ENUMERATION OP PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE. 17 



For. Bur. 1265, 126S Borden, For. Bur. 63 Barnes, For. Bur. 227// Meyer, 

 Williams 380: Manila, Merrill 65.'i, For. Bur. 19009 Ctirran: Province of Tayabas, 

 Ritchie s. n. Palawan, For. Bur. 3595 Curran. Panay, Merrill 2^10, For. 

 Bur. 112 Gammill. Negros, For. Bur. 12319 Everett. Mindanao, District of 

 Cotabato, For. Bur. 3952 Hutchinson. 



A species of tropical America, introduced into the Philippines at an early 

 date, and now spontaneous, very widely distributed and abundant in the Archi- 

 pelago. From the Philippines it has been introduced into other parts of Malaya 

 and into British India, being known in the latter country as the "Manila ta- 

 marind." It is known throughout the Philippines as camonchiles or camonsHes, 

 or variations of the name, such as cumatsile, camanchiles, camonsil, etc. 



The fleshy aril surrounding the seeds is eaten, and the bark is extensively 

 used in the Philippines for tanning leather. 



2. Pithecolobium scutiferum (Blanco) Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 

 3 (1844) 211; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1855) 39; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 228. 



Mimosa scutifera Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 735, ed. 2 (1845) 507, ed. 3, 3: 138. 



Pithecolobium lobatum F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 75; Naves in Blanco ■ Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 3, pi. 438; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 62, non Benth. 



A widely distributed endemic species, represented by the numerous specimens 

 cited previously by me, /. c, extending from northern Luzon south to Ticao, Mas- 

 bate, and Guimaras. Bentham originally considered it as a distinct species, 

 but later,* and I believe erroneously, reduced it to the Malayan P. lobatum Benth., 

 in Avhich he has been followed by subsequent Philippine authors. The Philippine 

 form is well distinguished from the Malayan one by its peculiar fruits, and is 

 well represented by the plate in the third edition of Blanco's "Flora de Filipinas" 

 cited above. 



Native names: Anagap (in most islands and provinces where it occurs); 

 bunsilac (Mindoro) ; anagop (Ticao) ; anaguep (Caraarines) ; bincalan (Bataan) : 

 hag (Cagayan). 



3. Pithecolobium (?) platycarpum sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra circiter 5 m alta, ramis teretibus. lenticellatis ; piniiis 

 1-jugatis, foliolis 2-jugatis, firmiter chartaceis, elliptico-oblongis, usque 

 ad 15 cm longis, basi acutis, apice breviter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 6, distinctis, anastomosantibus : leguminibus planis, subrectis, 

 circiter 20 cm longis, 3.5 cm latis, basi longe stipitatis, utrinque dehis- 

 centibus, leviter irregulariter sinuosis. 



A glabrous tree about 5 m high. Branches terete, lenticellate, reddish- 

 brown. Leaves alternate, pinnae 1-jugate, the petiole 2.5 to 3 cm long; 

 leaflets 2-jugate, the rachis of the individual pinnae about 9 cm long, 

 the leaflets firmly chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, 11 to 15 cm long, 5 to G 

 cm wide, shining, gradually narrowed below to the acute base, the apex 

 shortly and sometimes rather abruptly acuminate; nerves about 6 on 

 each side of the midrib, distinct beneath, curved-ascending, anastomosing, 

 the primary reticulations distinct, rather lax ; petiolules 2 to 3 mm long. 

 Flowers unknown. Pods pendent, flat, including the slender stipe about 



8 Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 575. 

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