MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 147 



Hubia Linn. 



Rubia cordifolia Linn, var stenophylla Franch. 



Iliihia lanceolata Hayata FL Mont. Formos. p. 117. 



I have compared my species with Franchet's variety at Kew 

 and fonnd that they are quite identical. The variety is very like 

 the ty})e. 



Galhtm Linn. 



Galium echinocarpum Hayata sp. nov. Procnmbens ad nodos 

 radicans, caulibus angularibus, glabris vel nitidis, internodiis 2 cm. 

 longis. Folia ß-verticillata, oblanceolata, sessiUa, 12 mm. longa 

 3J mm. lata, apice rotnndato-mucronata, mucronibus \ mm. longis, 

 basia attenuata, margine remote serrate -ciliolata, supra pilis 

 paucis ascendentibns dispersa, subtus glabra. Cymao ter- 

 minales paucifloratse, ternatim ramosa). Flores pedicellati. Calycis 

 tuljus (uoideus g mm. longus, pilis falcatis dense obtectus, hmbus 

 obsoletus. Corolla rotata, 2 mm. in diametro, lobis 4, ovatis 1 mm. 

 longis 'q mm. latis, apice obtusis. Stamina 4, corollae lobis alterna 

 ?, mm. longa, styhis 1 mm. longus, apice 2-fidus, stigmate capitel- 

 ]ato. Friictus didymus orbicularis 1 ^ mm. in diametro, pilis 1 mm. 

 longis rectis apice falcatis dense obtectus. 



TTaiî. in monte Morrison, ad verticem 13094 ped. alt., leg. fS. 

 Nagasawa, Nov. IDOIÎ, (No. 755) ; ibidem !)000 ped. alt., leg. T. 

 K.vwAKAMf et U. ]\[0Ri, Oct. 1000, (No. 1S05). 



SoTiic\\ii;it near (!. frifiduin Mieux. ; but greatly diflers in hav- 

 ing iniicli sinallci- leaves with ascendent hairs. Comes near G. 

 Apufiuc hiw. from wliicli this is distingnisliable by the ascending 

 but not it'lrurU'd, liairs. 



