osbeck's dagbok ofwer en ostindsk resa 
575 
by the author as sepals. The original description is as follows: 
^^Achyranthes chinensis. Obs. Perianthum duplex, corolla longius. 
CoroUam 5 petalum includens; exterius minus, diphyllum, interius 5 
phyllum. Flores racemosi, terminatrices. Pedunculi ex alis. Folia 
lanceolata, opposita, nervosa, glabra. Caulis ruber." This plant 
was observed September 8, 1751, near Canton, and while the description 
does not entirely agree with Achyranthes aspera or A. bidentata, it applies 
better to these species than to any other amaranthaceous plant known 
from Kwangtung Province, China. 
Agaricus chinensis Osbeck, Dagbok Ostind. Resa 221. 1759. 
The description, which is entirely inadequate, is as follows: 
Agaricus (chinensis) stipite albo, spithameo, pileo lutescente." The 
plant was from the vicinity of Whampoa, September 12, 1751. 
Albizzia chinensis (Osbeck) comb. nov. 
Mimosa chinensis Osbeck, Dagbok Ostind. Resa 233. 1757. 
Mimosa marginata Lam. Encycl. 1: 12. 1783. 
Mimosa stipulata Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40. 1814, nomen; Fl. Ind. ed- 
2,2:549. 182,2 (stipulacea). 
Acacia marginata Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. No. 5243. 1832. 
Albizzia stipulata Boiv. Encycl. XIX Si^cle 2: 33. 1838. 
Albizzia marginata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. 5: 23. 1910. 
Osbeck's Mimosa chinensis has been overlooked by all botanists, 
and is not listed in Index Kewensis. The description is good, and 
applies unmistakably and exclusively to the species generally known 
as Albizzia stipulata Boiv. The original description is here given: 
''Mimosa (chinensis) inermis, stipulis foliolo longe majoribus, semi- 
cordatis. Folia septem vel octojuga. Foliola numerosa, fere lance- 
olata, sed basi obtusiora. Dififert imprimis & manifeste a reliquis 
maximis suis stipulis, quae semicordatae cauli adsident eumque amplec- 
tuntur, plusquam decies majores foliolis. Flores non vidi." The 
type was from near Whampoa, where the plant was observed by Osbeck, 
October 6, 1751. Among all the Asiatic Mimosoideae Osbeck's 
description applies only to Albizzia stipulata Boiv. It grows in south- 
ern China, is rather widely distributed in southeastern Asia, and is 
also found in the Philippine Islands, in Java, probably in other islands 
of the Malay Archipelago, and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
