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1. Bauhinia binata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 331, ed. 2 (1845) 231, ed. 3, 2: 

 66 (err. typ. binnata) . 



Bauhiniu pitDiata Walp. in Linnaea 16 (1842) Litt.-ber. 53. 



Phanera blancoi Benth. PI. Jiingh. (1852) 264; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 70. 



Bauhinia blancoi Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 278; Hemsl. Bot. 

 Challenger Exped. 1* (1884) 146; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 72; Vid. Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 117, Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 8. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Merrill 1912. Mindoro, Cuming lotS, in Herb. 

 Kew. Palawan. For. Bur. SSJfS Curran. Negros, For. Bur. 13705 Curran. 

 Pax AY, Copeland s. n. Sibutu (Sulu Archipelago), Merrill 529 Jf. 



Siam (fide Baker); Timor Laut (fide Hemsely). 



I can see no valid reason for displacing Blanco's specific name binata in favor 

 of blancoi although it was misspelled binnata; that it was a typographic error 

 for binata and not pinnata, is shown at once by the phrase immediately following 

 the name," Bauhitiia de hojas hermanadas." In placing the species in the key, I 

 have followed Baker, who states that the plant has 10 stamens. None of the 

 specimens before me have flowers, and Blanco does not describe them. Suberect or 

 scandent, confined to the seashore. The only known Philipine species with entirely 

 free leaflets. 



2. Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 31, nomen, Fl. Ind. 2 

 (1832) 321; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 277; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 

 (1880) 72. 



Bauhinia acida Reinw. in Flora 31 (1848) 578. 



Piliostigma acidum Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 261; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes Explor. 

 Exped. (1854) 470; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 118. 



Bauhinia tomentosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 330, ed. 2 (1845) 230, ed. 3, 2: 

 65, non Linn. 



Bauhinia purpurea Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. JfS, fig. A, non Linn. 



Luzon, Province of Bontoc, For. Bur. 11026 Curran: Province of Ilocos Norte, 

 For. Bur. 13938 Merritt & Darling: Province of Tarlac, For. Bur. 51^8 Curran, 

 Merrill 3618: Province of Pangasinan, Merrill s. n.: Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 

 1835 Ahern's collector, Decades Philip. Forest Fl. no. 30 Ahern's collector: Province 

 of Cavite, For. Bur. 1611 Rosenbluth: Province of Laguna, Wilkes Expedition 

 in U. S. Nat. Herb., Elmer, Hallier s. n., For. Bur. 12109 Rosenbluth cC- Tamesis. 



Most usually known by the name alibanban, signifying butterfly, from the shape 

 of the leaves, the name frequently also applied to other species of the genus; in 

 Laguna calibangbang . Other names given by Blanco are livas, balibanban, maru- 

 linao, diss, ahihiro, alambihor, and alibihil. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes, a characteristic tree 

 of open grass lands; British India to Tenasserim; Java and Timor, but not 

 reported from the ]Malay Peninsula. 



3. Bauhinia tomentosa Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 375; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 2 (1878) 275; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 72. 



Bauhinia binata Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 119, non Blanco. 

 Luzon, Manila, Cuzner 36, cultivated. 



Certainly not a native of the Philippines; India to Ceylon and tropical Africa; 

 probably only cultivated in Malaya. 



4. Bauhinia acuminata Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 375; Baker 1. c. 276; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1880) 72; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 8; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 433; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 111. 



