252 A FLORA OF MANILA 
5 to 20 cm long. Racemes terminal and lateral. Flowers about 12 mm 
long, the corolla blue and white. Pods 2.5 to 3.5 em long, somewhat hairy. 
Occasional in open places, Parafiaque, fl. Dec.—Apr.; widely distributed 
in the Philippines, but certainly not an indigenous plant. Most tropical 
countries. 
4. C. INCANA L. Latuc-latucan, Patoc-patocan, Bulailaua (Tag.). 
An erect, branched, suffrutescent plant usually about 1 m high, rather 
softly gray-pubescent, the stems and branches cylindric. Leaflets 3, elliptic 
to obovate, obtuse or very slightly acuminate, 2 to 5 cm long, 1.5 to 3 em 
wide. Racemes terminal, 5 to 20 cm long. Calyx about 1 cm long, the 
lobes lanceolate, acuminate, much longer than the tube. Corolla yellow, the 
standard 10 to 18 mm wide. Pods deflexed, inflated, hirsute, 3 to 4 cm 
long, 1 em thick or less, containing 20 to 30 seeds. (FI. Filip. pl. 160.) 
In waste places, fl. all the year; common about towns throughout the 
Philippines. A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in the 
tropics of the world. 
5. C. bracteata Roxb. 
An erect, branched, suffrutescent herb, or somewhat shrubby plant about 
1 m high, sparingly pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, the leaflets nearly 
sessile, ovate to oblong-ovate, narrowed at both ends, 5 to 10 cm long. 
Racemes axillary and terminal, peduncled, 4 to 10 cm long, densely flowered. 
Flowers yellow, about 1 cm long. Pods oblong-cylindric, densely pubescent. 
Near Fort McKinley, fil. Jan.Feb.; of local occurrence in Luzon. India 
and the Malay Archipelago. 
6. C. QUINQUEFOLIA L. Patocan, Patoc-patocan, Bulailaua (Tag.). 
An erect, branched, rather coarse, annual herb 1.5 to 1.3 m high the 
stems green, striate. Leaflets 5, rarely 7, linear to linear-lanceolate, 4 to 
12 cm long, 0.5 to 2 em wide, pubescent beneath, apex blunt, apiculate. 
Racemes terminal, the bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 1 to 1.5 
em long. Calyx glabrous, green, about 1 cm long, the lobes ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate. Petals yellow, the standard more or less brownish-purple on 
the back, about 2.5 em wide. Pod inflated, boat-shaped 5 to 6 cm long, 
about 2 cm wide, stalked, containing 30 to 40 seeds. (FI. Filip. pl. 159.) 
In waste-places, old rice-fields, etc., fl. Aug.—Jan.; throughout the Phil- 
ippines, but certainly introduced. India to Malaya. 
41. FLEMINGIA Roxburgh 
Shrubs or suffrutescent herbs, the leaves digitately 3-foliolate or simple. 
Flowers racemose, the racemes solitary or panicled, or in small cymes, each 
cyme hidden by a large folded bract, the bracts distichously arranged in 
zig-zag racemes. Calyx-tube short, the lobes narrow, acuminate, the lowest 
one often the longest. Corolla little or not at all exserted, the petals equal 
in length. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 2-ovuled. Pod oblong, swollen, 
small, usually 2-seeded. (In honor of J. Fleming.) 
Species about 20, tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and Australia, 5 in the 
Philippines. 
Leaves 3-foliolate; flowers in dense, solitary racemes........ 1. F. cumingiana 
Leaves simple; cymes hidden by large, folded, persistent, distichous bracts, 
arranged in simple or branched racemes..................------ 2. F. strobilifera 
