XIV, 4 Merrill: N oteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 405 
This species is allied to Rowrea erecta (Blanco) Merr., from 
which it is especially distinguished by its fewer, differently 
shaped, not slenderly acuminate leaflets; and its smaller, nearly- 
equilateral, slenderly pedicelled fruits which are racemosely 
arranged. 
LEGUMINOSAE 
TRIFIDACANTHUS Merrill 
TRIFIDACANTHUS UNIFOLIOLATUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 
(1917) Bot. 269. 
Pods straight, about 2 cm long, usually composed of three or 
four 1-seeded joints, flat, thin, reticulate, sparingly pubescent, 
the upper suture nearly straight, slightly indented between the 
joints, the lower suture rather deeply indented; joints usually 6 
to 7 mm long, about 4 mm wide, the valves chartaceous or thinly 
coriaceous. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 32925 Ramos, 
July 18, 1918, in dry thickets at low altitudes. 
The original description of this new genus and species was 
based on flowering specimens, but the second collection, and this 
from the type locality, shows that I was correct in placing it in 
the Papilionatae-Hedysareae-Desmodiinae, the Desmodiinae 
being indicated in the original description with doubt. It is 
manifestly most closely allied to Desmodium, from which, among 
other characters, it is distinguished by its characteristic spines. 
INDIGOFERA Linnaeus 
INDIGOFERA HENDECAPHYLLA Jacq. Coll. 2 (1788) 359, Ic. Rar. 3 
(1768-93) t. 570; Baker in Hgok. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 98 
(endecaphylla) ; Craib in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. 8 (1918) 68. 
Indigofera pusilla Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 248. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 32770 Ramos, 
August 5, 1918, in open dry places at low altitudes. 
India to southeastern China, tropical and South Africa, and 
Madagascar; not previously reported from the Philippines. 
ORMOSIA Jackson 
ORMOSIA ORBICULATA sp. nov. § Toulichiba, Macrodisca. 
Arbor, ramulis inflorescentiisque ferrugineo-pubescentibus ex- 
ceptis glabra; foliis usque ad 30 cm longis, rhachibus productis ; 
foliolis 7, subcoriaceis, glabris, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 8 ad 
15 cm longis, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8; pani- 
culis circiter 16 cm longis; floribus numerosis, circiter 2 cm 
