IX, ©, 5 Gates: Pioneer Vegetation of Taal Volcano 425 
CERATOPHYLLACEAE 
Ceratophyllum demersum L. 7869. Submerged aquatic, thrown up on the 
strand. 
MENISPERMACEAE 
Cissampelos pareira L. 6726, 7432. A vine in the parang. 
Pericampylus incanus Miers. 7357. Vine, scarce in parang. 
LAURACEAE 
Cassytha filiformis L. 7449, 7467. Hemiparasitic vine, loading down 
Phragmites in wet strand. 
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C. B. Rob. 7351. Tree; local on ridges; north 
east. 
CAPPARIDACEAE 
Capparis horrida L. 7870, 7415. A vine in the parang. 
Capparis micracantha DC. 6898. A vine in the parang. 
Crataeva religiosa L. 6829, 7416. Tree, invading parang. 
Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. 7398. Weed on the strand. 
MORINGACEAE 
Moringa oleifera Lam. 6944, 7327. Tree; local in parang on Mount 
Ragatan. 
CONNARACEAE 
Rourea erecta (Blanco) Merr. 6712, 7358, 7372, 7445. Vine in parang. 
LEGUMINOSAE 
Abrus precatorius L. 6830, 7367, 7441. A vine in the parang. 
Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. 6804, 6839. An abundant parang shrub 
on the ash slopes and a very successful invader in grass. 
Albizzia procera (Roxb.) Benth. 6735, 6737, 6741, 7424. A tree; locally 
abundant in places in the northwest which were not exposed to the 
full force of the volcano. 
Alyscicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. 6798, 6795. A vine in the parang on 
Mount Binintiang Malaki. 
Arachis hypogaea L. 6764. A few plants in the parang near Pirapiraso, 
remnants of former cultivation. 
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC., formae. 6820, 7338, 7379, 7463. A 
variable vine; in both the grassland and the parang. 
Canavalia lineata DC. 68538, 6869, 7466. With Ipomoea pes-caprae; a 
characteristic vine on the strand. 
Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (L.) Baill. 6731, 6899. A vine; local 
in the parang or on bluffs. 
Crotalaria sp. 6890. Local on the strand. 
Derris polyantha Perk. 7412, 7442. A vine in parang on sides of ridges. 
Desmodium pulchellum Benth. 6717, 7350. A shrub, invading grassland; 
not common. 
Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desf. 6775. Herb, in a ravine. 
