NEW OK NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VL 'J29 



A widely distributed endemic species, correctly identified by Bentiuim witli 

 Blanco's Mimosa sctiiifera and transferred by iiim to Pithecolobium, but later ^ 

 considered by him to be the same as Pithecolobium lohatum Benth., and reduced 

 to that species. It is, however, very distinct from Pithecolobium, lobaium B(^ntli., 

 both in its very deeply lobed pods and in the venation of the leaflets. Univcr- 

 .sally known in the Philippines as Amifiap. 



Pithecolobium pauciflorum Bentli. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 212. 



This species was based on flowering specimens, Cuming 185 Jf, collected in the 

 Philippines, without locality given, and like the preceding species later reduced 

 by Bentham to Pithecolobium lobaluin JJenth. Jt does not, however, appear to bo 

 the same as that species. Cuming's specimen is well matched by Roister 286, 

 Surigao, jNlindanao, April, 190(5, in fruit. I have seen no typical Pithecolobium, 

 lobatiiiK ]jeiitli. from tlie Phili])])incs. 



ENTADA Adans. 



Entada parvifolia sp. nov. 



Seandciis^ subglahi-a; Mils bij)iiiiuitis, pinnis 2-jugatis; foliolis utriii- 

 qiie 8, ohloiigis, juucronatis, ea. 1.5 cm longis, 3 ad 5 ram latis; spicis 

 ca. 15 cm longis, plus minus hirsutis; leguminibus glabris, 10 ad 25 cm 

 longis, 4 ad 5.5 cm latis, semiiiibiis nitidis, 2 cm diam. 



Scandent, the branches slender, terete, brownish, glabrous. Leaves 

 bipinnate, the rachis about G cm long, slightly pubescent when young, 

 the tei-minal tendril (5 cm long or more; i)innae 5 to 8 cm long, the 

 rachis slightly pubescent; leaflets oblong, cliartaceous, about 8 pairs, 

 about 1.5 cm long, 3 to 5 mm wide, the apex obtuse, strongly mucronate, 

 margins revoluto, nerves obscure; petiolules very short. Spikes about 

 15 cm long, many flowered, the rachis somewhat ferruginous-hirsute, the 

 bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate, about 1.5 inm long. Flowers subsessile, 

 the calyx glabrous, small, canipanulate, about 1.8 mm in diameter, 

 obscurely 5-toothed. Petals 5, glabrous, oblong, equal, 3.5 mm long, 1 

 mm wide. Stamens 10; filaments about 5 mm long; anthers 0.8 mm 

 long. Ovary glabrous, narrowly oblong, 2 mm long; style about 4 inm 

 long. Pod narrowly oblong, compressed, 10 to 25 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm 

 wide, somewhat acuminate at both ends, the valves shining, firmly coria- 

 ceous, dark-brown, glabrous; seeds shining, round, compressed, about 

 2 cm in diameter, 



Luzon, Province of Zambalos, liur. Hci. JiHIO, 5067 Rainos, December, li»()7: 

 Ilallier, January, 1904. 



A species well ciiaracterized by its small leaflets and comi)arativ('ly small 

 pods; very distinct from the widely distributed Entada scandens Benth. Like 

 Entada scaiulens Benth., the stem of this species yields a substitute for soap 

 which is used by the natives of Zambales. Z., Hinagui. 



'Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) .575. 



