. 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. 260 RUBIACEAE. Vol. 6. Galium virgatum Nutt. Southwestern Bedstraw. Fig. 3933. Galium virgatum Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 20. 1841. Annual, 4'-i2' high, usually hispid, sometimes nearly glabrous; stem very slender, 4-angled, branched from the base, or simple. Leaves in 4's, oblong or linear-oblong, 2V-5" long, 1" wide, or less, obtuse or a
. 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. 260 RUBIACEAE. Vol. 6. Galium virgatum Nutt. Southwestern Bedstraw. Fig. 3933. Galium virgatum Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 20. 1841. Annual, 4'-i2' high, usually hispid, sometimes nearly glabrous; stem very slender, 4-angled, branched from the base, or simple. Leaves in 4's, oblong or linear-oblong, 2V-5" long, 1" wide, or less, obtuse or acutish; peduncles axillary, i-flow- ered, less than 1" long, recurved in fruit; flower white, subtended by 2 large oblong to lanceolate bracts which closely resemble the leaves; fruit about 1" in diameter, covered with slender barbed bristles. Dry prairies, barrens and glades, Tennessee and Missouri to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. April- June. 7. Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bed- straw. Fig. 3934. Galium pilosum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 145. 1789. Galium puncticulosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 80. 1803. Galium pilosum puncticulosum T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 24. 1841. Perennial, more or less hirsute-pubescent or glabrate; stems ascending, branched, i°-2i° long. Leaves in 4's, oval or oval-ovate, punc- tate, i-nerved, obtuse, or obscurely 3-nerved at the base, mucronulate, 4"-i2" long, 2"-$" wide, the lower usually smaller; peduncles ax- illary and terminal; cymes numerous but few- flowered; pedicels i"-6" long, flowers yellow- ish-purple; fruit dry, densely hispid, nearly 2" in diameter. In dry or sandy soil, New Hampshire to On- tario, Michigan, Kansas, Florida and Texas. June- 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,
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