22 MEUUILL. 



yjOO, 108()6 Cttnati. I'ur. lUtr. J '/I HI Maritl d- Daiiintj : I'loviiu'c of Pampanga, 

 For. Bur. Dli.il Zschokkc: Province of Zambales. Merrill .ii)l)U, ,i(J()(i, Fur. Bur. 

 H022, 6505 Ayuilar: Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 5193 Vurrun, Merrill 2703: 

 Province of liataan. Merrill 151(>, WilUams 373, 72li, For. Bur. 20005 Topacio. 

 Whilford 'il. For. Bur. 158 liarnes, For. Bur. 5271 Curran, Elmer (;8!)2, For. Bur. 

 1270, 1292, 1293, 1310, 1382, 1555, 1567. 1620, 1823 Borden. :\IiNi)()i<(). For. Bur. 

 8756, 8819, 970.'t Merritt, For. Bur. 11322 Bosenbluth. 



Native names: Adaan (Abra, llocos Norte and Sur. liuon. Penjiuet ) ; calay 

 (Abra) ; daan (Benguet); earal (Pangasinaii) ; ahilun<iad iPanipunga, Bataan); 

 iniinapla (Pampanga, Rizal); eorail (Zambales) ; uelciuj pitninn or ucle paratuj 

 (Zambales. liataan. Mindoiol : (unipla iMiiuloioi : aHildp. (tj/annao. daridiujfio. ex 

 Bhxnco. 



An abundant species in the regions where it is found, occurring especially 

 at low altitudes in thickets and in open grass lands, but in some provinces reach- 

 ing an altitude of at least 1,000 ni. Nepal to Central China, Andaman Islands, 

 Malay Archipelago to New (Juinea and northern Australia; not as yet found in 

 (he Malay Peninsula. 



:i. Albizzia retusa Bentli. in Hook. Lond. .lourn. Bot. 3 (1844) 00, Trans, 

 i.inn. S(h: 30 llSTT)) .KKi : .\li(i. Kl. Ind. P.at. 1 ' |lS.).'i) 2:5; Vid. Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (18S.)) 111. Kev. PI. X'asc. Pilip. (ISSfJ) 12(); F.-Vill. Nov. App. 

 ( 1880) 75. 



Miiiiosit h'hhrk Uhmco V\. Filip. (18:{7) 7:!:}, cd. 2 (184.'^) .lotl, cd. :!. 3: l:{."). 

 non Linn. 



.Uhizzia lillordlis Teysni. & Hinn. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. hid. 29 (18(57) 259; 

 Prain in .lourn. As. Soc. JJeng. 66' (1807) 2.57, 512; Koord. & Valet. Meded. 's 

 Lands Plant. 11 (18!)4) aOl ; Bcjitli. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) (US: Merr. 

 in Forest. Bureau (Philip.) Bull. 1 (1<)0:5) 2:'.. 



Albizzia proceia "Teysm. & l'>iiui.:"' Perk. l'"rag. Fl. I'liilip. (1!)04) 5, non 

 J?enth. 



Ll'ZOX, Province of Cagayaii, For. liur. IhiOH hlcninie. For. Bur. 13tl.'f 

 Bernardo, For. Bur. I(!9I1!) Ciirran. Bur. Sei. 7'i33 Ramos: Province of llocos 

 Norte, Cuniiuf/ 1223 (type nundx'r) : Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 10181, 

 10302 Curraii. Merrill 102Ji: Province of Caniarines, For. Bur. 10689 Vurran, 

 .\licni 69. AliNDORO. f'uniiufr 1593, For. Bur. 3685, 9878 Merritt, Whitford 

 1)33, Merrill 1213. I'.\i,.vw.\.\. I'or. liur. 38.17 ('un<ni. For. Bur. 11250 Manalo. 

 Bal-Msac. Bur. ,Sri. 508 Mauf/uhul. Lkytk, For. Bur. 126.17 Bosenhlulh. Mix- 

 da .\.\o. District of Davao, M'illiiim.'< 2696, C'opeland 557. 



Native names: Toffolo, luuhuuh ( Cagayan ) ; saplit (Princi])e); casaii (Ca- 

 marines, Mindoro, Palawan): sinloff ( Davao): Utuf/il ex Blanco. 



This species is a[)parently contincd to tli<' beacti forests, at least in the 

 I'liilipjiines, atid is rather widely distributc<l. extending from the Xicol)ar Islands 

 and Penang to .lava, And)oina. Celebes, and tlie Caroline Islands ( ^'ap. ]dll,(UN 

 525. liist riliiit III as Alliizzio rr/».w IJcnt h. ) . Tiif type of Mhizzia icliisu was 

 frniii till' riiiliiipiiK'^. ('uiiiiu;/ 122-1. snpiilciucnt nl in Cuniiini 159.1: the former 

 lias Icallets .somewhat smaller than those of typical .L Ulloialis. but the latter 

 has them intermediate in size, while among the luimorous specimens cited above 

 all intergradations can be fninid. The refuse apices of the leaflets is by lu) 

 tneans a constant character. Ilie original description of .Albizzia IHtoralis 

 calls for Mowers sessile or minntely pedicelled, but Koorders and X'aleton. who 

 had befoic them authentic material collected by Teysmann in Amlxjina, state 

 that the |ie(iie(l> are :i to 4 mm long, which agrees with our Philippine nnvterial. 

 The gland ihaiMcters giv«'ii liy I'rain to distinguish this s|)ecies from .ilbizzia 

 prorcra will imi hold, as ghiinis me t'iMinil on both tin- loimary and secondary 



