63. EUBIACE-i:. lOl 



30. Spertnacoce Linn. 



Key to the Fwmomn Specves. 



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



or heads 8. stricta. 



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

 hispid. ' S. hispida. 



Spermacoce hispida Linn. ; Matsum. et Hayata Enum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 199. . 



Hab. Sliintiku, Bioritsu, Takow. 

 DiSTBiB. Widely diffused in India and Malaya. 



Spermacoce stricta Linn. ; Matsum. et Hayata Fnum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 199. 



Hab. Mankinsho. . 



DiSTEiB. Asia and Tropical Africa. 



31. Ruhia Linn. 



Dicliotomom Keij to tlve, Formosan Species. 



( 1 ) Leaves lanceolate or linear. R. cordifdia var. stenophylla, 



Leaves rounded, cordate at the base. B. cordifdia. 



Rubia cordifolia Linn.; Matsum.. est Hayata Enum. PI. Formos. p. 199. 



Hab, Shintiku. 



DiSTBiB. From Dahuria to .Japan, China, India, Malaya and Ceylon. 



Rubia cordifolia Lraisr. var. stenophylla Feanch. ; Hayata Mater. Fl. 

 Formos. p. 147. 



B'uhia lancedata Hayata Fl. Mont. Formos. p. Il7. 



When I Was at Kew, I compared ray species with Feanchet's variety 

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



