MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 147 
Rubia Linn. 
Rubia cordifolia Linn. var stenophylla I*rancu. 
Rubia lanceolata Hayata FL Mont. Formos. p. 117. 
I have compared my species with FRancHet’s variety at Kew 
and found that they are quite identical. The variety is very like 
the type. 
Galiun LINN. 
Galium echinocarpum Hayara sp. nov. Procumbens ad nodos 
radicans, caulibus angularibus, glabris vel nitidis, internodiis 2 em. 
longis. Folia 6-verticillata, oblanceolata, sessilia, 12 mm. longa 
34 mm. lata, apice rotundato-mucronata, mucronibus § mm. longis, 
basia attenuata, margine remote  serrato-ciliolata, supra pilis 
paucis ascendentibus dispersa, subtus glabra. Cymea __ ter- 
minales pauciflorate, ternatim ramose. Flores pedicellati. Calycis 
tubus ovoideus 3 mm. longus, pilis faleatis dense obtectus, limbus 
obsoletus. Corolla rotata, 2 mm. in diametro, lobis 4, ovatis 1 mm. 
longis 3 mm. latis, apice obtusis. Stamina 4, corolla lobis alterna, 
3mm. longa, stylus 1 mm. longus, apice 2-fidus, stigmate capitel- 
lato. Fructus didymus orbicularis 14 mm. in diametro, pilis 1 mm. 
longis rectis apice faleatis dense obtectus. 
Has. in monte Morrison, ad verticem 13094 ped. alt., leg. 5. 
Nagasawa, Nov. 1906, (No. 755); ibidem 9000 ped. alt., leg. T. 
Kawakami et U. Mort, Oct. 1906, (No. 1805). 
Somewhat near G. trifidum Micux. ; but greatly differs in hav- 
ing much smaller leaves with ascendent hairs. Comes near G. 
Aparine Laxx. from which this is distinguishable by the ascending 
but not retrorted, hairs. 
