Vol. 2 LEGUMINOSAE 293 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
ALYSICARPUS TETRAGONOLOBUS Edgw.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61. 
57. URARIA Desvaux 
URARIA LAGOPODIOIDES (Linn.) Desy. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4 
(1826) 309; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 93, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 242. 
Hedysarum lagopodioides Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1198; Poir. in Lam. 
Eneycl. 6 (1804) 412. 
Hedysarum lagopoides Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 168, t. 53, f. 2. 
Uraria lagopoides DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 324; Vogel in Nov. Act. Acad. 
Nat. Cur. 19 (1848) Suppl. 1: 27; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. 
Explor. Exped. (1854) 430; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 268; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1886) 108; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands at low and medium 
altitudes, often abundant. India to southern China and Formosa through 
Malaya to tropical Australia. 
Local names: Basingkaran (Bag.); ikug-kuting (Sub.). 
URARIA PICTA (Jacq.) Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1818) 123, t. 5, f. 19; DC. 
Prodr. 2 (1825) 324; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 267; A. Gray 
Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 430; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 
(1880) 61; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vasc. 
Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81, 5 (1910) Bot. 938. 
Hedysarum pictum Jacq. Coll. 2 (1788) 262, Ic. 3 (1786-93) t. 567. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao, occasional in open grasslands and thickets 
at low and medium altitudes. Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia, in- 
troduced in tropical America. 
57. LOUREA Necker 
LOUREA OBCORDATA (Poir.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 324; Baker in Hook. 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 154; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 60; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 
(1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 20. 
Hedysarum obcordatum Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 425. 
Hedysarum reniforme Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 447, non Linn. 
Lourea reniformis DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 324; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sei. 5 (1910) Bot. 94, 354. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Abra, Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva 
Vizcaya), Coron, Mindanao (Davao, Zamboanga). In open grasslands at 
low and medium altitudes. Burma to southern China and Formosa through 
Malaya to tropical Australia. 
LOUREA VESPERTILIONIS (Linn. f.) Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1818) 122, 
t. 5, f. 18; DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 323; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
60; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 93, Fl. Manila (1912) 
243, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 184. 
Hedysarum vespertilionis Linn. f. Suppl. (1887) 3831; Blanco Fl. 
Filip. (1837) 581, ed. 2 (1845) 407, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 382, t. 201. 
An introduced species, very rarely cultivated in Manila gardens, ap- 
parently a native of Siam, but now pantropic in cultivation. 
