40 MERRILL. 



19. TAMARINDUS Linn. 



]. Tamarindus indica Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 34; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 2 (1878) 273; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 29, ed. 2 (1845) 20, ed. 3, 1: 39, 

 Xaves 1. c. ed. 3, pi. U/ ; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas, t. Jf3, fig. D. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines, especially in and about towns, apparently 

 not indigenous in the Philippines, but introduced in prehistoric times. Probably 

 a native of tropical Africa; planted throughout the tropics. 



Native names: Tagalog sampaloc; Ilocano saloniague, salumagul ; Bicol sam- 

 bac; Visayan satnhagvi, sambag, sambalagul. Tlie Tamarind. 



20. I NTS I A Thouars. 



Leaflets 4-jugate, sometimes 3-jugate, distinctly but shortly acuminate, mostly 

 less than 8 cm long, rather firmly coriaceous 1. /. acuminata 



Leaflets usually 2-jugate, sometimes 3-jugate, apex broad, rounded and refuse, 

 or broadly acuminate, up to 14 cm in length, often much smaller, subcoria- 

 cpous or chartaceous 2. I. bijuga 



1. Intsia acuminata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 20. 

 Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 7063, 11318 Klemme: Province of 



Tayabas, Merrill 1108 (Infanta), 2584, 259Jf, For. Bur. 1^13 Klemme. 



Native names: Balahian (Cagayan); tindalo, ipil (Tayabas). 



Manifestly closely allied to the next, and like it a seacoast plant, but usually 

 distinguishable by its more numerous, smaller, and thicker leaflets. 



Endemic. 



2. Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 192; Prain in Sci. 

 Mem. Med. Off. Ind. Army 12 (1901) 12; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 63, 3 (1908) Bot. 409. 



Ma<:rololyium bijugum Colebr. Trans. Linn. Soc. 12 (1817) 359, t. 17. 



Afzclia bijuga A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 467, t. 51; 

 Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 274; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 72; 

 Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) /. -'/2, fig. B; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 66= (1897) 208. 



Eperua decandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 368, ed. 2 (1845) 259, ed. 3, 2: 118. 



Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. Jf036 F4nix. Luzon, Province of 

 Cagayan, For. Bur. 17267 Curran: Province of Zambales, Merrill 1750: Province 

 of Bataan, Whitford 1318, For. Bur. 5953 Curran: Province of Tayabas, McjtHI 

 105 Jf, 1986, For. Bur. 8^0 Uaggcr, For. Bur. 10205, 103^7 Curran: Province of 

 Camarines, For. Bur. 10663, 10684 Curran: Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 

 10595 Currant. Mindoro, For. Bur. 5373, 8537, 9877 Merritt, Merrill 2184, 2250. 

 Palawan, For. Bur. 3496, 4522, 5181 Curran, Bur. Sci. 801 Foxworthy. Mas- 

 bate, For. Bur. 12821, 12593, 12598 Rosenbluth. TiCAO, For. Bur. 12527 Rosen- 

 bluth. For. Bur. 1078 Clark. Panay, Copeland s. n. Leyte, For. Bur. 7133 

 Everett, For. Bur. 12634 liosenbluth. Guimaras, For. Bur. 215 Gammill. Ne- 

 (iROS, For. Bur. 7306, 5605, 5622 Everett, For. Bur. I2414, 15037 Danao. Dinagat, 

 For. Bur. 15054 Sample. Mindanao, For. Bur. 3954, ^4'>'', ''-522, 12370 Hut- 

 chinson. Basilan, For. Btir. 6093 Hutchinson. 



Widely distributed along the seacoast throughout the Philippines; a very 

 important timber tree, universally known as ipil. Madagascar, Seychelles, An- 

 daman and Nicobnr Islands, throughout Malaya to New Guinea, the Fiji and 

 Caroline Islands. 



For a complete syiionvmy of Intsin bijuga, and discussion of tlie allied genera, 



