310 58. ONAGRABIEiE. 



Tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, and North-west India to 

 Japan and the Malay Archipelago. 



[Hance (in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 107) records (Enothera fruti- 

 cosa from Macao, where of course it would be a colonist ; bis 

 specimens are certainly not that species, but rather CE. longiflora, 

 Jacq. (Hort. Vindob. t. 172), a native of South America, now 

 established in many parts of the Old World. Caura chinensis, 

 Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 225), is an obscure plant, the description 

 not agreeing with the figure in Plukenet's ' Almagestum' cited 

 by Loureiro.] 



1. Circaea alpina, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 9; DC. Prodr. iii. 

 p. 63 ; Clarke in RooJc. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 589 ; Asch. et 

 Magn. in Bot. Zeit. 1870, p. 748 ; Wight, III. Ind. Bot. t. 101* ; 

 Franchet, PI. David, p. 134, et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxii. 

 p. 8. 



Chihli : Peking (David !) ; Yunnan: mountains of Chetchotse, 

 near Tali (Delavay ex Franchet). Mus. Brit. 

 Generally dispersed in north temperate regions. 



2. Circaea cordata, Boyle, 111. Him. Bot. t. 43 ; Franch. et Sav. 

 Fnum. PI. Jap. i. p. 170 ; Asch. et Magn. in Bot. Zeit. 1870, 

 p. 781; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 589 ; Franchet, 

 PI. David, p. 135. 



Chihli: Jehol (David, 1985!); Hupeh: Patung district 

 (A. Henry \). Herb. Kew. 



North India, Mandshuria, and Japan. 



3. Circaea lutetiana, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 9; DC. Prodr. iii. 

 p. 63 ; Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 589 ; Franchet, PI. 

 David, p. 135. 



Chihli : Peking mountains (David, 438, ex Franchet); 

 Kiangsi: Kiukiang (Shearer I). Herb. Kew. 

 Very widely spread in north temperate regions. 



4. Circaea mollis, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p. 26. 

 n. 93 ; Asch. et Magn. in Bot. Zeit. 1870, p. 784 ; Hance in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 80, et in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 260. 



Chihli : Peking (David !) ; Kiangsu : Shanghai (Faber !) ; 

 Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Moellendorff, hb. Hance !). Mus. Brit.; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Mandshuria and Japan. 



