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420. G circaezans, Michx. Wild Liquorice. 
Dry woods and copses ; common. July. (B.) 
421. G. boreale, L. Northern Bed-straw. 
Sand ridges, bluffs and ravine's of the eastern portion of our district; 
frequent. July. 
422. G. trifidum, L. Small Bed-straw. Dyer’s Cleavers. 
Swamps and low grounds; common, especially south, rarely 
abundant. June 20th — July. 
Prof. Hill reports the following interesting forms from Englewood: 
(a.) Leaves lance-linear in whorls of 4 to 6 ; angles of stem smooth- 
ish. Has two forms of flowers by intercrossing. 
( b .) Protandrous and diomorphic, the style being long, rising some- 
what to the top of the corolla lobes; the anthers are then with- 
ered and black, the stamens barely reaching the clefts of the 
corolla limb. 
( c .) Has the stamens long and the style short, the stamens 
arching inwards and rising about half the length of the corolla 
lobes ; the anthers are flesh and yellowish-green ; the stigma is 
almost sessile. Both forms grow together in damp portions of 
door-yards. 
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423. G. trifidum, L., var. latifolium, Torr. 
With the last, near Stony Island, July, 1886. (B. P.) 
424. G. trifidum, L., var. pusillum, Gray. 
Swampy grounds, Forsythe, Hitt. (B. P.) 
425. G, concinnum, T. & G. 
Rather dry, open woods and copses; frequent. July. 
426. G. asprellum, Michx. Rough Bed-straw. Catch-weed. 
Wet woods and swampy fields; infrequent. July — August. 
427. G. triflorum, Michx. Sweet-scented Bed-straw. 
Moist rich woods and fields; frequent or common. June — July. (B.) 
Fruit greenish-white. 
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428. V. edulis, Nutt. Valerian. ^ 3 
Damp prairies ; frequent. May — June. 
Chiefly in the eastern portion of our district. 
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