182 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
ARACHIS Linnaeus 
ARACHIS HYPOGAEA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 567; ed. 2 (1845) 
396; ed. 8, 2 (1879) 363, t. 157. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
is widely cultivated in the Philippines and is generally known 
as mani, the name introduced by the Spaniards with the plant. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, eres August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 588). 
ZORNIA Gmelin 
Lupinus angustifolius Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 566, non Linn.=Smithia 
bigeminata Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 395 (rigeminata) (sp. nov.) ; 
ed. 3, 2 (1879) 8362=ZORNIA DIPHYLLA (Linn.) Pers. 
This species is abundant locally, growing in open dry places, 
especially in thin poor soil. It is undoubtedly an introduced 
plant in the Archipelago. Widely distributed in the settled 
regions at low altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, October, 1914 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 66). 
DESMODIUM Desvaux 
Hippocrepis multisiliquosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 584, non Linn.= 
DESMODIUM GANGETICUM (Linn.) DC.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 
(1845) 408; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 384. 
This species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Diewsdle 
latifolium DC., but without good cause. The description is very — 
poor, but applies to Desmodium gangeticum (Linn.) DC. in all 
respects except in the statement “peciolos cortos”; this is prob- 
ably due to the fact that Blanco observed also specimens of 
the allied Desmodium virgatum Zoll., which has short petioles 
and is rather more common about Manila than is Heamoneie be 
gangeticum DC. , 
Illustrative specimens from Masambong, Rizal Begvicn fig 
zon, October, 1914, and Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, Sep- 
tember, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae Nos. 138, 498). 
Hippocrepis multisiliquosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 584, p. p., non Linn.= 
Desmodium gangeticum Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 408; ed. 3, 2 — 
(1879) 384, t. 377, p. p., quoad RESERok cortos”=DESMODIUM VIR- © 
GATUM Zoll. Bp 
Blanco’s species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to Desmo- 
dium latifolium DC., but I believe that he described, in part at 
least, true Diesmnodivm gangeticum DC. His description of the © 
petioles: as ‘short, however, applies to D. virgatum Zoll., which 
is common in certain regions near Manila. 
