178 LEGUMINOS.E. 



OBSERV. A small shrub ; leaves imparipinuate, 3-4-juged ; pmnre re- 

 motely opposite, stipellate, ovate, apiculate, 2 mm. long, 1 cm. broad, dark 

 above, whitish below; flowers red, 1 cm. long, racemose; pod linear 5mm. 

 long, 4 mm. broad, black, nearly straight or slightly incurved. 



7. Tephrosia PERS. 



Tephrosia purpurea PERS. ; DC. Prodr. II. p. 251 ; BENTH. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 78 ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 112 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. 

 Fl. Sin. I. p. 158 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Ennm. PI. Formos. p. 105. 



HAB. Takow. 



DISTRIB. Common in the Tropics. 



8. Millettia W. et ARN. 



Millettia reticulata BENTH. ; HANCE in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. XIH. p. 101 ; 

 FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 159 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL 

 Formos. p. 105. 



HAB. Senton, Taitou, Hoknto. 



DISTRIB. China. 



9. Sesbania PERS. 



Sesbania segyptiaca PERS.; DC. Prodr. II. p. 264 ; WIGHT Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 32 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Lid. Fl. Sin. I. p. 162 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Enum. PI. Formos. p. 105. 



HAB. Tarnsui, Pachina, Reigaryo, Takow. 



DLSTRIB. Common in the Tropics of the Old World. 



10. Astragalus LINN. 



Astragalus sinicus LINN. ; KURZ in Jonrn. Bot. (1873), p. 193 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1350 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Iiid. Fl. Sin. I. p. 166 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Enum. PI. Formos. p. 105. 



HAB. Pachina. 



DISTRTB. Japan. 



