. 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. Genus 7. MADDER FAMILY. 265 21. Galium palustre L. Marsh Bedstraw. Fig. 3948. Galium palustre L. Sp. PI. 105. 1753. Galium trifidum var. bifolium Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants 202. 1884? Perennial, stem erect and rather slender, about 16' high; internodes very long (middle one 2i'-3' long) ; short branches mostly in 2's. Stem sharply 4-angled, glabrous or a little r
. 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. Genus 7. MADDER FAMILY. 265 21. Galium palustre L. Marsh Bedstraw. Fig. 3948. Galium palustre L. Sp. PI. 105. 1753. Galium trifidum var. bifolium Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants 202. 1884? Perennial, stem erect and rather slender, about 16' high; internodes very long (middle one 2i'-3' long) ; short branches mostly in 2's. Stem sharply 4-angled, glabrous or a little rough; leaves in typical specimens rather small, in 2's to 6's, linear- elliptic to spatulate, cuneate at the base, obtuse, 3"-8" long, i"-2" wide, the rather firm margins and the midrib slightly scabrous, not papillose; flowers numerous in terminal and lateral cymes; bracteoles in the inflorescence minute; pedicels in flower ascending, ij"-2j" long, in fruit strongly divaricate; corolla large, white, i"-i!" broad, 4-parted, the lobes oblong, acute; disk almost obsolete; fruit glabrous; endosperm of the seed grooved on the inner face, in cross-section lunate. In damp shady or open places along roadsides and ditches, or in the margins of swamps. Newfound- land, Prince Edward Island and Quebec, to Con- necticut and New York. Also in Europe. 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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