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LOO CHOO AND BONIN. 



[Rosacea. 



Ord. XVIII. LEGUMINOSiE. Juss. 



1. Melilotus parviflora. Desf. 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Medicago denticulata. a, brevispina. Benth. — -M. apiculata. Willd. 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Lespedeza cuneata. G. Don in Mill. Diet. 2. p. 307? — Anthyllis cuneata. Dum. 

 Cours. Bot. Cult. 6. p. 100 ? 



Hab. Loo Choo. — This accords well with the short specific character given in the above work. Hedy- 

 sarum sericeum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 287, may be this species, but Thunberg describes its leaves as silky on 

 both sides, whereas in our plant they are quite glabrous on the upper surface. Hed. junceurn, of Roxburgh, 

 appears also to approach closely, but if that proves, as we presume, from Hamilton's synonym being the origin 

 of both, the same with L. eriocarpa of De Candolle, it must differ from the Loo Choo species. The legume 

 is minutely pubescent. The plant is shrubby. 



2. Lespedeza striata; humilis herbacea erectiuscula, caulibus canescentibus, stipulis 

 ovatis acuminatis petiolo longioribus, foliolis cuneato-oblongis obovatisve obtusis vel 

 retusis setula brevissima terminatis pellucide ac copiose parallelim venosis, floribus 

 axillaribus solitariis breve pedunculatis, corolla calycem duplo superante, ovario rhombeo. 

 — Hedysarum striatum. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 291. — Desmodium? striatum. De Cand. 

 Prod. 2. p. 337. 



Hab. Bonin. 



Herba (in nostris) annua vix tripollicaris, fide Thunbergii pedalis et ultra, parce ramosa. Stipules 

 adpressaj, multistriatae. Foliola breviter petiolulata, nervo medio subtus piloso, circiter lineas 4 longa. 

 Bracteolce duae, ovales, calyci adpressee, lineato-striatse, ciliata?. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, 5-angulatus 

 et plicatus, ad medium 5-fidus, laciniis ovalibus ciliatis pulchre reticulato-venosis, duabus superioribus 

 angustioribus ac paullo brevioribus insequilateris, inferiore latiore ac obtusiore. Corolla calycem duplo 

 superans e vexillum obovatum emarginatum. Ala lineari-oblongse. Carina transverse obtusa. Stamina 

 diadelpha (9 et 1). Ovarium rhombeum, basi apice acutum, hinc ciliolatum, uniovulatum. Stylus elongatus, 

 filiformis, apice incurvus ac incrassatus. 



1. Soja hispida. Moench. 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Arachis hypogcea. Linn. 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Guilandina Bonduc. Ait. 

 Hab. Bonin. 



Ord. XIX. ROSACEA. Juss. 



1. Rubus parvifolius. Linn.; vide supra, p. 184. 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



