Galium.] RUBIACEA. 139 
[A. aRvENsIs Linn.—VI. Sparingly as a weed in the garden 
at Lahard House, Beaufort, 1911-12: Mrs. Jenner. One 
of the numerous alien plants accidentally introduced into 
these gardens with imported dove’s food. ] 
SHERARDIA Linn. 
S. arvensis Linn. Field Madder. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. Ix. 
Native. Dry banks, waste places, and as a weed in culti- 
vated lands. Common. Ann. May—September. 
From sea-level, to 600 feet in the Gap of Dunloe (R.W.S.), 
and no doubt higher. 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. R.I.A. 
VALERIANESA., 
VALERIANA Linn. 
VY. officinalis Linn. Wild Valerian. 
Districts I. II. II. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Ditches, riversides, moist shady places, &c. 
Common. Peren. June—August. 
From sea-level, to 2,300 feet on Caherconree, Slieve Mish 
range, and to 2,650 feet on Brandon (Hart). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
Although the extreme forms of V. officinalis might readily 
enough pass as distinct species, the Rev. W. H. Purchas, 
who has made a special study of V. sambucifolia Micken, 
and V. Mikaniit Syme, considers them to be inseparably 
connected by intermediates. The prevailing form in Kerry, 
as elsewhere in Ireland, is V. sambucifolia. Plants with 
numerous broad leaflets, toothed almost solely on the 
posterior margin, are not uncommon in the county and were 
referred to V. Mikanii by R.W.S. in Topog. Bot. They 
differ, however, greatly both in appearance and growth from 
the extreme chalk-hill plant of the south of England, and 
should no doubt be included under V. sambucifolia. As a 
Kerry plant V. Mikanii has, so far, been seen only near 
Inch bridge to the north-west of Listowel, where specimens 
were gathered in 1904 which are quite indistinguishable 
