18. CARYOPHYLLILE. 71 



sperma, Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 168, ex Maxim, in Mel. 

 Biol. ix. p. 54. 



North China (ex Maximowicz). 



Very widely dispersed. 



1. Drymaria cordata, Willd. ex Boem. et Schult. Sgst. Veg. v. 

 p. 406 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 395 ; Benth. Fl. Rongk. p. 22. 



Formosa: Tamsui {Oldham, 23!); Kwangtung (Tate I); 

 Hongkong (Wright ! Hance\). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Throughout the tropics. 



1. Polycarpon LceflingiaB, Fdgew. et Rook.f. in Rook.f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. i. p. 245. 



Hapalosia Loeflingiae, Wall. ; Wight et Am. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. 

 p. 358. 



Kwangtung : West Eiver (Sampson !), North Eiver (Ford !), 

 Pakhoi (Play/air !) ; Hainan (Swinhoe !). Herb. Kew. 



Tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. Polycarpaea corymbosa, Lam. Did. ii. p. 129 ; BG. Prodr. 

 iii. p. 374 ; Benth. Fl. Rongk. p. 22. 



China, without locality (Fortune, 88 !); Hongkong (Wrightl); 

 Kwangttjng: Pakhoi (Plagfairl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Almost throughout the tropics. 



19. POETULACE^E. 



1. Portulaca oleracea, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 445 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. p. 353 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 293 ; Benth. Fl. Rongk. 

 p. 127 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 63 ; Franchet in Mem. Soc. Sc. 

 Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 220. 



China: common in the warmer parts. Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Tropical and subtropical regions generally, including remote 

 oceanic islands. 



1. Claytonia, sp. 



Chihli: Siaowutaishan (Rancock ex Maximowicz, MSS.). 



