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PAROSELA Cay. 
1. P. glandulosa (Blanco) Merr. supra 68. 
In the pine region, altitude 1,500 m, C. M. Z. 16226. 
Introduced from Mexico, now abundant and widely distributed in Luzon. 
DESMODIUM Desvy. 4 
1. D. sinuatum (Miq.) BI. ex Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 166. 
In the pine region, ascending to 2,000 m, OC. M. Z. 16034. 
Medium and higher altitudes in northern Luzon and in Mindanao; India to 
China, Formosa, Malaya to New Guinea. 
2. D. microphyllum (Thunb.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 337. 
In grass lands, pine region, ascending to 2,000 m, C. M. Z. 18153: Philippine 
and extra-Philippine range as in the preceding species. 
LOUREA Neck. 
1. L. reniformis (Lour.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 324. 
In the pine region, altitude about 1,500 m, C. M. Z. 16227. 
Known in the Philippines only from northern Luzon; Burma to China, For- 
mosa, Malaya, and northern Australia. , 
PHYLACIUM Benn. 
1. P. bracteosum Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. (1840) 159, #. 33. 
In stream depressions, pine region, ascending to 1,500 m altitude, C. M. Z. 
16222. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, especially at low altitudes; Malay Pen- 
insula and Archipelago to New Guinea. 
SHUTERIA W. & A. 
1. S. vestita W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 207. 
In the pine region, ascending to 2,000 m, C. M. Z. 16221. of 
Known in the Philippines only from higher altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto 
region; India and Ceylon to southern China. 
CAJANUS DC. 
1. C. indicus Spreng. Syst. 3 (1826) 248. 
Stream depressions in the lower pine region, C. M. Z. 160338. 
Cultivated by the Igorots, and locally known as caldis; widely distributed in 
the Philippines, frequently cultivated ; Tropics of the world. 
FLEMINGIA Roxb, 
l. F. cumingiana Benth. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 245. 
In the pine region, altitude 1,500 m, OC. M. Z. 16224. 
Endemic. 
PHASEOLUS L. 
1. P. lunatus L. Sp. Pl. (1753) 724. 
In the lower pine region, C. M. Z. 16220, 16223. 
Abundant and widely distributed in the Philippines, frequently cultivated; 
Tropics of the world. 
