186 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
seashore, commonly growing in thickets along muddy shores 
and tidal streams. 
Illustrative specimen from Obando, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
November, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 541). 
Pterocarpus diadelphus Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 563 (sp. nov.); ed, 2 
(1845) 393; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 357—=DERRIS HEPTAPHYLLA (Linn.) 
Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 273 [Sophora heptaphylla Linn., 
Derris diadelpha Merr., Pongamia sinuata Wall., Derris sinuata 
Thwaites, Derris floribunda Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3, pl. 336, 
non Benth., Derris thyrsiflora F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 68, non 
Benth. ]. 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
altitudes, especially near the sea. 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 344). 
Galedupa frutescens Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 562 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
391; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 354, t. 2232—DERRIS SCANDENS (Roxb.) Benth. 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines, presenting considerable variation in the shape and size 
of its leaflets. 
Illustrative specimen from Angat, Bulacan Province, Luzon, 
September, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 555). 
Cylista piscatoria Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 589 (sp. nov.) =Galactia ? 
terminaliflora Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 411 (nom. noy.); ed. 3, 
2 (1879) 390=DERRIS ELLIPTICA (Roxb.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 4 (1860) Suppl. 111 [Millettia piscatoria Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 37); 
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
and medium altitudes and, with other species of the genus, 
is used by the natives in stupefying or poisoning fish; the Ta- 
galog and Visayan name tubli or tugli is applied to several spe- 
cies of Derris, but Blanco’s description applies unmistakably to 
the form here indicated. Cylista piscatoria Blanco was erro- 
neously referred by Fernandez-Villar to Millettia splendens W. % 
& A., a species that does not extend to the Philippines. ae 
Illustrative specimen from Mount Batulao, Batangas Province, 
Luzon, August, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 469). 
ABRUS Linnaeus 
ABRUS PRECATORIUS Linn.: Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 565; ed. 2 (1845) 
894; ed. 8, 2 (1879) 361, t. 156.. 
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It 
is common and widely distributed in the settled areas of the . 
