144 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Sophora tomentosa, Linn. 



Soj)hora tomentosa, Linn.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 124; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 66; Benth., Fl. 

 Austr., ii. p. 274; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 249; Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 81; 

 Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 203. 



Arrou ; Timor Laut. — A generally diffused tree on tropical sea-coasts, extending into 

 some subtropical regions. It is common on the sea-beach of many of the Pacific Islands, 

 though not reaching the Marquesas or Sandwich Islands, where it is replaced by other 

 species. Nadeaud notes that it is common, especially on coral islands ; and Seemann states 

 that it is common on the sea-beach throughout the Fij is. In the Atlantic it extends to 

 the Bermudas. The genus comprises between twenty and thirty species, spread over the 

 warmer regions of both hemispheres. Several of the species have a wide geographical 

 area, including Sophora tetraptera, which is widely spread in the south temperate zone ; 

 particulars of its distribution will be found on page 32 of this Part. 



CLesalpinie^e. 

 Peltophorum ferrugineum, Benth. 



Peltophorum ferrugineum, Benth., Fl. Austr., ii. p. 279 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii p. 257. 

 Caisalpinia ferrtiginea, Dene. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 111. 



Dammar; Timor Laut. — North Australia to the Philippines and Singapore, Malacca, 

 and the Andamans. The genus consists of about five species, two of which are American, 

 and one African. 



Caesalpinia nuga, Ait. 



Ccesalpinia nuga, Ait.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat, i. 1, p. 108; Benth., Fl. Austr., ii p. 277; Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 255 ; Seem., FL Vit., p. 66. 



Timor Laut. — Northern Australia and New Hebrides to the Philippines, Southern 

 China, and nearly the whole of Tropical India. The genus is a considerable one, and 

 generally spread over the tropics. 



Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz. 



Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. Ill ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 255 ; 

 Oliver, Fl. Trop. Air., ii. p. 262 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 205. 



Timor Laut. — This handsome tree is cultivated and more or less wild in nearly all 

 tropical countries, except Australia, and it is uncertain where it is really indigenous, though 

 probably in some part of the Old World. 



Caesalpinia bonducella, Fleming. 



Ccesalpinia bonducella, Fleming ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit Ind., ii. p. 254 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Air., ii. p. 262 ; 



Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 66. 

 Guilandina bonducella, Linn.; Benth., Fl. Austr., ii p. 276; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 204; 



Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 81. 

 Guilandina bonduc, Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i 1, p. 113, partim. 



