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known from several localities in central Luzon. The plant is 
probably more common than collections would indicate, for, as 
Blanco notes, it is decidedly inconspicuous. No other Philippine 
leguminous plant known to me agrees at all with Blanco’s de- 
scription. 
Illustrative specimen from Punta de Azufre, Batangas Prov- 
ince, Luzon, October, 1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. - 
1039). 
PUERARIA de Candolle 
Pachyrhizus teres Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 580 (sp. nov.) =Pachyrhizus 
montanus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 406; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 381, non 
DC.=PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES (Roxb.) Benth. 
Dioscorea bolojonica Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 800 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
551; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 208=PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES (Roxb.) 
Benth. 
This species is common and widely distributed in the settled 
areas of the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, and Blan- 
co’s descriptions apply unmistakably to Pueraria phaseolo- 
ides Benth. Fernandez-Villar reduced here Dioscorea bolojo- 
nica Blanco which is merely a form of Pueraria phaseoloides 
Benth. with large leafiets. The species is still known in Boljoon, 
Cebu, as bajai, and specimens received under this name agree 
with typical Pueraria phaseoloides Benth. 
Illustrative specimen from Pasay, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
November, 1913 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No, 195). 
CANAVALIA de Candolle 
Dolichos acinaciformis Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 578, non Jacq.—Canavalia 
ensiformis Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 404; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 377, non 
DC.=CANAVALIA LINEATA (Thunb.) DC. 
Blanco’s description is very imperfect, and the reduction is 
made chiefly from the habitat cited by him. The description 
applies as well, perhaps better, to Canavalia microcarpa (DC.) 
Merr. (C. turgida Grah.). Canavalia lineata (Thunb.) DC. 
grows on the sandy beaches above high tide mark, while C. micro- 
carpa Merr. grows in thickets back of the beach. 
Illustrative specimen from Balayan, Batangas Province, Lu- 
zon, August, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 97). 
Dolichos ensiformis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 577, non Linn.=CANAVALIA 
GLADIATA Jacq.; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 403; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 
376, t. £49. 
Blanco’s description applies unmistakably to Jacquin’s spe- 
cies. He infers that it was cultivated and states that the pods 
were a foot and a half long and two inches wide, the seeds 
