206 46. leguminos*: : c.esalpine^:. 



Described from specimens of plants cultivated in the Hongkong 

 Botanic Garden. 



4. Caesalpinia Nuga, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. p. 32 ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 481 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 97 ; Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 

 vi. p. 64 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 449. 



Caesalpinia chinensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 361; Hook, et Am. Bot. 

 Beech. Voy. p. 182; Walp. Rep. i. p. 210; Stem. Bot. Voy. 'Herald,' 

 p. 375. 



Caesalpinia paniculata, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 2, p. 210; DC. Prodr- 

 ii. p. 481. 



Fokien: Amoy ( Fortune, 123 !) ; Fobmosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 

 184!); Kwangtung (Tate !); Hongkong (Hinds ! Wilford I 

 Wright ! Champion ! and others). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to Polynesia 

 and North Australia. 



5. Caesalpinia pnlcherrima, Swartz, Obs. p. 166; DC. Prodr. ii. 

 p. 284 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 261 ; Bretschn. Early Pes. p. 148 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 448 ; Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 64. 



China, commonly cultivated and wild in some localities ; 

 Luchu Archipelago (Tanaka ex Maximowicz) . 



Generally cultivated in tropical countries, and native country 

 uncertain. 



6. Caesalpinia Sappan, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 381 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 482 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 10 ; Baker in Hook.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 255. 



Kwangtung : Kowlung (Lamont !). Mus. Brit. 

 Tropical India and Malaya. 



7. CaBsalpinia sepiaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 360 ; Walp. Pep. 

 i. p. 810; Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 256; Ranee in 

 Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 5 ; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 5. 



China: without locality (Carles I); Chekiang : Ningpo 

 (Everard ! Hancock !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukianij (Shearer !) ; Hupeh : 

 Ichang (A. Henry !) ; Shensi (Piasezki ex Maximowicz) ; Hai- 

 nan (Swinhoe !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in tropical Asia ; also found in Madagascar, and 

 colonized in America. 



8. CaBsalpinia vernalis, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 

 p. 77 ; Walp. iv. p. 590; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 97. 



