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107. NYCTAGINEE *, 
1. Boerhaavia repens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 3; Choisy in DC. 
Prodr. xii. 2, p. 453; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 1045; Hook. f. FI. 
Brit. Ind. iv. p. 709; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 301. 
Boerhaavia diffusa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ], p. 3; Choisy in DC. Prodr. 
xiii. 2, p. 452; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 301. 
Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1434, 1425!) ; Pratas Istanp (Wil- 
ford'); Formosa: various localities (Wilford! Playfair !); 
Yunnan (Anderson!); Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; 
Honexone (Wright!) ; Haas (4. Henry!); Lucuu Arcut- 
PELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, America, and 
Australia. 
Both the typical repens, Linn., and the variety diffusa occur in 
China. 
2. Boerhaavia repanda, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. p. 22; Choisy in DC. 
Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 455; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 709. 
Valeriana chinensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 33; Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 15, 
t. 6. f. 3. 
Cunina (ex Choisy). 
Widely spread in India and Malaya, and extending to Aus- 
tralia. 
1. Pisonia aculeata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1026 ; Choisy in 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 440; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 711; 
Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1763-4. l 
Formosa: various localities (A. Hance! Playfair!) ; HAtNAN 
(4. Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. l 
Tropical Asia, Africa, America, and Australia, 
` [The American Mirabilis Jalapa, Linn., is widely colonized in 
China.] 
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* Since the publication of the preceding parts of the ‘Index Flore Pu 
the Trustees of the British Museum have purchased a set of Dr. eral 
Chinese plants, so that they will be found there as well as at Kew an MAN 
other large botanical establishments ; but we have not been able to recond nero 
which of the species are in the British Museum, though we know that near!) 
all of them are. 
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