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floribus ignotis, racemis axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 10 cm 

 longis; leguminibus 1-spermis, oblongo-ellipticis, 6 cm longis, 3 

 cm latis, 1 cm crassis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice 

 rostrato-acuminatis. valvis lignosis. 



A tree about 7 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches terete, lenticellate, grayish or reddish-brown. Leaves 

 alternate, odd-pinnate, the petiole and rachis 10 to 12 cm long; 

 leaflets usually 7, subcoriaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 

 13 cm long and 4.5 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, the base usually rounded, equilateral or somewhat 

 inequilateral, the upper surface bro\\Tiish-olivaceous v/hen dry, 

 shining, the lower paler; lateral nerves about 9 on each side 

 of the midrib, prominent; petiolules 5 to 8 mm long. Flowers 

 not known, the persistent rachises of the racemes axillary, soli- 

 tary, thickened, somewhat pubescent, with numerous thickened 

 protuberances. Pods brown when dry, oblong-elliptic, 1-seeded, 

 woody, about 6 cm long, 3 cm wide, and at least 1 cm thick, 

 narrowed below to the acute base and above to the rostrate- 

 acuminate apex, glabrous, the corners rounded, not angled, the 

 valves woody, shining, smooth. Seed solitary, subelliptic, some- 

 what narrowed to the rounded ends, about 3.5 cm long, 2.3 em 

 wide, and nearly 1 cm thick. 



Palawan, Silanga, in deserted clearings on slopes, Merrill 9578, May 

 24, 1913. 



A species well characterized by its very thick, woody, 1-seeded pods. 



CROTALARIA Linnaeus 



CROTALARIA ORIXENSIS Willd in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. 4 

 (1803) 217; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 83. 



Luzon, Manila, Bur. Sci. 191^5 Guerrero, December, 1912, in waste 

 places, certainly of recent introduction. 



For the identification of the above specimen I am indebted to Sir D. 

 Prain, director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, to whom a specimen 

 was sent. The species is of wide distribution in British India (Western 

 Peninsula), in Abyssinia, and is reported from tropical Africa. It is 

 undoubtedly a recent introduction in the Philippines. 



SIMARUBACEAE 



BRUCEA J. S. Miller 

 BRUCEA AMARISSIMA (Lour.) comb. nov. 



Gonus amai-issimus Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 658. 



Brucea sumatrana Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 12, Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, 

 1 (1832) 149; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 521; Lecomte Fl. 

 Gen. Indo-Chine 1 (1911) 698. 

 This widely distributed Indo-Malayan species is apparently quite common 

 in the southern Philippines, and is represented in our collections by spec- 

 imens from Negros, Leyte, Camiguin, Cebu, Palawan, Basilan, and Min- 



