46. LEGTTMIN08.E : PAPILI0NACE.E. 155 



6. Melilotus palustris, Kit. in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 187 ; Bunge, 

 Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 15. 



Chihli : near Kantai (ex Bunge). 

 Eastern Europe. 



7. Melilotus parviflora, Desf. Fl. Ail. ii. p. 192 ; DC. Prodr. 

 n. p. 187 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381 ; 

 Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 27 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 81. 



North China : apparently common. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Widely spread in Europe and Asia, and introduced in many 

 other countries. 



8. Melilotus suaveolens, Ledeb. Ind. Sem. Hort. Dorp., Suppl. 

 1824, p. 5, et Fl. Boss. i. p. 536 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 188. 



Melilotus graveolens, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. (1832), p. 16 ; Waif. 

 Rep. i. p. 638. 



Chihli : near Kantai (Bunge !), near Peking (Bretschneiderl). 

 Herb. Kew. 



Siberia and Mongolia. 



We have not been able to verify the names of several of the 

 Meliloti, but, judging from a rough sorting, there are only 

 three species represented by Chinese specimens in the London 

 herbaria. 



1. Trifolium Lupinaster, Linn. Sp. PI. ed.l, p. 766; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 204. 



Shingking: Kaichow to Kiuchow (Bossl), Peiling, Moukden 

 (Webster I). Herb. Kew. 



Siberia, Mongolia, Mandshuria, and Japan. 



[Trifolium indicum and T. globosum of Loureiro's Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 444, are obscure plants.] 



1. Lotus corniculatus, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 775 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 214 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 259. 



Formosa (Swinhoe !) ; Hupeh : Ichang (A. Henry !) ; Kansuh : 

 north of Hoangho (Piasezki ex Maximowicz MSS.); SzEcnUEN 

 (Parker ex BZance) ; Couea (Perry ! Carles !). Herb. Kew. 



Very widely spread in Europe and Asia, and occurring in 

 North Africa and Australia. 



1. Indigofera Anil, Linn. Mant. p. 272 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 225 ; 

 Benth. Fl. BZongk. p. 77 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald: p. 373. 



