260 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS yaae 
BAUHINIA MALABARICA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 31, nomen nudum, 
Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 321; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72; Vidal 
Cat. Pl. Prov. Manila (1880) 27, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 117; 
Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 8; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 48, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 172. 
Piliostigma acidum Benth. in Mig. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 261; A. Gray 
Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 470; Naves in Blanco FI. 
Filip. ed. 3 (1877-88) t. 118. 
Bauhinia tomentosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1887) 330, ed. 2 (1845) 280, 
ed. 8, 2 (1878) 65, t. 118, non Linn. 
Bauhinia purpurea Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 24, t. 43, f. A, non 
Linn. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte to Laguna), very common on open dry slopes in 
regions subject to a long dry season. India to Indo-China, Java, and 
Timor. 
Local names: Alambangbang (Tag.); alibangbang (Tag., Bis., Pamp.) ; 
balibamban (Pamp.); kalibanbang (Pang., Tag.); kalibangbang (IIk.).. 
BAUHINIA MERRILLIANA Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 10; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 45. 
Palawan, Mindanao (Zamboanga), Merrill 694, Elmer 12728, B. S. 192 
Bermejos, 37308, 36722 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 3554 Curran. In thickets 
and forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
BAUHINIA MONANDRA Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 42° (1873) 73; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 265, 5 (1910) Bot. 46, Fl. 
Manila (1912) 2381. 
Bauhinia krugii Urban in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 3 (1885) 83. 
Bauhinia kappleri Sagot in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VI 13(1882) 317; 
Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 
(Philip.) 29 (1905) 17. 
Bauhinia subrotundifolia F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72; Naves in 
Blanco F]. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) ¢. 82, non Cav. 
Fairly common in cultivation in the settled areas at low altitudes, 
central Luzon to Mindanao. A native of tropical America, now pantropic. 
Local names: Alibangbang (Tag.); cinco llagas (Sp.); fringon (Sp.); 
mainuma (Pamp.); mimang (C. Bis.). 
BAUHINIA NYMPHAEIFOLIA Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 11; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 45. 
Bauhinia fulva F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72, non Blume. 
Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Abra), Cuming 1180 (1181 in some herbaria), B. S. 
27040 Ramos. In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
BAUHINIA PAUCIFLORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 13. 
Luzon (Tayabas), B. S. 18118 Foxworthy & Ramos. In forests at low 
altitudes. Endemic. 
BAUHINIA PERKINSIAE Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 
21, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 45. 
Bauhinia ferruginea Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 9, non Roxb. 
Palawan, Merrill 731, 9190, F. B. 3553 Curran. In thickets at low 
altitudes. Endemic. 
