46. LEGTJMINOS.E : PAPILIONACE.E. 197 



4. Ehynchosia sp., affiuis B. viscosce, DC. 



Hupeh: Ichang (A. Henry I). Herb. Kew. 



Yery near the common Indian B. viscosa; but the leaflets are 

 ovate instead of rhomboidal, and there are slight floral differences. 

 The pod is unknown. 



1. Eriosema chinense, Vogel, in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 1, 

 p. 31 ; Walp. Hep. i. p. 734 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 91 ; Baker in 

 Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 219 ; Mig>. in Journ. de Bot. Ne'erl. 

 i. p. 123 ; Renriq. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 151. 



China : without locality (Barkes !) ; Kwangtung : Pakhoi 

 (Blayfair !), Macao (Silva ex Renriques) ; Hongkong ( Wright ! 

 Champion !) ; Kwangsi {Wenyon !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Common in India and Malaya, and extending to the Philip- 

 pines and North Australia. 



1. Flemingia congesta, Boxb. Rort. Beng. p. 56, et Fl. Ind. iii. 

 p. 340 ; DC. Brodr. ii. p. 351 ; Baker in RooTc.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 228 (varietates plures); Dyer in Bharm. Journ. May 31, 

 1884. 



Flemingia semialata, Roxb., et F. prostrata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. pp. 338 

 et 340 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 326. 



Flemingia Lamontii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 18/8, p. 10. 



Flemingia Grahamiana, Wight et Am. Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. 

 p. 242 j Baker, he. cit. 



Flemingia rhodoearpa, Baker in Oliv. FL Trop. Afr. ii. p. 231. 



Fokien: Amoy {Swinhoe !) ; Fokmosa {Oldham, 183!); 

 Hupeh : Ichang {A. Henry!); Kwangtung : on the West 

 Eiver (Sampson ! Lamontl), Lofaushan (Fordl). Mus. Brit.? 

 Herb. Kew. 



A common and very variable species in tropical Africa, Arabia, 

 India, Malaya, and the Philippines. The "waras " dye is extracted 

 from this in Arabia. 



Hance's F. Lamontii is exactly F. prostrata, Eoxb. 



2. Flemingia stricta, Boxb. Corom. Fl. iii. t. 248, et Fl. Ind. iii. 

 p. 312 ; DC. Brodr. ii. p. 351 ; Baker in Rook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 228. 



China : without locality (Millett !). Herb. Kew. 

 Tropical regions of India, 



