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Known from Ceylon before. D» C. II. 339. Desmodium biartieulatum. 
69* Iledysarum pulclhellum. L* Danes island. Osb. 374. 
Known from Ceylon before. D. C. II. 339. Desmodium pulehellum. 
70. Iledysarum lagopodioides. L. Canton. Osb. 346. 
D.C. II. 324. TJraria lagopo'ides. 
71. Iledysarum styracifoliumi D. Danes island. Osb. 8. 
D.C. II. 352. Alysicarpus styracifolius. 
72. AbrtlS pPecatorittS. L. A sort of little red pease with 
a black spot. They are valued as the lowest coin and used in 
weighing gold. Osb. 384. • 
Known from India before. 
73. Vang ted, a sort of small pease of which cheese is said to 
be made. Canton. Osb. 305. 
Glycine (Soja) Mspida. Moench. Tbe Soja bean, sin : jJJ J3. wong tau, 
of which Bean curd is made. First known from Japan (Kaempfer). 
74 Lack tao is the Chinese name of a sort of pease, which 
are much less than our wild vetches. Osb. 304. 
Phaseolus radiatus. L. sin: fi m. luh tan. First known from Ceylon. 
75. DolichOS sinensis- L. Callvanses. A dish which is 
like our sweet cheese and which they call Fdou fu is prepared 
of this. Osb. 218. 304. 
The name of D. sinensis is first met in Kumphius’ Amb. V. 375. Chinese 
Bean curd FL lM tau fu is made of different kind of beans. 
76. Dolichos scandens maximus , with large black beans which 
were said to be poisonous. The pods likewise grow black, 
■ when the fruit ripens. The Chinese call it syoe lock tao. Osb. 
394. But p. 375 Osb. gives the Chinese name of the same 
plant, which he observed on Danes islandjis min tao. 
By the first name is probably intended J3. siu lulc tau. According 
to Lour. 539 min teu is a variety of Dolichos Catjang. L. Parker gives 
$j§ min tau, as the Cantonese name of Cajanus indicus. Spr. Comp, 
also Fi. hgk. 88 with respect to the .poisonous seeds of Canavalia virosa. 
77. Cassia sopliera- L. Canton. Osb. 330. 
Known from Ceylon before. 
78. Cassia procumbens. L. Canton Osb. 336. 
D.C. II. 504. Cassia pumila. Lam. E. Bot. I. 651. China. India. 
79. Tamarindus indica. L. Canton. Osb. 309. 
Known from India before. Lour. 488 mentions the Tamarind as grow- 
ing in Cochinchina, not in China. 
80 . Mimosa chinensis, inermis, stipulis foliolo longe ma- 
joribus, semicordatis. French isl. Osb, 80. 
Perhaps Acacia concinna FI. hgk. 101. 
