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100 MERRILL. 
In addition to the above material, there are about 40 additional sheets, 
consisting of leaf specimens only, in the herbarium of the Bureau, which are 
not cited here. This material comes from many different localities from northern 
Luzon to southern Mindanao, and is apparently all referable to either P. echinatus 
or to P. indicus. 
2. Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Sp. Pl. 3 (1800) 904; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 11 
(1855) 135; Baker in Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 238, in part; F.-Vill. Noy. 
App. (1880) 67; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) ¢. 40, fig. A; Prain in Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. 66* (1897) 123, Stray Leaves from Indian Forests 7, with Ind. 
Forest. 26 (1900). 
Pterocarpus pallidus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 560, ed. 2 (1845) 391, ed. 3, 
2:355; Naves 1. c. pl. 205. 
BABUYANES ISLANDS, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 3976 Fénia: Luzon, Province of 
Pangasinan, For, Bur, 8315 Curran & Merritt: Manila, For. Bur, 19017 Curran 
(cult.) : Province of Camarines, For. Bur. 10681 Curran: Province of Sorsogon, 
For, Bur. 10517 Curran. Muinporo, For. Bur. 9741, 4102, 8655, 5376 Merritt, 
Merrill 2580, Bur. Sci. 1543 Bermejos. Masparr, Merrill 2620, For. Bur. 1002 
Clark, Whitford 1688. ‘Ticao, For. Bur. 1019 Clark. Leyre, Elmer 7126. 
Neeros, For. Bur. 12421 Danao. MInpAnao, District of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 
9346 Whitford & Hutchinson: Province of Surigao, Bolster 328: Province of 
Misamis, Alga 1. 
Tenasserim to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, 
New Guinea and the Caroline Islands. 
As was the case with Pterocarpus echinatus Pers., only specimens with fruits 
have been here cited; most of the flowering specimens cited above probably belong 
with P. indicus. 
This species and the above yield the valuable timber known in the Philip- 
pines as narra, which is very similar to the padouk of India. The most usual 
native names are asana, naga, and narra, and are applied indiscriminately to 
all three species here recognized; other native names are: odias (Pangasinan) ; 
nala (Abra); taga (Cagayan); balawning (Mindoro) ; daitanag, ex Blanco. 
3. Pterocarpus blancoi Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 7. 
Pterocarpus santalinus Blanco FI, Filip. (1837) 561, ed. 2 (1845) 392, ed. 
3, 2:356; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 67, non Linn. 
Luzon, Province of Union, Elmer 5690: Province of Tarlac, Merrill 2881: 
Province of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 11054 Saroca: Province of Bulacan, For. 
Bur, 7203 Curran: Province of Rizal, Merrill 2809, Bur. Sci. 987 Ramos, Decades 
Philip. For. Fl. no. 208 Ramos. 
The same native names are applied to this as to the preceding species; in 
Pampanga it is known as apalit. 
Endemic; apparently closely allied to P. papuanus F. Muell. of New Guinea. 
Pterocarpus blancoi is perhaps not specifically distinct from P. indicus; it is 
characterized by its much larger pods (6 to 8 cm in diameter), while P. indicus, 
at least the typical form, usually has pods 5 cm or less in diameter; some 
forms cited above under P. indicus have at least some pods 6 cm in diameter ; 
as a rule the leaflets of P. blancoi are relatively narrower and more acuminate 
than are those of P. indicus, but these characters are not entirely constant. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
PTEROCARPUS FLAVUS Lour.: F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 67. 
Probably an erroneous identification, on the part of F.-Villar, for some form 
of Pterocarpus indicus. Loureiro’s species is not a Pterocarpus, but is Pongamia 
mitis (L.) Merr. (P. glabra Vent.). 
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