30 MERRILL. 



exeoj'it the lower tliicc or four. Prain " has expressed the opinion that both tiie 

 Viirieties arropjiiild anil jtluricapitata are worthy of specific rank, but that the 

 j)oiiit tan only be determined satisfactorily by a monojfraphic revision of the 

 Indian species, i have here followed Baker and Prain, as there is not sufficient 

 Indian material in our herbarium to determine the limits of the various forms. 



Acacia holoskricka A. Cimn. ex G. Don Gen. 8yst. 2 (1832) 407; Uenth. 

 Fl. Austr. 2 (1S04) 411. 



This Australian species has been recently introduced, and is cultivated at 

 Laniao. Province of Bataan, Luzon, where it has been collected by iVIr. Cuzner, bj' 

 Mr. Curran. I'm-, liiir. 12 '/(I 'i. and by Dr. Shaw. 



7. LEUCAENA Ucnth. 



1. Leucaena glauca (Linn.) Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4 (1842) 410. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 443; Baker in Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 290: 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 74; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) f. ',■'>. fin. H ; Xaves in 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. cd. 3. pi. ',00. 



Miinosn fihtuca Linn. 8p. PI. (1753) 520. 



Acacia glauca Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 1075. 



Lrzox, Province of Union. IJbiirr .T.j6'.7, .Hi.')'/: Province of Ilocos Sur, Fur. Bur. 

 1'l0.ih 1 'i022 Merritt d- Darling: Province of Nueva Ecija. For. Bur. ITOoo Harocu : 

 Province of Cavite, Bur. Hci. 12S7 Manguhat : Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 7.5/.* 

 Curran: Province of Laguna, Williams 20'i"i : Manila, Merrill .'i9, McGregor 39: 

 Province of Rizal. Merrill 2730, 18S0 : Province of Tayabas. Wfiifford 56G : Prov- 

 ince of Albay, Bur. i^ci. 2897 Mearns. Panay, For. Bur. It.] (law m ill. Basii.ax, 

 For. Bur. 3970 Hutchinson. 



Native names: Agho (Panay) ; ilatcls (Leyte) ; conicompitis (Ilocos Sur) ; in 

 some provinces (Cavite. Pampanga, Rizal, Xueva Ecija, etc.), erroneously called 

 (icle, which properly belongs to Albizzia aclc. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in tropical and sub- 

 tropical parts of tiie world; very abundant and widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines at low altitudes, the timber being used for house posts and for firewood. 

 In Leyto the seeds are used by the natives as a substitute for coffee. 



8. SCHRANKIA Willd. 



1. Schrankia quadrivalvis (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Mi)nosa quadriralris Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 522; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 732. 

 cd. 2 (1845) 500, ed. 3, 3: J 35. 



SchranJxia aculeata WiUi\. Sj). PI. 4 (1805) 1041: Bciilii. in Trans. Linn. Soe. 

 30 (1875) 441; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 74. 



Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Cagayan, A. Borju. DcciinlM-r. 1!)07. Li/on, 

 Province of Batangas, Bauang (fide Blanco). 



This genus is confined entirely to America, except for the alM)ve species which 

 ajipears to be the only <iiic that has established itself in the East. It was 

 jMobably introdu<<-d inln tlic Pliili|)i)incs at Ihc time the cohmy was governed 

 :i> a dependency of .Mcxicd. when all conniiuiiicat inn lictween Spain and the 

 Philippines was via XCra Cni/. and Acn [lulcn. Mexico. In spite of its ap])arently 

 early introduction, il does not appear to i)e at all common in the Philippines. 

 The earliest s|>ecitic name is adopted. 



Native name: Bnlong-siri (. Misamis i. 



"Jonrn. .\s. Soc. Heng. 66" (18!l7) 25(). 



