52 Flora of Devon and Cornwall, by I. W. N. Keys. 
Mount Edgcumbe, on the turf and by the walks ; between 
Talland and Polperro. Budock bottoms, Pennance, &c., plenti- 
ful : Polytech. 1856. Smooth Heath Bedstraw. 
G. sylvestre (Poll.) — G. pusillum Sm. — Limestone hills, rare. 
— J). Unknown. — C- Reported to occur in the county : Pasc. 
(Wats. MS.). 
It has been certainly found on the Cheddar cliffs in Somersetshire by 
Mr. Borrer (Cyb. Brit. iii. 449). We should therefore search for it in this 
part of the Peninsula. 
G. uliginosum (L.) — E. B. 1972. — Wet places. — 1). Frequent. 
Bickleigh. Ivybridge : Miss L. Banks of the Dart, near Totnes ; 
Ilsington; Bovey Tracey, &c. : Fl. Dev. Berry Pomeroy woods: 
Steiv. in Ftav. Banks of r. Teign, near Gidleigh : Tor. Fl. — C- 
Budock bottoms; banks of stream, College wood, "not un- 
common:" Polytech. 1856. Between Fowey and St. Austle: 
J.B.T. Bough Marsh Bedstraw. 
G. palusire (L.) — G. Witheringii (Sm.) E. B. 2206 (which is 
the more prevalent form with us) differs only by having rough 
edges to the leaves. — Wet places by ditches and rivers. — D. 
Frequent. Manadon wood; Roborough down; Shaugh ; Tavi- 
stock; near Ugborough beacon!. Banks of the Dart; Forde bog, 
near Newton : Stew, in Rav. Lundy Island : Rav. About Chud- 
leigh: J.B.T. Ap. — C- Marshes and banks of streams [about 
Falmouth], "plentiful:" Polytech. 1866. Scilly islands : Towns. 
in Journ. Bot. ii, 112. — G. elongatum (Presl.) E.B. 1857 (a very 
strong form, much larger in all respects) is found in the Scilly 
islands : Towns, loc. cit. White Water Bedstraw. 
Rubia 1 Linn. Madder. 
R. peregrina (L.) — £'.5.851. — "Stony and sandy thickets in 
1" Named from ruber, red, from the red dye afforded by its species, 
especially Rubia tinctorum, which produces the true madder or Turkey-red 
of commerce." — H.B.F. 
