208 LEGUMIXOS.I-:. 



OBSERV. Shrubby, profusely branched, velvety pubescent all over the 

 plant ; leaves pinnate, 7-8 jugecl, imparipinnate, 15 cm. long, leaflets oblong, 

 round at both ends, 3 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, silky pubescent on both surfaces, 

 at length glabrous on the upper surface, pale yellow in a dry specimen ; 

 racemes terminal ; flowers 1] cm. long ; calyx campanulate, silky pubescent, 

 nearly truncate or shortly dentate. 



48. Ccesnlpiiiia Lixx. 



Dicltotonwns Key to Ihe Formosan Species. 



(1) Leaves glabrous. (2) 



Leaves tomentose or thinly liairy C. Bonducetta. 



(2) Leaflets oblong, rounded, and retused at the apex C. pulcherrima. 



Leaflets lirger, oblong or ovate, acute at the apex (3) 



(3) Leaflets ovate, acute at the apex, fruits glabrous (7. Nuga. 



Leaflets quadrangularly oblong, acute and aristate at the apex. 



Fruits prickly C. Bonduc. 



Csesalpinia Bonduc ROXB.; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. n. p. 

 255 ; TRIMEN Fl. Ceyl. n. p. 98 ; ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 437. 

 Guilandia Bonduc LIXN. DO. Prodr. II. p. 480. 



HAB. Linkiho. 



Caesalpinia Bonducella FI.KMIXG ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 

 p. 254 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Eiol. XII. p. 448 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 205 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 114. 



HAB. Tainan, Hozan, Lingaryo. 



Dm'RiH. All over the tropics, especially in littoral districts. 



Caesalpinia Nuga Air. ; DC. Proclr. II. p. 481 ; BEXTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 

 97 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 449 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 

 506; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 115. 



HAB. Lingaryo, Boryo, Fuko, Kelung, Shizangau. 



DISTRIB. Southern China, widely diffused in tropical Asia, polyuesia and 

 northern Australia. 



