104 :mi:ukii.i. am> i:<»lfk. 



A tree, <ilal)i-(His tliniii,i:hi>iit, ( iiilloi-cscciicc imkiiown ) . lii'anclies te- 

 rete, ,ii-lal)r()us, ]ight-grayish-l)!(»\\ II, Iciiticfllatc. Leaves altoiit 25 cm 

 long. (kIiI pinnate, 3- or 4-jngaU', the ratliis about 15 cm long: leaflets 

 elliptieal-ovati' to elli|>tieal-ol)long, S to !> cm long, ;? to 1.5 em wide, siil)- 

 coriaeeous, sonu'whal shining, |>ahM- heni'ath. entire, hase acute, apex 

 sliort-aeiiminate, the acumen hlunt : nei-ves aliout S on eacli side of the 

 inidrih. not pi'oniinent, the ret ieuhit ions rather obscure; petiolules 5 

 mm h)ng. Intioreseenee terminal. Pods lanceolate, 18 to 20 cm long, 2 

 to 2.0 cm wide, thick, woody, glabrous, flattened, somewhat narrowed at 

 the base, the apex acute, sometimes slightly curved. 



LezON, I^roviiu-c of Hizai, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3313 .ilienis collector, Spptem- 

 l)er, 1905. 



A species allied to Millcllia McrriUii I'cik.. (liU'criti-;- from tliat spci-i<'S in its 

 lar^'cr leaves and very inneli larger and more woody pods. 



PITHECOLOBIUM Mart. 



Pithecolobium ellipticum (iUume) Hassk. in Ket/.ia 1 (1855) 225: Piain in 

 dourn. As. See. Beng. 66" (1897) 270. 



h,(l<t vlUpticu Blume Cat. Cew. P.uitenz. (182:5) 88; Walp. Kei)ert. 1 (1842) 



J'ithcroliihiuin fnscicuUtt iDit Benlii. in Hook. Lond. .Tourn. Bet. 3 flS44) 208 ?; 

 Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1870) .'JOJ. 



Palawan, For. Bur. .'/I'l'i Vurrav. 



Malay Peninsula and Arcliipelajro; new to tlic Pliilippines and here reeorded 

 from the Arch i pel ajio for the ILrsl time, and under its oldest specific name as 

 shown hy Prain 1. c. 



LESPEDEZA ?.Iiehx. 



Lespedeza juncea Pers. var. sericea iThunh. I ('"orhes & Hemsl. in .Tonrn. 

 JJnn. Soc. Bot. 23 ( 18H7 ) ISl. 



Jfedysarum sericeuvi Thuid). I'l. .Ia[>. (1784) 287. 



Lespedeza sericea Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Liigd.-Bat. 3 (1807) 4!t. 



Lu/,o.v, Province of lienouet. Loher 2336. February. ]S!t4. 



Northern India to Ciiina. .Ia|i:iu. l'"ormosa. and also in Au-^lralia: the gciuis 

 new to the Philippines. 



SLMARTTBACE.l^]. 



BRUCEA .1. S. Mill. 



Brucea mollis Wall. Cat. (1828.) no. 848:{; il.'nn. in II. .ok. f. Fl. I'.rit. Ind. 

 1 ( 1K75) 521. 



Bniica luzoiiictisi.s Nidal Sinopsis Alias (ISS:! ) I'.t, /. 2(1. /'. //. ; Merr. in 

 Philip. .lourn. Sci. 1 (lOOO) Suppl. 70. 



After an examination of a full series of ihc Luzon form, and comparison with 

 the Indian material at Kew. we arc of the o|)inioii (hat lininn I uzonicii.sis Vidal, 

 althougii sulliciently distinct fiom K. NHiiKilnnin Koxli., can ikM lie maintained as 

 a species distinct from /{. tuoUis. '{'he type of \ idal's species is no longer extant, 

 and the species is not rcpicsentcd in his Pliili|i|ii!ic collection al Kew. although 

 it was secured by J^ohcr. 



IMinalava and Silhct. 



