82 
TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA- 
tmetorium. 
Aparine* 
circsezans, 
Mich. 
3. G. stems diffuse smoothish ; stem leaves in sixes, 
those of the branches in fours, linear, somewhat 
acute, very finely prickled on the margin and 
nerve ; peduncles terminal long and generally 3- 
flowered. — Willd. and Pursh. 
DyePs Goose-grass, Wild-madder. 
Flowers white. In wet hedges and the borders of shady 
damp woods, also common. Along the course of the Schuyl- 
kill, and near the Buck-inn, on the Lancaster road, very abun- 
dant. Pursh says the North American Indians use this plant 
for dying their porcupine quills, their feathers and other or- 
naments, of a beautiful red colour. Perennial. July, August. 
** Species with hirsute or rough fruit. 
4. G. stems weak, scabrous backward ; leaves about 
eight linear-lanceolate mucronate, hispid above, 
margin and carina prickly, flower branches the 
length of the leaves, about three-flow^ered, fruit 
hispid. — Willd, and Pursh. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 495. Engl. bot. 816. 
Common Cleavers. Catch-weed. Goose-grass. Clea^ 
vePs Goose-grass. 
Flowers white. In natural hedges and among bushes 
every where very frequent. It attains the height of four or 
five feet, when supported by bushes. Annual. M^iy. 
5. G. stem erect, glabrous ; leaves by fours, ovate ; 
peduncles short, divaricate ; flowers alternate 2 
fruit nodding. — Elliot. 
G. brachiatum, Muhl. 
G. boreale, Walt. 
Is it G. boreale of Persoon ? 
Cross-branched Goose-grass. 
Easily distinguished from any of the preceding species. 
Flowers purplish — rarely white. In woods, and other shady 
places not uncommon. Perennial. June to August. 
