258 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS — 
Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 24, t. 42, f. A; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
72; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 24. 
Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao and Palawan. In primary 
forests at low and medium altitudes, locally abundant. Endemic. 
Local names: Apailit (Pang.); balahidu (Neg.); balayong (Tag., C. 
Bis.) ; baraong (Bik., S. L. Bis.) ; bayadgung (Mbo.); badrong (S. L. Bis.) ; 
baiong (C. Bis., Buk.); bidlung (Mag.); ipil (Ibn., Neg); magdlayau 
yeni wapelida (Ibn.); sangai (Bik.); tindalo (Sbl., Tag.). 
23. BAUHINIA Linnaeus 
BAUHINIA ACUMINATA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 3875; Vidal Cat. Pl. Prov. 
Manila (1880) 27; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72; Perk. Frag. Fl. 
Philip. (1904) 8; Hook. f. in Curtis’s Bot. Mag. III 58 (1902) 
t. 7866; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 43, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 230. 
Bauhinia tomentosa Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) ¢. 111, 
non Linn. 
Luzon (Union, Rizal, Tayabas), Marinduque, Panay. In dry thickets 
at low and medium altitudes, probably introduced. India to southern 
China and Malaya. 
Local names: Bambang (Tag.); kulibangbang (Ilk.). 
BAUHINIA AHERNIANA Perk, Frag. F1. Philip. (1904) 8; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 45. 
Bauhinia antipolana Perk. op. cit. 9; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 45. 
Bauhinia pinchotiana Perk. op. cit. 12; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
5 (1910) Bot. 465. 
Bauhinia semibifida Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1888) 24, t. 48, f. 1?; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) '78, non Roxb. 
Phanera semibifida Benth. in Miq. Pl. oui (1852) 265 p. p. quoad 
Cuming 1119. 
Luzon (Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Lepanto, Rizal), Mindoro, Palawan, Cebu, 
Mindanao, Merrill 1237, 1317, 1878, 9189, Phil. Pl. 465, Cuming 1119, Mc- 
Gregor 256, F. B. 12007 Merritt, Clemens 228. In thickets and forests at 
low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 
Local names: Banot (Tag.); banlut (C. Bis.). 
BAUHINIA BINATA Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 331 (binnata), ed. 2 (1845) 
231, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 66; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 
42; Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 48, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 72. 
Bauhinia pinnata Walp. in Linnaea 16 (1846) Litt.-Ber. 53. 
Phanera blancoi Benth. in Miq. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 264; Miq. Fl. Ind. 
Bat,,.1 * 4(1855):70; 
Bauhinia blancoi Baker in Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 278; Hemsl. 
Bot. Challenger Exp. 1* (1884) 146; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) _ 
72; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 117; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 8. 
Luzon (Zambales, Tayabas), Coron, Palawan, Dumaran, Cebu, Panay, 
Negros, Bohol, Mindanao, Basilan, Sibutu, Merrill 1972, 5294, Sp. Blan- 
coanae 998, Warburg 18746, F. B. 8545, 13705 Curran, Elmer 12081. In 
thickets along the seashore, tidal streams, etc.; comparison made at Kew 
