ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE. (0 
3. Sesbania grandiflora (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 316; Blanco FI. Filip. 
(1837) 599, ed. 2 (1845) 418, ed. 3, 2: 399; Naves 1. ec. pl. 291; Baker in Hook. 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 115; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 60; Vidal Sinopsis 
Atlas (1883) t. 40, fig. F.; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 17. 
Robinia grandiflora Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 722. 
Aeschynomene grandiflora Linn. |. c. ed. 2 (1763) 1060. 
Sesban grandiflorus Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 7 (1806) 127. 
Agati grandiflora Desy. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120, t. 4, fig. 6; Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 1* (1855) 289; W. F. Wight ex Safford in Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 
175. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 16464 Bacani: Province of Union, 
Elmer 5667: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Merrill 166: Province of Pangasinan, 
For, Bur. 8404 Curran & Merritt, Bur. Sci. 4939 Ramos: Manila, Merrill 647, 
Decades Philip. Forest Fl. no. 55, Katigbak 241: Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 
10336 Curran, Merrill 1895. Gutmaras, For. Bur. 98 Ritchie. MINDANAO, Mrs. 
Clemens 313, Williams 2694. 
Universally known in the Tagalog Provinces as caturay, in the Iocano Prov- 
inces as catuday; gawi-gawi (Guimaras). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines in and about towns, the flowers eaten 
as a salad and cooked as a pot herb; probably not a true native of the Phil- 
ippines. Mascarene Islands through India and Malaya to northern Australia; 
usually planted. 
The name Sesbania is not the oldest one for this genus, and it is not included 
in the list of nomina conservanda of the Vienna Botanical Congress. At the risk 
of being considered inconsistent, I have, however, retained it for the present 
work. Otto Kuntze“ has adopted the generic name Hmerus Burm. (1737) for 
all species usually known as Sesbania, but this is inadmissable under all generally 
accepted rules. In 1763 Adanson proposed two generic names for the species 
now included in Sesbania, the first, having page priority, Sesban, which was later 
changed to Sesbania by Scopoli, and the second Agati, which was based on 
Robinia grandiflora Linn. The latter name was taken up by Desvaux in 1813, 
with four species, A. cannabina Desy., A. coccinea Desv., A. grandiflora Desyv., 
and A. virgata Desy., in which he has been followed by some recent authors. 
Small “ considers Sesban and Agati to be generically distinct. If strict priority, 
limited by the date 1753, is to be observed, Sesban would then be the proper 
generic name, in case a single genus is recognized; if two genera are recognized, 
then Sesban would be the proper name for the small-flowered species (§ Huses- 
bania), and Agati the proper generic name for the large-flowered species 
(§ Agatti), 
41. CLIANTHUS Banks & Soland. 
1, Clianthus binnendyckianus Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 40? (1871) 
51; Koord. Meded. ’s Lands Plantent. 19 (1908) 429; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 
(1904) 20. 
MinDANAO, Province of Surigao, Bolster 381: Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 548, 
623, s, n.: District of Davao, Williams 2745. Poxttio, Bur. Sci. 10767 M eGregor. 
Celebes and (?) Ceram. 
The genus has three known species, two belonging in the subgenus Euclianthus, 
in Australia, and the above species constituting the subgenus Pseudoclianthus. 
* Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 180. 
“ Fl. Southeastern U. S. (1903) 614. 
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