46. LEGUMINOSJE : PAPILIONACE*:. 179 



2. Alysicarpus rugosus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 353 ; Baker in Rook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 159. 



South China (Ford?). Herb. Kew. 



Ford's is an imperfect specimen, doubtingly referred to this 

 species, which is widely spread in the tropics of the Old World, 

 occurring also at the Cape of G-ood Hope and in the West 

 Indies. 



3. Alysicarpus vaginalis, DC. Prodr. ii p. 353 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 80 ; Miq. in Joum. Bot. Neerl. i. p. 122 ; Baker in 

 Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 158. 



v Alysicarpus nummulariaefolius, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 353. 



China : without locality (Millett ! Staunton !) ; Kwangtung : 

 Pakhoi (Play/air !) ; Hongkong (Wright !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Throughout the tropics of the Old World and colonized in 

 I America. 



1. Lespedeza bicolor, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Mosc. 1840, 

 } p. 69 ; Bupr. Dec. PI. Amur. t. 5 ; Maxim, in Acta Horti 



Petrop. ii. p. 355 (varietates a. typica, /3. intermedia, et y. Sie- 

 boldi) ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 95 ; Debeaux, FL Tchef. p. 45. 



Lespedeza Sieboldi, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 47. 



China : without locality (Mulgrave !) ; N.B. China : Moukden 

 to Kirin (James !) ; Chihli : district of Peking (Skatchkoffl Ta- 

 tarinowl), Pohuashan (B ret Schneider \)\ Shantung: Chefoo 

 (Maingay !) ; Chekiang (Staunton !) ; Ktangsu : Kiangnan 

 (Staunton !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; HUPEH : Ichang 

 (A. Henry \); Coeea : Chemulpo (Carles I), Port Chusan (WiU 

 ford I); Cobean Archipelago (Oldham, 339 !). Mus. Brit.-, 

 Herb. Kew. 



Japan and Mandshuria, a common species. 



2. Lespedeza Buergeri, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 

 p. 47 ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 354. 



Lespedeza Oldhami, Miq. loc. cit. p. 48. 



Cobean Abchipelago or Japan (Oldham, 333, 335 !). Herb. 

 Kew. 

 Japan. 

 It is uncertain whether this species occurs within our limits. 



3. Lespedeza Caraganae, Bunge, Descr. Gen. et Sp. Chin. dec. i. 

 p. 11 ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 46. 



