392 68. RUBIACEJ1: SPERMAC0CE.K. 



68. EUBIACEiE: Spermacoce^:. 



1. Spermacoce hispida, Linn. Kant. p. 558 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 555 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 163 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 

 p. 200 ; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 149. 



Spermacoce articularis, Linn.f. Suppl. p. 119, excl. syn. 



Spermacoce scabra, Willd. Sp. PI. i. p. 572. 



China : without locality (Millett !) ; Formosa. (Oldham, 224 !) ; 

 Pescadores (Swinhoe !) ; Kwangtung: Pakhoi (Play/air I 

 Stauntonl Nelson\) ; Hongkong (Wright ! Champion !). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in India and Malaya. 



2. Spermacoce philippensis, Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 

 p. 401 ? ; .Harare in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 107. 



Hainan : on the northern coast (Sampson, lib. Hance, 13711 !)• 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Incomplete specimens of a doubtful species. 



3. Spermacoce semierecta, Ptoxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 371 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iv. p. 556; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 163. 



Borreria discolor, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 199. 

 Hongkong (Champion !). Herb. Kew. 



4. Spermacoce stricta, Linn.f. Suppl. p. 120; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 554; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 162; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 

 p. 200 ; Henriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 149. 



Spermacoce lasiocarpa, H. Br. in Wall. Cat. n. 832. 

 Bigelovia lasiocarpa, Wight et Am. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. iv. p. 437. 

 China: without locality (Millettl); Hongkojsg (Wright I). 

 Herb. Kew. 



Tropical Asia and Africa. 



5. Spermacoce, sp., caulibus teretibus, foliis linearibus, semini- 

 bus granulatis nee nitidis. 



China: without locality (Millettl). Herb. Kew. 



68. KUBIACE&: Galios. 



1. Eubia chinensis, Kegel, Fl. Ussur. n. 241, t. 8. ff. 1 et 2 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 266. 



