LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. Il. Manila, P. I., August 31, 1910. Art. 40^ 
A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES 
ÓF LEGUMINOSAE 
BY 
A. D. E. ELMER 
—0— 
Whitfordia Elm. n. gen. 
Leaflets not glandular punctate, without stipellae; flow- 
ers of medium size, papilionaceous; anthers versatile, attached 
to the filaments usually a trifle below the middle; ovary 
l-ovuled, without a disk; pods apparently becoming quite 
large and remaining indehiscent. 
Not having mature fruit, it is hard to decide between 
Dalbergieae and Galegeae. Certain characters are suggestive 
of Psoralia. Dedicated to Dr. H. N. Whitford, Chief of Div- 
ision of Investigation, Bureau of Forestry. 
Whitfordia scandens Elm. n. sp. 
A woody climber; stem terete, 3.5 cm. thick, flexible; 
branches mostly toward the top, divaricately spreading, tough, 
green, the twigs suberect and terminated by the inflorescence; 
wood soft, greenish, odorless and tasteless; bark gray and 
more or less lenticelled. Leaves alternating, upon short sub- 
