63. RUBIACEX. 101 
30. Spermacoce lLiNx. 
Key to the .Formosan Species. 
(1) Flowers and fruits about 2 mm. long, in very dense whorl-like clusters 
On beadct e M PEE RS He dipseeciesadrisjqsg ede S. stricta. 
Flowers and fruits about 5 mm. long, axillary, but not numerous ; plant 
hispid ee cC MEE vci ee Rei S. hispida. 
Spermacoce hispida LixN.; Marsuw. et Havara Enum. Pl. Formos. 
p. 199. 
Has. Shintiku, Bioritsu, Takow. 
Disrnib.  Widely diffused in India and Malaya. 
Spermacoce strieía LiNN.; Marsuw. et HayarA Enum. Pl. Formos. 
paelig9. 
Has. Mankinsho. 
DisrRrIB. Asia and "Tropical Africa. 
S81. Rubia Lx. 
JDichotomous Key to the. Formosan. Syecies. 
(1) Leaves lanceolate or linear. ............ FH. cordifolie. var. stenophaylla, 
Leaves rounded, cordate at the base. .......... .... ... ..R. cordifolia. 
Rubia cordifolia LrvN.; Marsuw. et Havara Enum. Pl. Formos. p. 199. 
Har. Shintiku. 
DisrRr. From Dahuria to Japan, China, India, Malaya and Ceylon. 
Rubia cordifolia LrwNw. var. stenophylla FnaNcH.; Hayvama Mater. Fl. 
Formos. p. 147. 
Jiubia, lanceolata. HaAvaTA. Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 117. 
When Í was at Kew, I compared my species with FnawcHET's variety 
and found that they are quite identical. "Phe variety is very like the type. 
