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recognizing four species, S. quadrlpiiiiHifinii (Blaiu-o) F.-Vill., the form 

 so identified by F.-Villar and Yidai, S. [jintiatum (Blanco) F.-Vili., to 

 which is referred a specimen collected by Cuming (no. 1517), which is 

 certainly not the same as the plant Blanco described, *S^. hanaihanai 

 (Bureau) IJolfe, and >'^'. t^ccmannii Kolfe. the latter described as new, 

 based on Cum in;/ 990, a very fragmentary specimen, which had been 

 referred by Seemann to /idderimirhcni (/iifidripiinKi. A'idal ^ follows 

 Eolfe in his consideration of the Philippine species of the genus. In 

 1905, the present author described Eadennachcra elmcri, and in the fol- 

 lowing year, li. hitcnuiia, this l)eing a history of the Philippine forms 

 up to the present time. 



The difficulty has been to determint' just what the ])lants were 

 that Blanco described, and from an examination of his descriptions, 

 both of which are imperfect, the conclusion has been reached tluit Iwth 

 of Blanco's descri])tions a})ply to only one species, for which the earlier 

 name jiiinidia is here adopted, although none of the speciuu'ns so identified 

 have ])innate leaves, and no specimens seen from the Phili})pines have 

 4-pinnate leaves. The local name, Banaihanai, is almost invariably ap- 

 ])lied to the foriu below c(msidei'ed to represent liadcniiarhciv jiiuudta 

 (Blanco) Seem., and is one of the names cited by Blanco. The other 

 native name cited by Blanco, Hotong iiianoc, meaning "chicken bone," 

 is of little value in establishing the identity of the species, as it is aj)plied 

 iiuliscriminately by the natives to a number of totally different trees. 

 The only native name cited by Blanco under Mi/liiu/ioiiia (/iiddrijiiiiiiata, 

 h Baticii/in. l)ut this name is almost invarialjjy applie(l to various ai'bores- 

 cent Laiiiaceae at the ])resent time. 



Nine species of EadfriiKichrni. are reeogiii/ed in the following pa[)er, 

 considerably moic tban is known from all otlier regions eoml)ined. in 

 my treatment of tlie older species, based on Blanco's two Millingtonias, 

 T am at considei-aMe variance with Seenuinn. and entirely at variance 

 witli Kolfe. in my conception as to what Blanco really intended to 

 describe, but my eoiu-lnsions lia\e been based on considej-able field 

 knowledge, extending over a period of six years, as well as a very exten- 

 sive series of specimens fi'om all parts of the Philippines, and es])ecially 

 ricli in indi\idnal e()lleeti<ms I'roni the pro\inces about Manila, fi-om 

 which P)lanco receixcd most of the material on wliieli bis floia de f'ili- 

 pinas was based. 



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