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Desmodium umbellatum, DC. 



Desmodium umbellatum, DC. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 262 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., ii. p. 230 ; Hook, f., 



Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 161 ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 56. 

 Dendrolobium umbellatum, Wight and Arnott; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat, i. 1, p. 262. 



Aerou ; Ki ; Timor Laut. — North-eastern Australia ; many of the Pacific Islands ; 

 throughout the Indian Archipelago and Malayan Peninsula ; Mascarene Islands ; Eastern 

 Tropical Africa : often found on the sea-beach. It is naturalised in the West Indies. 



Uraria crinita, DC. var. 



Uraria crinita, DC. var. ;] Miq.,?Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 268; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 155. 



Timor Laut. — Timor to China, and throughout India. Uraria lagojwides, DC, has 

 nearly the same distribution, and is also found in North Australia and many of the islands 

 of Eastern Polynesia. 



Phylacium bracteosum, Bennett. 



Phylacium bracteosum, Bennett in Horsf. PL Jav., p. 159, t. 23 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 228. 



Ki ; Timor Laut. — A monotype, restricted, so far as at present known, to the Indian 

 Archipelago. There are specimens in the Kew Herbarium from Java and Amboina. 



Abrus precatorius, Linn. 



Abrus precatorius, Linn.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 159; Benth., FL Austr., ii. p. 270; Seem., 

 Fl. Vit., p. 63 ; Hook, f., FL Brit. Ind., ii. p. 175 ; Nadeaud, Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 81 ; Jouan in 

 Mum. Soc. Sui. Nat. Cherbourg, xi., 1865, p. 104. 



Wetter. — Universally spread in the tropics, and extending into some subtropical 

 regions, growing equally well on the sea-shore and inland. Seemann states that it is 

 common in the woods all over the Fijis ; but although it occurs in many of the smaller 

 Pacific Islands, it does not appear to be plentiful. Often cultivated, and probably only a 

 colonist in America. 



Olitoria ternatea, Linn. 



Clitoria ternatea, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 226; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 208 ; Seem., 

 Fl.^Vit., p. 74; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr., iL p. 177. 



Ki ; Letti— Now very widely spread in tropical countries, especially where inhabited 

 by civilised people ; but apparently absent from Australia, and certainly introduced into the 

 Fiji Islands by foreign traders or missionaries, according to Seemann. It is one of the 

 favourite garden flowers of hot countries, and is most likely of Indian origin. Jouan (in 

 Mum. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xi. 1865, p. 103) states that it was introduced into the 

 Marquesas by the French. Nadeaud does not include it in his list of Tahitian plants. 



