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except the lower three or four. Prain™ has expressed the opinion that both the 
varieties arrophula and pluricapitata are worthy of specific rank, but that the 
point can only be determined satisfactorily by a monographie revision of the 
Indian species. I have here followed Baker and Prain, as there is not sufficient 
Indian material in our herbarium to determine the limits of the various forms. 
ACACIA HOLOSERICEA A, Cunn. ex G. Don Gen. Syst. 2 (1832) 407; Benth. 
Fl. Austr. 2 (1864) .411. 
This Australian species has been recently introduced, and is cultivated at 
Lamao, Province of Bataan, Luzon, where it has been collected by Mr. Cuzner, by 
Mr. Curran, Vor. Bur. 12404, and by Dr. Shaw. 
7. LEUCAENA Benth. 
1, Leucaena glauca (Linn.) Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4 (1842) 416, 
Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 443; Baker in Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 290; 
F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 74; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 45, fig. B; Naves in 
Blaneo Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pl. 400. 
Mimosa glauca Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 520. 
Acacia glauca Willd. Sp. Pl. 4 (1805) 1075. 
Luzon, Province of Union, Elmer 5565, 5654: Province of Tlocos Sur, For. Bur. 
14021, 14022 Merritt & Darling: Province of Nueva Eci ja, For. Bur, 11055 Saroca: 
Province of Cavite, Bur. Sci. 1287 Mangubat: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 7515 
Curran: Province of Laguna, Williams 2047: Manila, Merrill 49, McGregor 39: 
Province of Rizal, Merrill 2730, 1880: Province of Tayabas, Whitford 566: Proy- 
ince of Albay, Bur. Sci. 2897 Mearns. Panay, For.-Bur. 113 Gammill. BASILAN, 
For, Bur. 3970 Hutchinson. 
Native names: Agho (Panay) ; datels (Leyte) ; comcompitis (Ilocos Sur) ; in 
some provinces (Cavite, Pampanga, Rizal, Nueva Ecija, ete.), erroneously called 
acle, which properly belongs to Albizzia acle. 
A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in tropical and sub- 
tropical parts of the world; very abundant and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines at low altitudes, the timber being used for house posts and for firewood. 
In Leyte the seeds are used by the natives as a substitute for coffee. 
8. SCHRANKIA Willd. 
1, Schrankia quadrivalvis (Linn.) comb. nov. 
Mimosa quadrivalvis Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 522; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 732, 
ed. 2 (1845) 506, ed. 3, 3: 135. 
Schrankia aculeata Willd. Sp. Pl. 4 (1805) 1041; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
30 (1875) 441; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 74. 
MINDANAO, Province of Misamis, Cagayan, L. Borja, December, 1907. Luzon 
Province of Batangas, Bauang (fide Blanco). 
This genus is confined entirely to America, except for the above species which 
appears to be the only one that has established itself in the East. It was 
probably introduced into the Philippines at the time the colony was governed 
as a dependency of Mexico, when all communication between Spain and the 
Philippines was via Vera Cruz and Acapulco, Mexico. In spite of its apparently 
early introduction, it does not appear to be at all common if the Philippines. 
The earliest specific name is adopted. 
Native name: Bulong-siri (Misamis). 
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* Journ, As, Soc. Beng. 667 (1897) 250. 
