135 



32.— SPERMAOOOE. 



For key to species see Hedyotis (p, 125). 



1. S. strieta, Linn. f. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 162. Near Stanley, 



Hongkong ; Lantao, Hongkong New Territory. Fl, 

 white, September. 



2. S. hispida, Linn. ; Benth. 1. c. 163. On the sandy beach at 



Deepwater Bay, Hongkong ; Kowloon, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; on the bank of the Han Eiver, Swatow and at 

 Hoifung ; Pakhoi ; West Eiver. Fl. purple, April- 

 October. 



3. S. semierecta, Roxh. ; Benth. 1. c. 163. Hongkong without 



locality. Fl. white, . 



33.— RUBIA. 



1. R. cordifolia, Linn. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 202. Lienchow 

 River. Fl. yellowish, July. 



34.— GALIUM. 



Key to species. 



Leaves linear-oblanceolate ... ... 1. Aparine. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate ... ... 2. gracile. 



1. Gt. Aparine, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 164. In hedges without 



locality, Hongkong ; Swatow ; a common weed in waste 

 places. Canton. Fl. greenish-white, April. 



2. G. gracile, Bunge ; G. miltorrhizum, Hance in Journ. Bot. 



1868, 114. Lienchow River. Fl. white, AprU. 



VALERIAN ACEAE. 



1.— PATRINIA. 



Key to species. 



Leaves mostly lyrate ; fruit narrowly 



winged ... ... ... ... 1. scahiosaefolia. 



Leaves mostly spathulate or lanceolate 2. villosa. 



1. P. scabiosaefolia, Fisch. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 624. Lienchow 



River ; Yintak, N. River ; Lofoushan. Fl. yellow, August. 



2. P. villoBa, Juss. ; DC. 1. c. Lienchow River ; North River ; 



Lofoushan. Fl. yellow, August. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Key to Genera. 



1. Female flowers in separate bur-like 



heads ... ... ... ... 25. Xanthium (p. 144). 



Heads hermaphrodite ... ... 2. 



