63. RUBIACEJE. 10l 



30, Hpet'tnacoce LINN. 



Key to lite Fonnosan Sjxcies. 



( 1 ) Flowers and fruits alxmt 2 mm. long, in very dense wlioii-like clusters 



or heads S. stricta. 



Flowers and fruits about 5 mm. long, axillary, but not numerous ; plant 

 hispid S. Idspido. 



Sperinacoce hispida LIXN. ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 199. 



HAB. Shintiku, Bioritsu, Takow. 



DISTRIB. Widely diffused in India and Malaya. 



Spermacoce stricta LINN. ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 199. 



HAB. Mankinsho. 



DISTRIB. Asia and Tropical Africa. 



31. JR.ttbia LINN. 



Dichotomous Key to the Formosan Species. 



( 1 ) Leaves lanceolate or linear ^ R. cordifdia var. stenoplujlla, 



Leaves rounded, cordate at the base R. cordifdia. 



Rubia cordifolia LINN. ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 199. 



HAB. Shintiku. 



DISTEIB. From Dahuria to Japan, China, India, Malaya and Ceylon. 



Rubia cordifolia LINN. var. stenophylla FRANCE. ; HAYATA Mater. FL 

 Formos. p. 147. 



RiMa lancedata HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 117. 



When I was at Kew, I compared my species with FRANCHET'S variety 

 and found that they are quite identical. The variety is very like the type. 



