EXl\A[KRATIOX OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE. 19 



dry black or dark-browii outside, red within. Seeds 8 to 10 in eacli 

 pod, elliptic, somewhat compressed, black when dry, about 1? mm long. 



MrxDAXAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley. Mrs. Clemcnn s. n. (type), May, 1907. 

 also no. 277, February, 190G. and unnumbered specimens collected in June and 

 September, 1907. Basilan, DeVore d Hoover !)6, and apparently also a sterile 

 specimen collected on that island by HalUer, .s. n. 



Tlie alwve species is recognizable by its bipinnate leaves, the pinna* being 

 2-jugate, and the leaflets 2- or 3-jugate. by its strongly and obliquely nerved 

 leaflets whicli are abruptly and usually prominently blunt-acuminate, its slender 

 panicle-branches, capitate sessile flowers, and its pods, which are curved into an 

 almost complete circle. 



G. Pithecolobium ellipticum (Blume) Hassk. in lletzia 1 (1855) 225; 

 Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66- (1897) 270, 510; Merr. & Rolfe in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 104. 



Inga elliptica Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (1823) 88: Walp. Repert 1 

 (1842) 930. 



Fithecolobium fascicidatuni Benth. in Ilook. Loud. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 

 208; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 304. 



Palawan, For. Bur. .',1',', Curran. Mixdaxao, District of Zamboanga. Coprla»,J 

 s. n.. ^yiUiams 209 'f. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



7. Pithecolobium angulatum (Grab.) Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 

 (1844) 208, Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 580; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 2 (1878) 306; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 76; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 4; 

 Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 = (1897) 274. 

 Infia angulata Grab, in Wall. Cat. (1832) no. 5271. 



Luzon. Province of Tayabas, Whitford 650, For. Bur. lOV,.^ Curran. Polillo, 

 Bur. ,^ci. (S869 Ifohimon, Bur. Sci. 10165 McGref/or. Mindoro. Merrill 1199, 

 .McGregor 138, For. Bur. 3692, ^100, 5321, 9&8i, ll.',98 Merritt. Palawan,' 

 For. Bur. J,',77 Curran, Bur. Sci. 148 Foxworthij. ]\Iasbate, For. Bur. IIIG 

 Clark. GuiMARAS, For. Bur. 210 Gammill. Negros, For. Bur. .J.J7/, Everett. 



Native names: Sago, barocnwr. bahag (Mindoro) : bunsicag (Palawan) ; 

 bagatngo ( Negros ) . 



This .species is exceedingly variable, and extends from India to the I^Ialay 

 Peninsula. Sumatra. Java, and Borneo. 



The typical form, with terminal leaflets 7 to 12 cm long, which Prain has 

 designated as var. heterophylla, is not found in the Philipphies. but rather the 

 var. intermedia Prain, characterized by its more numerous pinnsp. and smaller, 

 more numerous leaflets. 



8. Pithecolobium subacutum Bentli. in Hook. Loud. J(mrn. Bot. 3 (1844) 

 210, Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 578; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat 1' (1855) 37; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1880) 70; Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111, Rev. PI Vase 

 Filip. (1880) 121. 



Mimom scutifcra var. (cf/.w/) Blanco Fl. Filip. (18:D 730. ed. 2 (1845) 508. 

 ed. 3, 3: 138; Naves 1. c. pi. ',.',7. 



Pithecolobium montanum Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 5; :Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 01, non Benth.? 



Batanes Islands, Sabtan, Bur. Sci. 31. ',0 Fenix. Lizox, Province of Cagayan, 

 Bur. Sci. 1182 Ramos, For. Bur. 110li9 Curran, For. Bur. 6650 Klemme, For. Bur. 

 I.'fl98 Darling: Province of Isabela, For. Bur. 18551 Alvarez: Province of Ben- 

 guet, Elmer 6088, Bur. Sci. .^108 Mcarns. Williams- 1290: Province of llocos Norte 



