194 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
LEGUMINOSAE OF DOUBTFUL STATUS 
Trichilia volubilis ? Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 249 (sp. nov.); ed. 3, 
2 (1878) 98 p. p.=DERRIS ELLIPTICA Benth; p. p.=ALBIZZIA 
SAPONARIA Blume; p. p.= ? Meliaceae indet. 
This description was manifestly based on material originating 
from at least two, perhaps three, entirely different plants. The 
description of the habit of the plant and its leaves is almost 
certainly Derris elliptica Benth.; of the fruits perhaps some me- 
liaceous plant; of the properties and as to the native names 
gogong toco and gogong bisaya, certainly Albizzia saponaria 
Blume. The latter is a very common species in the Philippines, 
that Blanco does not otherwise describe, to which the two native 
names cited are universally applied, and which agrees with 
Trichilia volubilis Blanco as to the properties ascribed to it. 
Blanco does not describe the corolla and stamens and gives a 
very brief and imperfect description of the fruit. Fernandez- 
Villar erroneously reduced it to Aglaia grandis Miq., a species 
that does not extend to the Philippines. C. de Candolle was 
correct in excluding it from the Meliaceae. 
Mimosa blancoana Llanos in Mem. Acad. Cienc. Madr. 2 (1859) 503 (sp. 
nov.); F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4* (1880) 103=? 
ENTADA PHASEOLOIDES (Linn.) Merr. 
I know of no Philippine tree that conforms with the chee 
ters indicated by Llanos for this species. It is strongly sus- 
pected that he had fragmentary material of Entada phaseoloides 
(Linn.) Merr., and that his 1-seeded indehiscent pod was merely 
a single joint of the large pod of this species. 
‘ _ GERANIACEAE 
PELARGONIUM L’Heéritier 
Malva moschata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 551; ed. 2 (1845) 885, ed. 3, 2 
(1879) 344, non Linn.=PELARGONIUM RADULA (Cav.) L’Hérit. _ 
The form that Blanco described was reduced by Fernandez- — 
Villar to Pelargonium odoratissimum (Linn.) Ait., which, how- _ 
ever, has nearly entire leaves, as does Pelargonium fragrans _ 
Willd. The Philippine specimens agree better with Pelargo- 
nium capitatum Ait. and with P. radula (Cav.) L’Hérit. and 
are apparently referable to the latter. The name “rose gera- — 
nium” is applied to all four species. This species is found — 
only in cultivation in the Philippines and never, or at least but ‘ 
very rarely, produces flowers in Manila- 
INustrative specimen from cultivated plants, Manila, ns a 
October, 1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 10438). 
