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102 TAKEDA—CLADRASTIS AND MAACKIA. 
4. M. Tashiroi, Makino, Téky6 Bot. Mag. (1902), p. 34. 
Syn.—Cladrastis Tashiroi, Yatabe, in Téky6 Bot. Mag., vi 
(1892), p. 345, tab.x.; Derris chinensis, Benth., in Journ. L. S., iv, 
Suppl., p. 104, et Fl. Hong Kong., p. 94, quoad spec. fructif. 
Hap.—Japan: Fukuyejima, prov. Hizen (Makino, in Hb. 
Yokohama Nurs. Comp., Sept. 1908, fr. Hb. Edinb.). Loochoos : 
Oshima s ae 1853,-56, fr. Hb. Kew, Faurie, n. 3910, fl. 
Hb. Brit. M 
Gus Benth (l.c.) hesitatingly refers the specimen collected 
by Wright in Oshima to his Derris chinensis, which was estab- 
lished on a flower-bearing specimen gathered by Hance in Hong 
Kong. Even Hance’s specimen has recently proved to be 
identical with Millettia pulchra, Benth., so that Derris chin- 
emsts can no longer exist. M. Tashiroi is an interesting species, 
and is distributed over Kyiishi and the Loochoos. The pod is 
elliptical or sometimes oval, which is brought about by the basal 
and terminal ovules being unfertilised. 
PLATE XXVII, figs. 51-56. 
5. M. australis, Takeda, comb. nov. 
Syn.—Cladrastis australis, Dunn, in Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. x 
(1912), p. 86.; C.sp., Forb. et Hemsl., Ind. FI. Sin., i, p. 20r. 
Has.—China : without precise locality (Millett, fl. Hb. Kew), 
N.W. River, Kwantong (Lo Guai, comm., S. T. Dunn, Aug. 1890, 
fr. Hb. Kew 
Oxss.—A Sicaskably glabrous species, and closely related 
to the preceding, from which it differs by the long bract 
which attains 5 mm. in length and is nearly twice as long as the 
pedicel, and by the calyx shorter and more deeply toothed. The 
leaflet is oval and mucronulate at the apex. The pod is elliptical 
in the typical case. The plant must have been introduced into 
this country many years ago, as I have seen a specimen in the 
Kew Herbarium from the garden of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, London, collected in 1835. 
PLATE XXVII, figs. 57-62. 
The present study has been carried out in the Herbarium, 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All the specimens preserved in 
the Herbarium of the British Museum have also been consulted. 
Prof. Bayley Balfour has been so kind as to send all the specimens 
of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden for examination. Mr. S. 
Matsuda of the Botanical Institute, Imperial University, Tokyé, 
has also generously given me valuable information, and sent 
me specimens of C. shikokiana, and the co-type specimen of 
M. Tashiroi. 
