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LEGUMINOS^. 



ALBIZZIA Duvazz. 



Albizzia scandens sp. nov. 



Fnitex scandens, sul)glal)ra, nsque ad 1(» m alta ; fojiis l)ipinnatis, 

 circiter 20 cm longis 4- vel 5-jugatis; foliolis oljlongis vol elliptico- 

 olilongis, 1 ad ? cm longis, acutis vel apiciilatis, leviter inequilateralilms; 

 paniculis circiter '^0 cm longis, parce pubescent i hu s ; iioribus sessilibus, 

 capitulatis. extus parce pul)escentibus ; stainiiiihus circiter 20, tdamentis 

 liberis. 



A scandent sbrub aljcnit 10 m high, snhghihroiis. Branches dark- 

 colored when dry^ terete, lenticellate. Leaves alternate, about 30 cm 

 long, evenl}' 4- or 5-jugate^ the common rachis slightly pubescent, 12 to 

 15 cm long, with a single large gland on the upper surface near the base, 

 the stipules, if any, caducous, the base of the petiole sul)tended by a stout, 

 somewhat recurved, thickened puvinus al)out 4 mm h:)ng; leaflets 8 to 12 

 pairs, crowded, ol)long or elli])tic-ol)long, 1 to 2 cm long, 5 to 7 mm 

 wide, chartaceous, somewhat inequilateral, the base l)road, acute, the apex 

 acute or apiculate, the lower surface paler than the upper, slight^ pubes- 

 cent. Panicles axillary and terminal, 20 cm long oi- less, slightly pubes- 

 cent. Flowers white, sessile, in small capitate heads at the ends of the 

 ultimate branchlets. Calyx about 1.5 mm long, slightly cinereous-pubes- 

 cent outside, obscurely 5-tootlied. Corolla slightly cinereous-pubescent 

 outside, 4.5 mm long, the tube very slender below, widened above, the 

 lobes oblong-ovate, acute, about 1.5 mm long, 1.2 mm wide. Stamens 20 

 or more; filaments about 12 mm long, free; anthers 0.2 mm long. 



Palawan, Iwaliig, Bur. .S'c(. 829 Foxicorthy, May, 1900. 



A species growing near the sea, climbing over X}/Joc(irpus, allied to Albizzia 

 inyriophyJlu Roxb., of the IMalay Peninsula, bnt witli much fewer jugate leaves, 

 less mmierous and dift'erently shaped leaflets, and fret' filaments. 



BAUHINIA Linn. 



Bauhinia monandra Kurz in .Tourn. As. Soc. Beng. 42" (1873) 73: Forest 

 Fl. Brit. Burma 1 (1877) 30.5. 



Bauhinia rirhardiana Wall, in Voigt. Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. (1845) 255, non 

 DC. fide Prain. 



Phanera iiuiculala Rich, ex Teysm. & Binn. Cat. Hort. Bog. (ISOG) 268. non 

 Bauhinia niamlata Tenore. ., 



Bauhinia krugii Urban in Ber. Ueutsch. Bot. Ges. 3 (1885) 83. 



Bauhinia kappleri Sagot in Ann. Sci. Xat. VI 13 (1882) 317; Urban Syrab. 

 Antill. 1 (1899) S3; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 13; :\rerr. in Govt. Lab. 

 Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 17. 



Luzox, Manila. Merrill s. n. November, 1903: Province of Pampanga, Arayat, 

 Warburg, in Herb. Berol.. Merrill .i!)3'i. October. 1904. liol.^fer .'>!, May, 1905: 

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