104 MKIUULI. AND KOr^FlO. 
A tree^ glabrous thronghoiitj (inflorescence nnknown). Branches te- 
rete, glabrous, liglit-grayish-brown, lenticellate. Lea\es about 25 cm 
long, odd pinnate, 3- 'or 4-jugate, the rachis about 15 cm long; leaflets 
elliptical-ovate to elliptical-oblong, 8 to 9 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, sub- 
coriaceous, somewhat shining, paler beneath, entire, base acute, apex 
short-acuuiinate, the acumen blunt; nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib, not prominent, the reticulations rather obscure; petiolules 5 
mm long. Inflorescence terminal. Pods lanceolate, 18 to 20 cm long, 2 
to 2.5 cm wide, thick, woody, glabrous, flattened, somewhat narrowed at 
the base, the apex acute, sometimes slightly curved. 
Luzon, Province of Eizul, Bosuboso, For. Bur. 3373 Akern's collector, Septem- 
ber, 1905. 
A species allied to Millettia MerrilUi Perk., differing from that species in its 
laiger leaves and very much larger and more woody pods. 
PITHECOLOBIUM Mart. 
Pithecolobium ellipticum (Blume) Hassk. in Retzia 1 (1855) 225; Prain in 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66- (1897) 270. 
Inga elHpfica Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 88; Walp. Report. 1 (1842) 
930. 
Pithecolobium fasciculatum Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 208 ?; 
Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 304. 
Palawan, For. Bur. -^^M Curran. 
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago; new to the Philippines and here recorded 
from the Archipelago for the first time, and under its oldest specific name as 
shown by Prain 1. c. 
LESPEDEZA Miuhx. 
Lespedeza juncea Pers. var. sericea (Tlmnb.) Forbes & Femsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 181. 
Hedysarum sericeum Tliunlt. Kl. Jap. (1784) 287- 
Lespedeza sericea Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lngd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 49. 
Luzon-, Province of Benguet, Lohcr 2330, February, 1894. 
Northern India to China, Japan, Formosa, and also in Australia; the genus 
new to the Philippines. 
SIMAIUJBACEzI]. 
BRUCE A J. S. Mill. 
Brucea mollis Wall. Cat. (1828) no. 8483; Benn. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
1 (1875) 521. 
Brucea luzoniensis Vidal Sinopsis Atlus (1883) 19, /. 2G, f. B.; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 70. 
After an examination of a full aeries of the Luzon form, and comparison with 
the Indian material at Kew, we are of the opinion that Brucea luzoniaisis Vidal, 
although sufficiently distinct from B. sumatrajui lloxb., can not be maintained as 
a species distinct from B. mollis. The type of Vidal's species is no longer extant, 
and the speoies is not represented in liis Philippine collection at Kew, althoiigli 
it was secured by Loher. 
Himalaya and Silhet. 
