NKW Oil NOTEWORTHY PHlLIPriNE PLANTS, VI. 229 
A widely distributed endemic species, correctly identified by Bentham with 
Blanco's Mimosa scutifera and transferred by him to Pithecolobium, but later ^ 
considered by him to be the same as Pithccolohiuin lohaium Bcirtli., and reduced 
to that species. It is, however, very distinct from Pitkecolobium lohulunt Bentli., 
both in its very deeply lobed pods and in the venation of tl»e leaflets. Univer- 
sally known in the Philippines as Anagnp. 
Pithecolobium pauciflorum Bentb. in Lond. Jomn. Bot. 3 (1844) 212. 
This species was based on flowering specimens, Cuming 1854, collected in the 
Philippines, without locality given, and like the preceding species later reduced 
by Bentham to Pithecolobium lohaium Benth. It does jiot, however, appear to be 
the same as that species. Cuming's specimen is well matched by Bolster 2S6, 
Surigao, Mindanao, April, 1906, in fruit. I have seen no typical Pithecolobium 
lohaium Beutli. from the Philippines. 
ENTADA Adans. 
Entada parvifolia sp. nov. 
Scandens, subglabra; foliis bipiimatis, piniiis 2-jugatis; foliolis iitrin- 
que 8, oLlongis, mncronatis, ca. 1.5 cm longis, 3 ad 5 mm latis; spicis 
ca. 15 cm longis, plus minus liirsutis; leguminibus glabris, 10 ad 25 cm 
longis^ 4 ad 5.5 cm latis, seminibus nitidis, 2 cm diam. 
Scandent, the brandies slender, terete, brownish, glabrous. Leaves 
bipinnate, the rachis about 6 cm long, slightly pubescent ■ when young, 
the terminal tendril G cm long or more; pinnae 5 to 8 cm long, the 
rachis slightly pubescent; leaflets oblong, chartaccous, about 8 pairs, 
about 1.5 cm long, 3 to 5 mm wide, the apex obtuse, strongly mucronate, 
margins revolute, nerves obscure; petiolules very short. Spikes about 
15 cm long, many flowered, the rachis somewhat ferruginous-hirsute, the 
braeteoles lanceolate, acuminate, al)out 1,5 mm long. Flowers subsessile, 
the calyx glabrous, small, campanulate, about 1.8 mm in diameter, 
obscurely 5-toothed. Petals 5, glabrous, oblong, equal, 3.5 mm long, 1 
mm wide. Stamens 10; filaments about 5 mm long; anthers 0.8 mm 
long. Ovary ghibrous, narrowly oblong, 2 mm long; style about 4 nun 
long. Pod narrowly oblong, compressed, 10 to 25 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm 
wide, somewhat acuminate at both ends, the valves shining, firmly coria- 
ceous, dark-brown, glabrous; seeds shining, round, compressed, about 
2 cm in diameter. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Bur, Sci, JfSlO, oOO^ Ramos, December, 1007; 
Rallier, January, 1904. 
A species well characterized by its small leaflets and comparatively small 
pods; very distinct from the widely distributed Eniada scandcns Bontli. Like 
Eniada scandcns Bentli., the stem of this species yields a substitute for soap 
which is used by the natives of Zambales: Z., Binngui, 
1 Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 575. 
