. July. 
