192 46. LEGTTMINOS^! : PAPILIONACE^!. 



therefrom in Japan, by Mr. J. C. Hall, Acting Japanese Secretary 

 to Her Majesty's Legation at Tokio. This report, together with 

 particulars of the Chinese manufactures from the same fibre by 

 Mr. ~W\ B. Carles, Mr. W. M. Cooper, and others, is much too 

 lengthy to be given here, but will doubtless shortly appear else- 

 where. It seems, however, owing to the costly primitive process 

 of preparation, that the mauufacture of the fabric has greatly 

 declined in Japan during the last ten years. 



In the ' Bulletin de la Societe d'Acclimatation de France,' 1885, 

 p. 138, Mr. Ch. Naudin reports on cultural experiments with this 

 plant in the Autibes, where it grew most luxuriantly, though it 

 flowered only sparsely. 



1. Canavalia ensiformis, DO. Frodr. ii. p. 404 ; Baker in 

 Rook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 195. 



Dolichos ensiformis, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 725; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 437. 



Canavalia gladiata, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 404 ; Benth. FL Hongh p. 88. 



Fobmosa {Oldham !) ; Kwangtung : French Island, Whampoa 

 (Ranee, 5196!); Hongkong (Wright, TJrquhart, and others). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Var. turgida, Baker in Rook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 196 ; 

 Grah. in Wall. Gat. 5534 (species). 



China : without locality and collector's name. Herb. 

 Kew. 



Generally dispersed in the tropics, especially in littoral dis- 

 tricts ; also cultivated. 



2. Canavalia obtusifolia, BO. Prodr. ii. p. 404; Baker in 

 Rook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 196; Remsl. Bot. 'Challenger' 

 Fxped. i. 1. p. 29, et 3. pp. 141 et 291. 



Foemosa (Oldham, 177!); Hongkong (Lamontl). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Almost universal on tropical sea-shores, including many remote 

 islands and islets. 



1. Phaseolus anguinus, Bunge, Enum. FL Chin. Bor. p. 20 ; 

 Walp. Bep. i. p. 776. 



Chihli : near Peking, cult. (Bunge). 



Described as being near P. trilobus, Ait., one of the commonly 

 cultivated species. 



