120 





Leguminosae — Caesalpinioideae. 



Caesalpinia Bonducella, Fleming ; Baker, Flora, p. 88. 



Thomasset 228. 



Distr. "Widely spread in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



Caesalpina sepiaria, Roxb. ; Baker, Flora, p. 88; Dupont,. 



Report, 1907, p. 36. 

 Dupont. 



Distr. Tropical Asia. Baker regards all the members of 

 this genus in the Mascarene region as introduced ; but it i» 

 probable that they owe their presence to the action of 



curren 



Cassia aldabrensis, HemsL in Journ. Bot. 1916, Suppl. II. 



p. 12. 



Dupont 123: Thonuutet 231, 2m. 



Distr. Endemic. 



Cassia miraosoides, L.; Baker, Flora, p. 90; Kew Bull. 



1894, p. 147; Schinz in Abliandl. Senckenb. xxi., p. 85. 

 Abbott', Fox 236; Voeltzkow. 

 Distr. Common in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



Cassia occidental^, L.; Baker, Flora, p. 89; Kew Bull. 1894,. 

 p. 147; Schinz in Abhandl. Senckenb. xxi., p. 85. 



Distr. Now widely dispersed in Tropical Africa and Asia, as 

 well as in America, though possibly of American origin. 



Tamarindus indica, L. ; Baker, Flora, p. 91; Balfour, Bot. 

 Rodriguez, p. 37; Dupont, Report, p. 14, in map; Prain £» 

 Journ. As. Soe. Bengal, lx. p. 312. 



Ihipont; Fryer 94. Probably introduced in Aldabra. 

 Distr. Xow common in Tropical Africa and Asia, extend in 

 to North Australia. Introduced in America. Commonly culti- 



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ated. 



Ledurainosae — Mi uosoideae 



© 



Pithecolobium ambiguuin, HemsL in Journ. Bot. 1916, 



Supl. II. r>. 13. 

 Fryer 39. 

 Distr. Endemic. 



Abrus precatorius, L.; Baker, Flora, p. 78; Kew Bull. 1894 r 

 p. 147; Schinz in Abhandl. Senckenb. xxi. p. 85. 



Abbott; Fryer 81; Voeltzkow. 



Distr. Now very generally dispersed in tropical and some- 

 sub-tropical countries. Rare in coral islands. 



Sophora tomentosa, L. ; Baker in Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr., ii.,. 

 p. 254; HemsL Bot, Cball. Exped. i. pt. I. p. 30; pt. III. 



p. 144. 



Fox 262; Thomasset 221. 



Distr. Generally -diffused on tropical sea-sbores and extend- 

 ing to some extra-tropical regions. 







