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floribus igrnotis, racemis axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 10 cm 

 longis; leguminibus 1-spermis, oblongo-ellipticis, 6 cm longis, 3 

 cm latis, 1 cm crassis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice 

 rostrato-acuminatis, valvis lignosis. 



A tree about 7 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches terete, lenticellate, grayish or reddish-brown. Leaves 

 alternate, odd-pinnate, the petiole and rachis 10 to 12 cm long; 

 leaflets usually 7, subcoriaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 

 13 cm long and 4.5 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, the base usually rounded, equilateral or somewhat 

 inequilateral, the upper surface brownish-olivaceous when dry, 

 shining, the lower paler; lateral nerves about 9 on each side 

 of the midrib, prominent; petiolules 5 to 8 mm long. Flowers 

 not known, the persistent rachises of the racemes axillary, soli- 

 tary, thickened, somewhat pubescent, with numerous thickened 

 protuberances. Pods brown when dry, oblong-elliptic, 1-seeded, 

 woody, about 6 cm long, 3 cm wide, and at least 1 cm thick, 

 narrowed below to the acute base and above to the rostrate- 

 acuminate apex, glabrous, the corners rounded, not angled, the 

 valves woody, shining, smooth. Seed solitary, subelliptic, some- 

 what narrowed to the rounded ends, about 3.5 cm long, 2.3 wn 

 wide, and nearly 1 cm thick. 



Palawan, Silanga, in deserted clearings on slopes, Merrill 9578, May 

 24, 1913. 



A species well characterized by its very thick, woody, 1-seeded pods. 



CROTALARIA Linnaeus 



CROTALARIA ORIXENSIS Willd in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. 4 

 (1803) 217; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 83. 



Luzon, Manila, Bur. Sci. 191 j^S Guerrero, December, 1912, in waste 

 places, certainly of recent introduction. 



For the identification of the above specimen I am indebted to Sit D. 

 Prain, director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, to whom a specimen 

 was sent. The species is of wide distribution in British India (Western 

 Peninsula), in Abyssinia, and is reported from tropical Africa. It is 

 undoubtedly a recent introduction in the Philippines. 



SIMARUBACEAE 



BRUCEA J. S. Miller 

 BRUCEA AMARISSIMA (Lour.) comb. nov. 



Gonus amarissimus Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 668. 

 Brucea sumatrana Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 12, Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, 

 1 (1832) 449; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 621; Lecomte Fl. 

 G6n. Indo-Chine 1 (1911) 698. 

 This widely distributed Indo-Malayan species is apparently quite common 

 in the southern Philippines, and is represented in our collections by spec- 

 imens from Negros, Lejrte, Camiguin, Cebu, Palawan, Basilan, and Min- 



