46. LEGUMINOS.E: PAPILIONACE^. 203 



{Shearer !) ; Fokien : Amoy (Swinhoe !) ; Hupeh : Ichang {A. 

 Henry !) ; Kansuh : south of the Hoangho {Piasezki ex Maxi- 

 mowicz); Kwangtung (ex Debeaux) ; Hongkong {Hancel). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



This appears to occur in all the eastern provinces of China, 

 either wild, or is cultivated for the sake of the " Imperial yellow 

 dye " obtained from its flowers. Debeaux states that it is not 

 indigenous in Japan. Among Dr. Henry's specimens from 

 Ichang are some in which the young branches and the under 

 surface of the leaves are clothed with a white velvety tomentum. 



4. Sophora mollis, Orah. in Wall. Cat. n. 5335 ; Baker in 

 Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 251 ; Kanitz in Math, und Naturw. 

 Ber. Ungarn (reprint), p. 14. 



Yunnan {Loczy ex Kanitz). 



North India, from Hazara and the Salt Range to Kumaon and 

 Nepal. 



5. Sophora Moorcroftiana, Benth. in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. p. 219 ; Kanitz in Math, und Naturw. Ber. Ungarn (reprint), 

 p. 7. 



Kansuh {Loczy ex Kanitz). 

 North-west India. 



6. Sophora pachycarpa, C. A. Mey. in Ind. Sem. Ilort. Petrop. 

 xi. p. 89, ex Walp. Rep. ii. p. 903. 



Kansuh : beyond the Great Wall {Piasezki ex Maximotcicz 

 MSS.). Herb. Kew. 

 Songaria. 



7. Sophora tomentosa, Linn.Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 373; DC.Prodr. 

 ii. p. 95 ; Hemsl. in Bot. 'ChalV Exped. i. 3, p. 144. 



Kwangtung {Fordl); Hainan {B. C. Henry I). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Very widely dispersed on tropical sea-shores, including many 

 remote islands. 



The plant referred to by Miquel (Journ. de Bot. Neerl. i. 

 p. 123)as£. glabra, Hassk., from Kwangtung, is one of the varieties 

 of this species. 



8. Sophora viciifolia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 209. 

 Sophora Moorcroftiana, Benth., var. Davidii, Franchet, PI. David. 



p. 101, t. 14. 



