142 EUBiACEiE. [Galium. 



8. G. uliginosum (Linn.) — Rough Marsh Bed-straw. 



Districts ---4?5 6? ------ 



Lat. 51° or 53°-54°. East, perhaps also Middle of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Boggy places ; very rare in Ireland ; Fl. July to August. — 

 4. Along the sea-shore, below Killencarrick, Wicklow ; 

 Ir. Flor. — In a marsh near Mr. C. ReUIy's nursery garden, 

 Delgany, Wicklow; (Mr. Underwood), Jfacfoy Gat.Ir. 5. By 

 the millpond and in a bog at Mount Blake, Ballytore, KH- 

 dare ; /. C. About Templeogue and Terrenure ; Wade Dvhl. 

 Bogs about Robertstown, Kildare ; marshes at the foot 

 of the Saddle and Trumpet mountains, Louth ; Ir. Flor. — 

 6 ? Bogs at Lemonfleld, near Oughterard, Galway ; Ir. Fhr. 



We have seen no Irish specimen, and should have excluded 

 this species, but that our accurate correspondent and friend, 

 Mr. Carroll, feels quite sure that he has gathered G. 'uliginosum, 

 (Linn.) at Ballitore ; but he believes that it does not grow in 

 the South of Ireland. Mr. J. Drummond gives only Bally- 

 phehane bog as a locality ; and in the " Flora of Cork" the 

 unlikely station of "hedges" renders the species at least 

 doubtful. G. idiginosum is termed frequent by Dr. Dickie, 

 in the " Flora of Ulster," but has not come under the notice 

 of D. M., in the north of Ireland, or of A. G. M. in the 

 counties of Galway and Mayo. It is probable that some 

 state of G.palustre, perhaps var. Witheringii, has been mistaken 

 for G. idiginosum in some of the stations above quoted. 



9. G. palustre — WTiite Water Bed-straw. 



Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 5r-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Ditches and marshy places ; common. Fl. June, July. 



The large form ((r. elongatum Presl.) has been found on the 

 banks of the Boyne, near Slane, and in the county of Cavan, 

 but is of comparatively rare occurrence. The variety wither- 

 ingii is not uncommon, and, we believe, has in many localities 

 been mistaken for G. idiginosum. 



