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E. C. ANDREWS. 
It will be helpful at this stage to supply a list* of the 
more important species of Leguminosee in Tropical Africa, 
which occur either in other regions or which have closely- > 
related species in other regions, so as the better to appre- 
ciate the nature of the relations existing between Tropical 
Africa and other lands. The list is not complete, as the 
analysis was only made on incomplete collections. Abbre- 
viations used in this list are Trp. for Tropics, Eur. for 
Europe, Am. for America, Afr. for Africa, As. for Asia, 
Aust. for Australia, Cosmo. for Cosmopolitan, Ind. for 
India, W. Ind. for West Indies, Sp. for Species. By Afr. 
is meant Trp. Afr. 
Genus and Species. Countries in which Plants Romieres 
are Indigenous. 
Rothia -| One sp. Trp. Afr. ...| Other sp. very close in 
Ind. and Aust. 
Crotalaria retusa .| Ind. and Afr. é ene introduced to 
Afr. 
i. verrucosa ...|Trp. Afr., Am., As., 
Mauritius. 
op calycina ».| rp. Atr., Ind., Aust. 
A oriwensis ...| Trp. Afr., Ind. 
- incana .| Cosmo., Trp. ...| Possibly introduced in 
Old World. 
“es striata ao: ade, Tep. Asi, Ama, 
Natal. 
= latifolia 
Parochetus communis ... 
veel Mites 
Trigonella hamosa 
...| Afr., W.Ind., Mauritius 2 
Argyrolobwum virgatum... ae 
Afr. .| Very close to the Ind. 
type A. flaccidum. 
Afr., Ind. 
Egypt, Cape, Ind. 
ie occulta .o-| Afr., End. 
Lotus corniculatus ...| Afr., Eur., Jap., Aust. 
Cyamopsis ‘ ...| One sp. Afr., 1 sp. Ind. 
Indigofera echinata .| Afr., Ind., Ceylon. 
- linifolia 4 Atr., As,, Amish, 
S cordifolia .| Afr., Ind., Malay, Ind. 
Le viscosa ...| Afr., East Ind., Aust. 
Bs pentayhylla ..| Afr., East Ind. 
3 parviflora ...| Afr., As., Aust. 
es subulata ..| Afr.,As.,W.Ind., Mexico 
= paucifolia ...| Afr., As. 
A hirsuta .| Afr, Mediterranean, As., 
Aust. 
+ Analysis of chapter on Leguminose by Baker, in Oliver’s “ Flora of 
Tropical Africa,” Vol. 11, 1879. 
