172 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Bauhinia grandiflora was identical; but Blanco’s specific name 
is invalid in the genus. Bauhinia grandiflora Blanco was re- 
duced by Fernandez-Villar to B. variegata Linn., a species that 
does not occur in the Philippines, and I have previously, Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 44, considered it as possibly the same 
as B. acuminata Linn. Blanco’s description, however, applies 
unmistakably to B. dolichocalyx Merr. MH Oja6 09 0/871 @ Digiags 
razonadas puntiagudas * * *, Flores * * * blancas, 
de mas de medio palmo de largo * * *. KEI caliz es de color 
de canela * * *, Estambres diez * * *. Flor. en Ag.” 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 531). 
Bauhinia tomentosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 330; ed. 2 (1845) 230; ed. 
3, 2 (1878) 65, t. 118 (as Pileostigma acidum Benth.), non Linn.= 
BAUHINIA MALABARICA Roxb. 
This species is very abundant on dry hills in parts of Rizal 
and Laguna Provinces, Luzon. The fresh leaves are distinctly 
acid to the taste. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 622). 
Bauhinia castrata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 331 (sp. nov.) =BAUHINIA 
PURPUREA Linn.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 231; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 
66. 
Blanco described Bauhinia castrata from a specimen observed 
in cultivation in a garden at Pasig, Rizal Province, Luzon. He 
later reduced it to Bauhinia purpurea Linn., which Fernandez- 
Villar considered to be the correct disposition of it. As Bauhi- 
nia purpurea Linn. after long search, was not to be found in 
the Philippines, cultivated or otherwise, I considered this dis- 
position of Blanco’s species to be erroneous. I am now of the 
opinion, however, that the reduction to Bauhinia purpurea Linn. 
was correct, as Blanco’s description conforms closely to the 
characters of the Linnean species, which is, moreover, widely 
cultivated as an ornamental plant; it has been re-introduced 
into the Philippines in recent times. 
Illustrative specimen from cultivated trees, Manila, Luzon, 
October, 1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1050). 
BAUHINIA BINATA Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 331 (binnata) (sp. nov.); _ 
ed. 2 (1845) 231; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 66. 
Synonyms of this are Bauhinia pinnata Walp. in Linnaea 16 
(1842) Litt.-Ber. 53, Phanera blancoi Benth., and Bauhinia 
blancoi Baker. I have seen no specimens of the Siam plant 
that Baker referred to Bauhinia blancoi; the Philippine plant, 
