316 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS nes 
89. RHYNCHOSIA Loureiro 
RHYNCHOSIA CALOSPERMA Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 12 (1891) 314; 
Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 88; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 128. 
Luzon (Pampanga), Merrill 1448. In thickets at low altitudes, appar- 
ently very rare or local. New Guinea, Key Islands, Bismarck Archipelago. 
Local name: Balabalatungan (Pamp.). 
RHYNCHOSIA MINIMA (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 385; Baker in Hook. 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind.y2e (4876), 228. 
Dolichos minimus Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 726. 
Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 27137 Ramos. In open grasslands at low 
altiudes. Pantropic. 
RHYNCHOSIA VOLUBILIS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 460; DC. Prodr. 2 
(1825) 385; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 196; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 82. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), B. S. 31805 Santos, Vanoverbergh 654. In 
open grasslands, altitude 1,400 to 2,000 m. Japan to southern China 
and Formosa. 
Local name: Batung (Ig.). 
90. ERIOSEMA Desvaux 
ERIOSEMA CHINENSE Vog. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 
1: 31; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 66; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 109, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 111; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 129. 
Dolichos biflorus Lour. F]. Cochinch. (1790) 441, non Linn. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), 
Semirara, Culion, Mindanao (Bukidnon). In open grasslands chiefly at 
medium altitudes, ascending to 2,000 m; occasionally at sea level (Semirara) . 
India to China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 
Local names: Katil (Ig.); kitkitil (Bon.); kutil (Ilk.); okun (Ig.). 
91. FLEMINGIA Roxburgh 
FLEMINGIA CUMINGIANA Benth. in Miq. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 245; Miq. 
Fl. Ind. Bat. 1’ (1855) 67; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 130, 354, Fl. Manila (1912) 253. 
Luzon (Abra, Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal). 
In thickets at low and medium altitudes; occasional and scarcely distinct 
from Ff’. macrophylla O. Kuntze. Endemic. 
Local name: Kopkopéyes-a-balang (Ilk.). 
FLEMINGIA INVOLUCRATA (Wall.) Benth. in Migq. PI. Jungh. (1851) 
246; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 229; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 67. 
Lespedeza involucrata Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5742, nomen nudum. 
Lepidocoma trifoliatum Jungh. Reise (1845) 338, nomen nudum. 
Culion, B. S. 41326 Ramos. In open places at low altitudes. India to 
Java and tropical Australia. 
