46. LEOTTMINOSiE : PAPILTONACB.E. 199 



Western peninsula of India. 



There are imperfect specimens at Kew of one or two addi- 

 tional species of Dalbergia from Hainan, collected by B. C. 

 Henry. 



1. Pterocarpus indicus, Willi. Sp. PI. iii. p. 904 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 419 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 77 ; Baker 

 in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 238 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 23. 



Pterocarpus flavus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 431 ? 



China: without locality (Beecheyl Millettl lib. Roxburgh !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Tropical Asia eastward to the Philippine Islands. 



1. Derris chinensis, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 

 p. 104, et Fl. Hongk. p. 94. 



South China (Ilance, 1504!); Oosima (Wright I). Herb. 

 Kew. 



2. Derris laxiflora, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 105. 

 Noexh-west Formosa (Wilforil). Herb. Kew. 



3. Derris oblonga, Ilance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 10, vix Benth. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 112. 



Kwangtung: on the muddy banks of rivers (Sampson), "West 

 river, Shiuhing (Ford\). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



After comparing this with the type of Bentham's L>. oblonga, 

 we strongly doubt its beiug the same; but ripe pods are 

 wanting. 



4. Derris scandens, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Supply 

 p. 103 ; Fl. Hongk. p. 94, in nota ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. p. 240. 



Dalbergia scandens, Roxb. Corom. PI. ii. t. 192, et Fl. Ind. iii. p. 232; 

 Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 184. 



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



Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to Nortb 

 Australia. 



5. Derris uliginosa, Benth. PI. Jungh. i. p. 252, et in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. p. 108 (/3. Loureiri), et Fl. Hongk. p. 94 ; 

 Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 241. 



Derris trifoliata, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 433. 



China : without locality (Macartney !); Kwangtung : Whampoa 



