180 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
PSORALEA Linnaeus 
Liparia badocana Blanco Fi. Filip. (1837) 597 (sp. nov.) =PSORALEA 
BADOCANA Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 416 (comb. nov.); ed. 3, 2 
(1879) 395. 
This endemic species was described by Turczaninow in 1848 
as Meladenia densiflora, based on Philippine specimens collected 
by Cuming. It is of local occurrence in the drier parts of north- 
ern and western Luzon at low and medium altitudes. Blanco’s 
specific name was from the town of Badoc, Ilocos Norte Province, 
Luzon, where the plant was observed by him. 
Illustrative specimen from Bauang, Union Province, Luzon, 
February, 1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 968). 
PAROSELA Cavanilles 
Amorpha glandulosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 555 (sp. nov.) =Dalea alope- 
curoides Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 389; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 351, non 
Willd.=PAROSELA GLANDULOSA (Blanco) Merr. (Dalea glandulosa 
Merr.; Dalea nigra Mart. & Gal.). 
A native of Mexico, introduced into the Philippines through 
the medium of the Acapulco-Manila galleons and now very abun- 
dant on dry hills about Manila and in some of the more distant 
provinces in Luzon. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 251). 
TEPHROSIA Persoon 
Indigofera hirsuta Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 591, non Linn.=Indigofera 
senegalensis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 412; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 392, 
t. 162, non Lam.=TEPHROSIA DICHOTOMA Desy. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 
I 9 (1826) 415 (T. luzoniensis Vogel, 1843). 
The form described by Blanco was reduced by Fernandez- 
Villar to Tephrosia purpurea Pers., to which T. dichotoma Desv. 
and T. luzoniensis Vog. may be reduced if Persoon’s species be ~ 
interpreted in a broad sense. It is widely distributed in the 
settled areas of the Philippines, occurring in and about towns 
in waste places, etc. ay 
Illustrative specimen from Guadalupe, Rizal Province, August, — 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 499). 
GLIRICIDIA Humbolt, Bonpland, & Kunth 
Galedupa pungam Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 558; ed. 2 (1845) 390; ed. 3, 
2 (1879) 352, t. 250, non Gmel.=GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM (Jacq.) Steud. 
(G. maculata HBK.). 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 2 
