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59. PHYLACIUM Bennett 
PHYLACIUM BRACTEOSUM Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. (1840) 159, t. 33; Benth. 
in Mig. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 231; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 228; 
A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 423; Vidal Rev. 
Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 20; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 94, 354. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In thickets at low and medium altitudes, 
ascending to 1,400 m; locally abundant. Malay Peninsula to New Guinea. 
Local names: Ditching (Ig.); ditidit (Ig.) ; kopkopeyes-a-limanot (IIk.) ; 
takilis (P. Bis.). 
60. LESPEDEZA L. C. Richard 
LESPEDEZA SERICEA (Thunb.) Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 
49. 
Hedysarum sericeum Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 287. 
Lespedeza juncea Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 318, var sericea Forbes & 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 181; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 104, 5 (1910) Bot. 94. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet), Loher 2336, Williams 1420, Vano- 
verbergh 458, 541, B. S. 5991 Ramos, 40204 Ramos & Edano, 13989 Santos. 
On open grassy slopes, altitude 1,200 to 2,200 m. India to Japan and For- 
mosa; also in Australia. 
Local name: Lalagim (Ig.). 
61. DALBERGIA Linnaeus f. 
DALBERGIA CANDENATENSIS (Dennst.) Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
707 (1901) 49, Bengal Plants (1903) 411; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 97. 
Cassia candenatensis Dennst. Schliis. Hort. Malabar. (1818) 32. 
Dalbergia monosperma, Dalz. in Hook. Journ, Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 
(1850) 36; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 109, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 112; Perk. Frag. 
Fl. Philip. (1904) 82. 
Dalbergia torta Grah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5873, nomen nudum; 
Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66° (1897) 120, Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calcutta 10 (1904) 64, t. 42; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 66. 
Central Luzon (Bataan, Tayabas) to Mindanao. In thickets along tidal 
streams subject to the influence of salt or brackish water. India to 
southern China southward to New Guinea, Australia, Marianne and Caro- 
line Islands, a strictly littoral species. 
DALBERGIA CANESCENS (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Derris canescens Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3087. 
Luzon (Laguna), Elmer 17883. Near the margins of forests at low 
altitudes. Endemic. 
DALBERGIA CUMINGIANA Benth. in Miq. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 255; Miq. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 129; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67; Vidal 
Rey. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 111, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 109; 
Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 70* (1901) 638, Ann. Bot. Gard. 
