3 4 FLORA ORCADENSIS. 
OrpDER XXIV.—RUBIACEA. 
Genus XCI.—GALIUM (Linn.) 
179. G. veruM (Linn.), Lady’s Bedstraw. Common. 
Var. maritemum (DC.) On dry links, Dingies- 
howe and Newark, Deerness ; and no doubt elsewhere. 
Specimens were sent to Mr Ar. Bennett in 1907. 
180. G. SAXxATILE (Linn.), Heath Bedstraw. 
Common. 
181. G. Motiueo (Linn.), Hedge Bedstranw. 
Var. Bakert (Syme). Very rare. I found one 
patch about two feet square on the farm of Quoy- 
belloch, Deerness, about 1895. When the surround- 
ing heath was cultivated, this, at my request, was 
left, and is so at present. When in Westray in 
1905, I came across one or two patches above the 
village of Pierowall. (Examination confirmed by Mr 
Ar. Bennett). 
182. G. ASPERUM (Schreb), Mountain Bedstraw. 
Scarce. 
Hoy Hill and Houton Head (Dr Boswell); Burn of 
Sale, Hoy (R. Heddle); Holm Hill; above school, St. 
Andrews (M. Spence). It is also given in “ Journal of 
Botany” in list called “ Florula Orcadensis,”’ on the 
authority of Syme. 
183. G. ULIGINOSUM (Linn.), Rough Water Bedstraw. 
Reported by Low, but requires confirmation. It 
is found in Caithness, Hebrides, &c. 
