. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Glnus 7. MADDER FAMILY. 263 15. Galium Mollugo L. Wild Madder. White or Great Hedge Bedstraw. Fig. 3942. Galium Mollugo L. Sp. PI. 107. 1753. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so throughout. Stems smooth, erect, or diffusely branched, i°-3° long; leaves in 6's or 8's, oblanceolate or linear, cuspidate at the apex, 6"-i$" long, i"-2" wide, someti
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Glnus 7. MADDER FAMILY. 263 15. Galium Mollugo L. Wild Madder. White or Great Hedge Bedstraw. Fig. 3942. Galium Mollugo L. Sp. PI. 107. 1753. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so throughout. Stems smooth, erect, or diffusely branched, i°-3° long; leaves in 6's or 8's, oblanceolate or linear, cuspidate at the apex, 6"-i$" long, i"-2" wide, sometimes roughish on the margins; flowers small, white, very numerous in termi- nal panicled cymes; pedicels filiform, divaricate; fruit smooth and glabrous, nearly 1" broad. In fields and waste places, Newfoundland to Vermont, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. Naturalized from Europe. Called also whip-tongue. Infants'- or babies'- breath. May-Sept. Galium erectum Huds., also European, differs slightly by having somewhat larger flowers on ascending pedicels, and is adventive in fields from Quebec to Connecticut and New Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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