PLANTS FROM BATANES AND BABUYANES ISLANDS. 409 



WALLACEODENDRON Koordeis. 



W. celeb icum Koorders. 



Camiguin, 400s Fenix, near the seashore. 



A monotypic genus known only from Celebes and the Philippines, in the latter 

 group not uncommon in some parts of Luzon. I am unable to distinguish from 

 it the recently described Pithecolobium williamsii Elmer, from Luzon. 



ACACIA Willd. 

 A. pennata Willd. 

 Camiguin, 4038 Fenix. 



Rare in Luzon; British India to tropical Africa, Malaya, Southern China and ? 

 Formosa. 



I NTS I A Thouars. 



L bijuga (Colebr.) O. Ktz. 

 Camiguin, 4036 Fenix. 



Along the seashore throughout the Philippines; widely distributed in Malaya 

 and Polynesia but not known from southern China or Formosa. 



CASSIA Linn. 

 C. tora Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 364i Fenix. 

 A common weed in the Philippines; cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



CAESALPINIA Linn. 

 C. pulcherrima Sw. 



Camiguin, 40T7 Fenix. 



Common in cultivation in the Philippines, a native of tropical America. 



SOP MORA Linn. 

 S. tomentosa Linn. 



Sabtan, 3737 Fenix. N. v.. Capon. 



Along the seashore throughout the Philippines; cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



CROTALARIA Linn. 



C. in can a Linn. 

 Camiguin, 4085 Fenix. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines; tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya, and 

 America, but not reported from southern China or Formosa. 



DESMODIUM Desv. 



D. umbellatum (Linn.) DC 



Sabtan, 37^5 Fenix. Camiguin, 4ii5 Fenix. 



Near the seashore throughout the Philippines; tropical Asia to Formosa, 

 Malaya, and Polynesia. 



D. scorpiurus (Sw. ) Desf. 

 Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3699 Fenix. 



A species of American origin, now common and widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines, but not as yet reported from any other part of the east. 



D. ieptopus A. Gray. 



Camiguin, summit of the volcano, 4^32 Fenix. 



A widely distributed endemic species, allied to if not identical with Desmodium 

 gardneri Benth., the latter species having been credited to southern China and 

 Formosa by Forbes & Hemsley, based on J'oung specimens which were doubtfully 

 referred to it. 



