CALYCIFLOBJE. 59 



ORD. XLIII. 



RUBIA. MADDEE. 



R. peregrina (wild M.) In dry woods and rocky places in 

 the south-west of England. A very straggling plant, frequently 

 trailing over hedges to the extent of many feet, fastening itself 

 by its recurved prickles at the edges of its whorled leaves. 

 Flowers very small and green, in loose panicles. Fruit a small 

 two-lobed rough berry. In nearly every hedge about Torquay. 

 Plentiful on the Eock walk. (E. B. t. 851.) P. vi.-vm. 



GALIUM. BEDSTEAW. 



1. G. verum (yellow B.) On dry banks and pastures, sandy 

 places and seashores, common. Stem from 6 inches to 1 foot 

 high ; leaves in whorls of from 6 to 8, slightly rough on their 

 edges. Flowers small and numerous, forming a yellow terminal 

 panicle. Torquay and Paignton, very common. (E. B. t. 660.) 

 P. YII. vui. 



2. G. cmciatum (Crossivort B., Mugwort.) Hedges and 

 thickets, frequent. Leaves 4 in a whorl, hairy. Stem simple, 

 from 1 to 2 feet high. Flowers small and yellow, in little leafy 

 clusters. Fruit small and smooth. Warberry Hill. Barton. 

 Teignmouth road, etc. (E. B. t. 143.) P. v. vi. 



3. G. saxatile (smooth heath B.) In open heaths and 

 mountainous pastures, very frequent. Plant 5 or 6 inches high, 

 much branched, and leafy, with about 6 leaves in a whorl, the 

 lower leaves small and ovate, the upper narrow, all having a 

 little point at their extremity. Flowers in terminal panicles, 

 numerous. Fruit small and granulated. Babbicombe Down. 

 Forde, near Newton. Milber Down. Open places about Chag- 

 ford, etc. (E. B. t. 815.) P. vn. Tin. 



4. G. uliginosum (rough marsh B.) Swampy meadows and 

 sides of ditches. Distinguished from G. saxatile by its stem 

 being rough on the angles. Terminal panicles small and few- 

 flowered. Fruit dark-brown. Berry Pomeroy woods. Banks 

 of Dart, near Totness, Fl. D. Banks of Teign, near Gridleigh. 

 (E. B. t. 1972.) P. vn. vin. 



5. G. palustre (white ivater B.) In marshes and wet places, 

 frequently growing completely in the water. A weak and slender 

 plant ; stems about 1 foot long, with usually leaves of 4 in a 

 whorl, without any points at their tips. Flowers small and white. 



