214 46. IjEGUMINOS-E : C^SALPINE^l. 



Kwangttjng : on steep rocky banks of the "West river (Samp- 

 son I Hance, 12155! Fordl). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



1. Tamarindus indica, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 34; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 488 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 298 ; Baker in HooTc. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 273. 



Tamarindus officinalis, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 456.3. 



Hainan : Hoihau (Bullock !). Mus. Brit. 



Widely spread in the tropics of the Old World and extending 

 to North Australia. 



1. ErythropMoeum Fordii, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. xv. p. 7, 

 t. 1409. 



KwangtunG: Loting river (Ford I). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



46. LEGUMINOS^: MiMOSEiE. 



1. Entada scandens, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 332, 

 et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 3G3. 



Entada Gigalobium, E. Purssetha, E. monostachya, et E. Adenantliera, 

 DC. Prodr. ii. pp. 424, 425. 



Hainan (B. C. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



Very widely dispersed in tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



1. Adenanthera pavonina, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 384; PC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 446 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 202 ; Baker 

 in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 287. 



Kwanotijng : Tingushan (Sampson, hb. Hance, 1947 !) ; Hong- 

 kong (Urquhartl Fordl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Tropical Asia, Mascarene Islands, and North Australia. 



1. Desmanthus virgatus, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 1047 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 445; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 290; Benth. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 385. 



Hongkong (Hance, 1057!). Mus. Brit. 



A common plant in tropical and subtropical America, probably 

 a colonist in Asia and Africa. 



1. Mimosa sepiaria, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 395, et 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 423. 



