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2. Galium triflorum, Michx. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 205. Stems 
smooth, glabrous, erect or ascending, 6-12 in. Leaves in whorls 
of 6 or 8, nearly glabrous, lanceolate, narrowed to the stalk-like 
base ; upper leaves 1-2| in., lower smaller ; nerves lateral. 
Flowers white or tinged with yellow. Fruit covered with hooked 
bristles. 
Mushobra, Mahasu, Narkunda, in forest ; May, June. — Temperate .Himalay 
6000-10,000 ft. — Asia, N. Europe, America. 
This species has the habit and odour of the British Sweet Woodruff, 
Asjoerula odorata. 
A variety occurs at Simla (Hoffmeisteri of the FI. Br. Ind.) having distinctly 
stalked, ovate leaves \ in. long, sometimes only 4 in a whorl. 
Fig. 72 . Galium rotundifolium. 
3. Galium Aparine, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 205. Stems and 
branches trailing or climbing, angles beset with minute, recurved 
prickles, otherwise glabrous. Leaves in wdiorls of 6 or 8, linear 
or narrowly lanceolate, ^-1^ in. ; midrib and margins minutely 
prickly ; nerves lateral. Flowers white, tinged with green. Fruit 
covered with hooked bristles. 
Huttoo ; July, August.— Temperate Himalaya, 8000-12,000 ft. — W. Asia, 
N. Africa, Europe (Britain, Goosegrass, Cleavers). 
*4. Galium hirtiflorum, Beq. ; Ft Br. Ind. iii. 206. Stems 
trailing or ascending, more or less covered with hairs or bristles. 
Leaves in whorls of 4, hairy or bristly, linear, ^-1 in. ; nerves 
lateral. Flowers minute, red. Corolla fringed. Fruit covered 
with hooked bristles. 
Garhwal, Almora ; July, August. — Sirmore to Sikkim, 4000-10,000 ft. 
5. Galium asperifolium, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 207, under 
G. Mollugo. Stems trailing, diffuse, angles minutely prickly, 
