XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Pydlippine Plants, XV 409 



DESMODIUM Desvaux 

 DESMODIUrvl ORMOCARPOIDES DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327; Gagnep. in 

 Not. Syst. 3 (1916) 256; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 267, 

 non auct. plur. 

 Desmodlum ormocarpoides Desv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 1825 



(1826) 307, non auct. plur. 

 Hedysarum adhaerens Poir. in Lam. Encycl. SuppL 5 (1817) 15, 



non Vahl, 

 Desmodiwm dependens Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 248. 



JOLO, Tagasip, F. L. Rola 118, May 27, 1917, in teak forests at 

 low altitudes. 



This Malayan species is new to the Philippines, the specimens 

 agreeing perfectly with material from Celebes and Amboina. 

 As Gagnepain notes all modern botanists have misinterpreted 

 Desmodium ormocarpoides DC, an examination of the type 

 showing that it is the form described by Blume as Desmodium 

 dependens. Desmodium ormocarpoides of modern authors, in- 

 cluding the Philippine specimens previously so named, is Des- 

 modium zonatum Miq. 



GERANIACEAE 



ERODIUM L'Heritier 



ERODIUM CICUTARIUM (Linn.) L'Herit. ex Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 (1789) 

 414. 



Geranium cicutarium Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 680. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 31669 Santos, 

 May 9, 1918, in waste places, altitude about 2,300 meters. A 

 weed of wide distribution in temperate regions, unquestionably 

 an introduced plant here. 



RUTACEAE 



EVODIA Forster 

 EVODIA MELIAEFOLIA (Hance) Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 58. 

 Megabotrya meliaefolia Hance in Walp. Ann. 2 (1851-52) 259. 

 Boymia glabrifolia Champ, in Hook. Kew. Journ. Bot. 3 (1851) 330. 

 Eurycoma dubia Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 481. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 31968 Santos, 

 June, 1918, altitude 1,800 meters, with the local name galiuy- 

 guiuan. Negros, Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 10120 (type of 

 Eurycoma dubia Elm.). 



The second collection of this species in the Philipines induced 

 me to make a critical study of it, as it was perfectly evident 

 that the form described by Mr. Elmer as Eurycoma dubia 

 represented no simarubaceous plant. I cannot distinguish the 

 Philippine form from Evodia meliaefolia Benth., which was 

 previously known from southern Japan, the Liu Kiu Islands, 



