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ANACARDIACES. 
Rhus taitensis, Guill. (R. simarubefolia, A. Gray, var. f. tai- 
tensis, Engl.).— U.S. Expl. Exped. ; Lister. 
Fiji, Samoa, and Society Islands; also from the Philippines. 
Spondias dulcis, Forst.— Forster ; U.S. Expl. Exped. ; Lister. 
Fiji, Samoa, and Society Islands. Cultivated in India and the 
Mascarene Islands. 
As limited by Engler the species extends to tropical America 
and the West Indies. 
LEGUMINOSS. 
Indigofera Anil, Linn.— Moseley. 
Fiji to the Marquesas and Sandwich Islands. Commonly cul- 
tivated, and native country uncertain. 
Indigofera tinctoria, Linn.—Cartwright ; Lister. 
Almost universally cultivated in tropical countries, and appa- 
rently indigenous both in Asia and Africa. 
Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. (T. piscatoria, Pers.).— Forster, and 
others. 
From Fiji to the Marquesas and Sandwich Islands; and now 
found in tropical regions generally. 
Desmodium polycarpum, DC.— Lister. 
From the Fijis to the Marquesas ; North Australia to Japan, 
China, and the Himalayas; also in the Mascarene Islands and 
eastern tropical Africa. 
Desmodium umbellatum, DC.—U.S. Expl. Exped.; Lister. 
New Caledonia eastward to Samoa and the Marquesas Islands ; 
also in North-eastern Australia through the Malay Archipelago 
to Burma and Ceylon ; and in the Mascarene Islands and eastern 
tropical Africa. Naturalized in the West Indies. 
Uraria lagopodioides, DC.— Home; Lister. 
New Hebrides and Fiji to the Navigator Islands; also in N. 
Australia and through Malaya to India and China. 
Abrus precatorius, Linn.— U.S. Expl. Exped. 
Fiji to the Marquesas Islands. Universally spread in the 
tropics, and extending into some subtropical regions. It exists 
