63. RUBIACE;E. 101 



30. Spermacoce LINN. 



to tit- Fonnosan Species. 



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



or heads S. stricta. 



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

 hispid S. Idspidti. 



Spermacoce hispida LINN. ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euura. PI. Formos. 

 p. 199. 



HAB. Sliiutiku, Bioritsn, Takow. 



DLSTRIB. 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. R tibia LINN. 

 Dichotomous Kt'if to Hue, Formosan Species. 



( 1 ) Leaves lanceolate or linear E. cordifdia vai-. stenopliytta, 



Leaves rounded, cordate at the base It. cordifdia. 



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



H^B. Shintiku. 



DISTRIB. Fiv>m Dahuria to Japan, China, India, Malaya and Ceylon. 



Rubia cordifolia LINN. var. stenophylla FR.\NCH. ; H\YATA Mater. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 147. 



Rnlifi lanced v.ta HVYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 117. 



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

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



