PLANTS COLLECTED I'.Y WILKES EXPEDITION. 81 



Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn. (p. 390). ''Hab. Luzon, on Mount Majaijai.'' 



This species is apparently uncommon in the Philippines, but has been found by 

 later collectors in Luzon. Specimen not found. 



Indigofera tinctoria Linn. (p. 403). "Hab Caldera, Mindanao, Phil- 



i|>pine Islands." Common and widely distributed. 



Tephrosia piscatoria Pers. (p. 407). "Hab. . . . Luzon, near Manilla." 

 Specimen not found, but the form credited to Luzon was probably T. luzoniensis 

 Vo^. (=??'. purpurea, Pers.) 



Phylacium bracteosum Benn. (p. 407). "Hab Luzon, near Manilla." 



Common and widely distributed in Luzon. 



Uraria picta Desv. (p. 430). "Hab. near Caldera, Mindanao, one of the 

 Philippine Islands." A species locally common. 



Uraria lagopoides DC. (p. 430). "Hab. . . . near Caldera. Philippine Is- 

 lands . . . tlie same as No. 1873 of Cuming's Philippine collection." Common 

 and widely distributed in the Philippines. 



Dendrolobium umbellatum Wight & Arn. (p. 431). "Hab. small island in 

 the Sooloo Sea.." = Desmodium umbellatuin DC, a common slirub along the 

 seashore throughout the Philippines. ■ Specimen not found. 



Phyllodium pulchellum Desv. (p. 431). "Hab. Philippine Islands; near 

 Bauos, Luzon." = Des I) I odium jmlcheUum DC. Common and widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. 



Desmodium triflorum DC. (p. 432). "Hab. Luzon, Philippine Islands." 

 Common and widely distributed in the Philippines. 



Desmodium capitatum DC. (p. 433). "Hab. BaSos, Luzon, Philippine Is- 

 lands." Locally abundant. 



Desmodium gangeticum DC. (p. 433). "Hab. Luzon; with the i^receding 

 species." Very common and widely distributed. 



Desmodium leptopus A. Gray sp. nov. (p. 430). "Hab. Luzon, Philippine 

 Islands; on mountains near Bauos." The type is well matched by No. 0.527 

 Elmer, and No. 1409 Williams, Benguet, Luzon, and No. 3043 Williams, Davao, 

 Mindanao. A species related to, if not identical with D. gardneri. Benth. D. 

 leptopus A. Gray was first published in Plantae Junghuhnianae. (PI. I.) 



Canavalia turglda Grab. (p. 440). "Hab. Mangsi Islands . . . . " The 

 common seacoast Canavalia, with broad turgid pods, confused by most authors 

 with G. ohtuftifolia DC. 



Erythrina ovalifolia Roxb. (p. 445). "Hab. near Manilla, Luzon." Locally 

 common. 



Strongylodon macrobotrys A. Gray sp. nov. (p. 448, t. J,9). "Hab. in the 

 mountains near Baiios, Luzon, Philippine Islands." A very striking endemic 

 species, not uncommon. 



Vigna lutea A. Gray (p. 452). "Hab. Mangsi Islands." Common along the 

 seashore throughout the Philippines. 



