. 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 9. MADDER FAMILY. 267 1. Asperula odorata L. Sweet Woodruff. Fig- 3953- Asperula odorata L. Sp. PI. 103. 1753. Stems erect, slender, smooth. Leaves usually in 8's (6's-9's), thin, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, mucronate, i-nerved, roughish on the mar- gins, 6"-i8" long, the lower smaller, often obo- vate or oblanceolate; peduncles terminal
. 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 9. MADDER FAMILY. 267 1. Asperula odorata L. Sweet Woodruff. Fig- 3953- Asperula odorata L. Sp. PI. 103. 1753. Stems erect, slender, smooth. Leaves usually in 8's (6's-9's), thin, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, mucronate, i-nerved, roughish on the mar- gins, 6"-i8" long, the lower smaller, often obo- vate or oblanceolate; peduncles terminal and ax- illary, slender; cymes several-flowered; flowers white or pinkish, ij" long; pedicels i"-2" long; fruit very hispid, about 1" broad. In waste places, New Brunswick, N. J. Fugitive from Europe. Other English names are hay-plant, mugwet or mugget, rockweed, sweet hairhoof, wood- rip, woodrowel, star-grass, and sweet-grass. May-July. Asperula arvensis L., another European species, with terminal capitate flowers, and linear obtuse leaves, has been found in waste places on Staten 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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