File:An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language (1910) (14596315879).jpg

1. Galium verum
2. Galium mollugo
3. Galium aparine
4. Galium tricornutum
5. Galium pilosum
6. Galium boreale
7. Galium triflorum
8. Galium latifolium
9. Galium lanceolatum
10. Galium tinctorium
11. Galium circaezans
12. Galium asprellum
13. Galium palustre
14. Galium claytoni = Galium tricornutum

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Title: An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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leaf-stems, each 3-flowered. Fruitcovered with hooked hairs. Rich woods. Our area. June-Aug. 12. G. latifolium, Michx. (Fig. 8, pi. 151.) Purple Bedstraw.Stem smooth, 1 to 2 ft. high, erect, branched. Leaves in 4s, lance-shaped,3-nervcd, very sharp pointed at apex, rounded at base, 1 to 2 in. long,common flower stems usually shorter than the leaves, usually more thanonco forked. Flowers purple. Dry woods in southern part of our area.Llay-Aug. 13. G. tinctorium, L. (Fig. 10, pi. 151.) Wild Madder. Stemerect, stifi, 0 to 15 in. high, branching, several times forked. Leaves in43, linear, i to 1 in. long, 1-nerved. Flowers terminal in dilFuse clusters, 2 or 3 in a lesser group. Corolla rather large, white. Fruit smooth.Damp shady places, throughout our area. May-July. 14. G. trifidum, L. (Fig. 1, pi. 152.) Small Bedstraw. Stemsweak, * to li ft. high, branching, mostly rough on tlie angles. Leavesin whorls of 43, rarely in Gs, linear, \ in, long. Flowers in terminal very MADDER FAMILY 587
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13 ( Plate 1511, Galium verum. 2. G. Mollugo. 3. G. Apariiie. 4. G. tricorne. 5. G.pilosum. 6. G. boreale. 7. G. triHoruin. 8. G. latifolium. 9. G. lanceola-tum. 10. G. tinctoiium. 11. G. circaezans. 12. G. asi>rellum. 13. G. pa-lustre. 14. G. Claytoni. 588 RUBIACEAE dilFuse clusters, each flower on a long, very slender pedicel. Corolla lobeausually 3; stamens 3, Fruit smooth, Sphagnous swamps and cold wetplaces, Maine to southern New York. All summer. 15. G. Claytoni, Michx. (Fig. 14, pi. 151.) Claytons Bedstraw.Stem i to 2 ft. high, slender, 4-angled, the angles rough with hooked hairs,branching in 2s or 3s. Leaves commonly in 5s or 6s, spatula-form, witha stiff bristle point at apex, which otiierwise is rounded, margin ratherrough. Flowers in very diffuse clusters at top of plant, the ultimategroups being of 1 or 2 white flowers. Corolla very small, 3-lobed. Fruitsmooth. Swamps and wet meadows, generally distributed. May-July. 16. G. palustre, L. fFig. 13, pi. 151.) Marsh Bedstr

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