白鼓釘（石竹科）：臺灣新發現的植物

Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam. (Caryophyllaceae): A Newly Found Plant in Taiwan

本篇報告描述首先在宜蘭頭城採集到的植物──白鼓釘，並對其環境分布加以敘述，同時列了檢索表以區別出相關屬──菁芳草屬。

It was in 1984 on May at Toucheng that the writer found the plant, Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam., in the open sandy place under windbreak of Casuarina and Pinus associated with Erigeron canadensis L., Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forsk. about 40 m away from the seaside. The distributional area is about 50m wide and 20m long. The description of Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam. of Taiwan is as below: Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encyc. 2: 129, 1797; Anon., Icon. Corm. Sinic. I: 620, 1972; E. Nasir, Fl. West Pak. 249, 1972; Edgeworth & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I: 245, 1845; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr., I: 145, 1868; Bentham, Fl. Trop. Aust. I: 166, 1863.