(11 G) TENTAMEN FLOR^ LUTCHUENSIS. 383 



t. r)99, f. 3 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1049 ; DC. Prodr. I, p. GOl ; Wight et 

 Arn. Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. I, p. 109 ; Wiglit, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 

 t. 508 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 46, et FI. Austral. I, p. 453 ; Baker, 

 in Oliv. FJ. Trop. Afr. I, p. 237 ; Hiern, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. I, p. G70; Forbes et Ilemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I, p. 138; Hille- 

 brand, Fl. Hawaii. Isl. p. 85; Henry, List. Pl. Formos. p. 28. 

 C. Halicacahum var. microcarpum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 4G, in adnot. 



C. microcarpum, H. B. K. *' Gen. et Sp. Pl. V, p. 104 "; 

 DC. Prodr. I, p. GOl ; Hauce, in Jouru. Linu. Soc. XIII 

 (1872) p. 101, et in Jouru. Bot. 1878, p. 22G. 



Insula Amami-Oshima (Tashiro ! Sept. 1887, fl. et frf.) : 

 inter Naze et Yamatoharaa (T. Itd, n. rjoQ, 16 Julio 1894, 

 fl. et frf.). 



Insula Utchina [Tashirol Junio 1887, fl. et frf.). 

 Insula Myaku (7: Ilo, n. 1159, 7 Aug. 1894, fl. et 

 fructif.); circa Gushiku (Tafitul n. 1234, 25 Majo 1895, 

 fl. et frf.). 



Archipelago Yeima {Tashiro ! Aug. 1887, fl. et frf.) : 

 insula Ishigatchi ad pagum Shika-mura (Kuroiwa ex Makino)', 

 insula Kuru-shima (ex Tashiro). 



NoM. LuTCii.: Yama-kusa (M.) ex Tatiiu in litt. 

 DiSTRiB. Common in the warm regions of Asia, includ- 

 ing Formosa (3Iakino\), Hongkong, Haiuan and China ; 

 also Africa, America and Australia. 



The Luchuan specimens belong to C. microcarpum, II. B. K., 

 which, according to King, should be united with C. Hali- 

 cacahum, L., by innumerable gradations, and does not deserve 

 " even varietal rank," 



