64,  VALERIANEZXF, 103 
DisrRIB. Japan and China. 
Galium rotundifolium lLrNN.; DC. Prodr. IV. p. 599; Hoox f. FI. 
Brit. Ind. IIT. p. 204; HavarA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 148. 
Har. Randaizan; Mt. Morrison, Mt. Arizan. 
DisrRm. Europe, India, North Africa, Western Asia. 
OrsERv. Perennial, proeumbent. Stem angular in section, hispidu- 
lous (hairs retrorse.), internodes 3 em. long. Leaves 4-verticillate, sessile, ob- 
long or ovate, 13 mm. long, 6 mm. broad, shortly acute at the apex, suddenly 
aitenuate at the base, tri-nerved, margin nearly entire and ciliate, hairy on 
the nerves of both surfaces, (hairs longer 1 mm. long, divaricate and retrorse), 
face hairy hairs shorter and fewer.  Cymes axillary, paniculate, ternate, 
branches divarieate. — Flowers 5-verticillate at the apex of the branches of 
cymes, pedicels about 1 mm,long.  Calyx-tube glabrous, about 1 mm.in dia- 
meter, densely covered with faleate hairs. Corolla rotate, 4-lobed, 13 mm. 
in diameter, lobes ovate, 4 mm.long, obtuse at the apex.  Stamens 4, 
style 2 mm.long, deeply 2-fid, stigma capitellate. Fruits didymous broadly 
obeordate, 1 mm.long, 12 mm. broad, densely covered with straight divari- 
eate faleate hairs. 
64. Valerianeee. 
Conspectus of. the. Formosan | Genera. 
Corolla shortly 5-lobed, stamens 4 perfect, braets narrowed, free, brac- 
teoles large adpressed to fruits, appendieulate, collora white or 
Slloxu: ieseiee eene toc oot PRETIO M EECOEISE Patrinia. 1 
Corolla 4-5-fid, nearly equal. Stamens 4, perfect, bracteoles 4, flowers light 
jul e coss QUNODBEOoccoosu d ENDE ISO DESC "T'riplostegie. — 2 
1. Patrinia Juss. 
Key to the Formosan Species. 
Leaves ovate dentate villose, flowers white. ..................-- P. villose. 
Leaves pinnatifid glabrous, flowers yellow. ................ P. scabioscefolia. 
