Vol. 2 LEGUMINOSAE 303 
69. ABRUS Linnaeus 
ABRUS LAEVIGATUS E. Mey. Comm. 1 (1835-37) 126; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 109, Fl. Manila (1912) 249. 
Abrus pulchellus Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5819 nomen nudum; Baker 
in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 175; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
62; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 84; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
1 (1906) Suppl. 66. 
Luzon (Abra southward to Laguna). In thickets at low and medium 
altiudes. Tropical and southern Africa, India, and Malaya. 
Local names: Kansasaga (Tag.); saga (Tag.); sagang-kalabau (Tag.). 
ABRUS PRECATORIUS Linn. Syst. ed. 12 (1767) 472; Blanco Fl. Filip. 
(1837) 565, ed..2 (1845) 394, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 361, t. 156; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 109; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 
84; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 66, 3 (1908) Bot. 
410, 5 (1910) Bot. 108, Fl. Manila (1912) 249, Sp. Blancoanae 
(1918) 186. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, common in 
thickets. Pantropic, although probably a native of tropical Asia. 
Local names: Agaion (C. Bis.); aguiangiang (Bis.); aroiangiang 
(Bis.); bangati (Tag., Bik., Bis.) ; bugaiong (Ilk., Bon., Pang.); bugbu- 
gaidng (Ilk.); gumdaing (Bon.); gikos-gikos (Bis.); kansasaga (Pamp., 
Tag., Bik.) ; kaloo (Bis.) ; kasasaga (Tag., Pamp.); lamodiak (Bag.); laga 
(C. Bis.) ; lasa (Iv.); manggadolong (Bis.); oiangia (Bis.); matang-ptine 
(Bis.); saga (Tag.); saga-saga (Tag.); saga-mamin (Tag.). 
EXCLUDED SPECIES 
ABRUS FRUTICULOSUS Wall.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62. 
70. CLITORIA Linnaeus 
CLITORIA TERNATEA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 753; DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 233; 
Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 590, ed. 2 (1845) 412, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 391, 
t. 301; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 65; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 
226; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 109; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 109, FI. 
Manila (1912) 245, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 187. 
Clitoria philippensis Perr. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1825) 110, 
C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 305. 
Throughout the Philippines, in thickets in the settled areas at low and 
medium altitudes, sometimes cultivated. An introduced plant in the 
Philippines. Pantropic. 
Local names: Balog-balog (C. Bis.) ; giting-princésa (Bik.) kolokanting 
(Tag.); kalompagi (Ilk.); pukingSgan (Tag.); samsampin (Pang.); 
samsamping (IIk.). 
71. CENTROSEMA Bentham 
CENTROSEMA PLUMIERI (Turp.) Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. 2 (1838) 
118; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 65; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. 
ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 455; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 115; 
