54 MERRILL. 



2. Caesalpinia glabra (Mill.) comb. nov. 

 (Juilandhxa glabra Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (17G8) no. 3. 



Caesalpinia honchic Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 32, Fl. lud. 2 (1832) 362; 

 Baker in Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 255; F.-Vill. Xov. App. (1880) 69; Urban Symb. 

 Antill. 2 (1900) 272, non GuilamUna honduc Linn. Sp. PI. ( 1753) 381. 



Guilandina honduc Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (17G2) 545, pro parte, non ed. 1 (1753) 

 381. 



Caesalpima crista Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 15, non Linn. 



Guilandina honduc var. majus DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 480. 



Guilandina major Small Fl. Southeast. U. S. (1903) 591. 



Palawan, Merrill 8^/2, Bur. Sci. 228 Bermejos. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. 

 Clemens 155, 863, 1182: District of Davao, Copeland s. n. One of the specimens 

 from Lake Lanao {Clemens 863) has comparatively few and weak spines on the 

 pod, but I do not consider it specifically distinct from the more common form 

 with stout spines. 



Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



I consider the specific name honduc to be invalid in the genus, as the species 

 as originally described under Guilandina is a synonym of C. crista Linn. What is 

 apparently the earliest valid name is here adopted. 



3. Caesalpinia nuga (Linn.) Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 3 (1811) 32; Baker in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 255; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 69; Naves in 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 150. 



Guilmulina «t/(7« Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 546: Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 344, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 240, ed. 3, 2: 81. 



Caesalpinia, laevigata Perr. Mem. Linn. Soc. Paris 3 (1824) 104. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 7^18 Ramos: Province of Pangasinan, 

 Bur. Sci. 4819 Ramos: Province of Zambales, Hallier, s. n., For. Bur. 5909 

 Curran: Province of Bulacan, McGregor 96: Manila, Marave 68: Province of 

 Bataan, For. Bur. 2272 Meyer, For. Bur. 1952, 2^92 Bordeii, Elmer 7009, Whit ford 

 126 Jf: Province of Tayabas, Whitford 8^2, in part: Province of Camarines, Ahcrn 

 252. POLILLO, Bur. Sci. 9139 Robinson. Lubang, Merrill 962. Mixdobo, Merrill 

 1294, 1225, 3341, For. Bur. 5517 Merritt. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 610 Foxwortluj. 

 Pan AY, Copeland 108. Negbos, For. Bur. 7330 Everett. Mindanao, Province 

 of Surigao, Bolster 367: District of Davao, Williams 2740. 



Native names: Sapnit, sapinit, or sagmit, in most provinces; soinetinies ciuinit- 

 cahag; in Mindoro sometimes calauinit ; bacaig (Polillo). 



Widely distributed in the Philippines along the seashore; tlirougliout the 

 tropics of the world in littoral districts. 



4. Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linn.) Svv. Obs. (1791) 166; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 255; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 69; Naves in Blanco 

 Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 112. 



Poinciana pulch.errima Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 380; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 333, ed. 2 (1845) 232, ed. 3, 2: 69; W. F. Wight ex SafTord in Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 9 (1905) 358. 



Amost universally known in the Philippines by the Spanish name ''cahallero," 

 rarely as "maramlla;" according to Blanco sometimes "flores" or "rosas," all 

 names of Spanish origin. Undoubtedly originating in tropical America; now 

 widely distributed in the tropics of the world. It is extensively cultivated, and 

 also spontaneous in the Philippines, and is represented by numerous specimens 

 from all parts of the Archipelago, from the Batanes Islands to Palawan and 

 southern Mindanao. 



