292 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1928 
54, TRIFIDACANTHUS Merrill 
TRIFIDACANTHUS UNIFOLIOLATUS Merr, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 12 
(1917) Bot. 269, op. cit. 14 (1919) 405. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Batangas), B. S. 27196, 32925 Ramos, F. B. 28265 
Sulit. In dry thickets at low altitudes. A monotypic endemic genus. 
55. PYCNOSPORA R. Brown 
PYCNOSPORA NERVOSA (Grah.) W. & A. Prodr. (1884) 197; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 91. 
Crotalaria ? nervosa Grah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5428, nomen 
nudum. 
Pycnospora hedysaroides R. Br. ex W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 197; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 60; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 
108, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 
19. 
Luzon (Benguet, Bulacan, Rizal), Culion, Semirara, Panay, Mindanao 
(Bukidnon, Lanao, Davao). In open grasslands at low and medium 
altitudes. India to southern China and Formosa, and tropical Australia. 
56. ALYSICARPUS Necker 
ALYSICARPUS BUPLEURIFOLIUS (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 352; 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 232; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 
108; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 91, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 241. 
Hedysarum bupleurifolium Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 745. 
Fabricia bupleurifolia O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 181. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands, fallow rice paddies, 
etc., in the settled areas at low altitudes, locally abundant. India to 
southern China, Mascarene Islands, through Malaya to Polynesia. 
ALYSICARPUS NUMMULARIFOLIUS (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 353; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 92, Fl. Manila (1912) 
242. 
Hedysarum nummularifolium Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 746, excl. Fl. Zeyl. 
288. 
Alysicarpus vaginalis DC. var. nummularifolius Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1° 
(1855) 232. 
Fabricia nummularifolia O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 181. 
Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands at low and medium alti- 
tudes; variable. Tropics of the Old World, introduced in tropical America. 
Local names: Banig-usa (Tag.); mani-manian (Tag.); mani-mani (P. 
Bis.) ; maramani (lk.). 
ALYSICARPUS VAGINALIS (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 353; Mig. FI. 
Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 231; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 
19; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65, 3 (1908) Bot. 
410, 5 (1910) Bot. 92, Fl. Manila (1912) 242. 
Hedysarum vaginale Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 746. 
Northern Luzon to Panay and Negros; habitat of the preceding species. 
Tropical Asia and Malaya. 
