LEGUMINOSAE. 



Determined by W. G. Craib.* 



ALBIZZIA Durazz. 



Albizzia julibrissin Durazzini in Mag. Tosc, III. pt. IV. 11 (1792). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, alt. 1000 m., July 1907 



(No. 2032; tree 7-16 m. tall, girth 0.3-1.20 m., flowers white, stamens 

 pink) .2 



In western Hupeh and eastern Szech'uan this tree grows in moist woods up to 

 1300 m. altitude, but is rare. Occasionally it is planted in temple grounds. The 

 bark is smooth, pale grey and the trunk relatively slender. The branches are 

 moderately stout, short and spreading. The flowers are small, white with pink 

 stamens and are fragrant; they close at night and in consequence the tree is col- 

 loquially known as the " Yeh-ho shu." E. H. W. 



CERCIS L. 



Cercis chinensis Bunge in Mem. Sav. £tr. Acad. Sci. SL Peters- 

 hourg, II. 95 {Enum. PI Chin, Bor. 21) (1833). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, clearings, etc. 

 October 1907 (No. 501, in part; tree 7-13 m. tall, girth 0.6-1.5 m.); 

 Changlo Hsien, woodlands, alt. 600-1000 m., May 1907 (No. 501, in 

 part; tree 10-13 m. tall, girth 1.2-1.5 m., flowers rosy pink); Chang- 

 yang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1000-1200 m., July 1907 (No. 501, in 

 part; tree 7-13 m. tall, girth 1-1.5 m.); same locality, December 

 1907 (No, 761); Hsmg-shan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 600-1000 m., 

 May 1907 (No. soi, in part; tree 10-13 m. tall, girth 1.2-1.5 m.); 

 Patung Hsien, alt. 1000 m., July 1907 (No. 501, in part; tree 7-10 m. 

 tall, girth 1-1.20 m.); Nanto, mountain sides, April 1900 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 411; tree 3-8 m. tall, flowers peach color). 



* Cladrastis and Maackia by H. Takeda, Milletia and Wisteria by S. T. Dunn, 

 Lespedeza and Campylotropis by A. K. Schindler. Occasional notes by Alfred 

 Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



* To the same species we refer specimens from Patung Hsien, woods, alt. 1000- 

 loOO m., July and October 1907 (No. 792; tree 10-14 m. tall, girth 1.2-1.5 in.) 

 and Veitch Exped. No. 1315. A. R. and E. II. W. 



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