LEGUMINOSAE 171 
: INTSIA Thouars 
Eperua decandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 368 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
259; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 118=INTSIA BIJUGA O. Ktze. (Afzelia bijuga 
A. Gray). 
. This is one of the most important timber trees in the Philip- 
pines, for the most part found along the seashore, extending 
inland and to considerable altitudes in Palawan. It is universally 
known in the Philippines as ‘pil. 
Illustrative specimen from Malampaya Bay, Palawan, May, 
1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 376). 
PAHUDIA Miquel 
Eperua falcata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 369, non Aubl.=Eperua rhom- 
boidea Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 260 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 119, 
t. 281—=PAHUDIA RHOMBOIDEA (Blanco) Prain in Sci. Mem. Med. 
Off. Ind. Army 12 (1901) 14 (Afzelia rhomboidea Vid.). 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
and medium altitudes and is one of the valuable timber trees 
of the Archipelago. Its commercial name is tindalo, and it is 
also widely known as balayon. It was retained by Fernandez- 
Villar as a distinct species, but under the genus Afzelia, but 
seems better placed under Pahudia. ) 
Illustrative specimen from Los Bafios, Laguna Province, Lu- 
zon, March, 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 862). 
 BAUHINIA Linnaeus 
Bauhinia scandens Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 3382; ed. 2 (1845) 232; ed. 3, 
2 (1878) 68, t. 76, non Linn.=BAUHINIA CUMINGIANA (Benth.) 
F.-Vill. 
The species is of wide distribution in the Philippines, and in 
the Tagalog Provinces is commonly known as banot, the native 
name given by Blanco. Fernandez-Villar erroneously reduced 
Blanco’s species to Bauhinia vahli W. & A., a species that does 
not extend to the Philippines. The very strong bast fiber is 
used by the Negritos for making bow strings. 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
September, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 557). 
ea Bauhinia grandiflora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 332; ed 2 (1845) 231; ed. 3, 
: 2 (1878) 67, non Juss., nec Dietr.=BAUHINIA DOLICHOCALYX 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 231, 5 (1910) Bot. 44. 
This very characteristic species is known only from Batangas 
Province, Luzon, and the illustrative material distributed here- 
with is practically a topotype of both Bauhinia dolichocalyx 
Merr. and B. grandiflora Blanco. The former species was de- 
scribed independently without the realization that Blanco’s 
