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other respects the plant agrees with the others cited above. The species is common 

 in thin poor soil over volcanic tuff on open hills near Manila. 



3. Mezoneurum mindorense Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 232. 

 ;Mindoro, Far. Bur. 5383 Merriit. 



Native name: Sapinit. 

 Var. inerme Merr. 1. c. 

 AIiNDORO, Bur. Sci. 151Jf Bermejos. 

 Endemic. 



4. Mezoneurum latisiliquum (Cav.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 

 Bot. 268. 



Bauhinia ? latisiliqua Cav. Icon. 5 (1799) 5, t. ^08, in part, excl. description 

 and figure of the leaves. 



Mezoneurum glabrum Desf. in M6m. Mus. Paris 4 (1818) 245, t. 10; DC. 

 Prodr. 2 (1825) 484; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 70; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1855) 

 103; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 114; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 64. 



Caesalpinia torquata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 336. 



Mezoneurum procumhens Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 23.5, ed. 3, 2: 73. 



Represented by numerous specimen cited by myself, I. c., with the addition of 

 Bur. Sci. 7737 Ramos, Province of Ilocos Norte, Luzon. 



Native names: Camut-pusa, literally "cat's claw," (Pampanga, Mindoro, Ba- 

 taan, Rizal) ; sampinit (Mindoro, Basilan): .sokif (Basilan); sagnit, sapnit, 

 cabitcabag, tugabang, ugabang, ex Blanco. 



At low altitudes, northern Luzon to southern ^Mindanao; Timor. 



The Mezoneurum. glabrum of Baker in the Flora of British India is not Desfon- 

 taines' species, but is M. furftiraceum Prain. 



5. Mezoneurum sumatranum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Prodr. 1 (1834) 283; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 105, 1081; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 

 259; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66" (1897) 235. 



Caesalpinia siimatrana Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 32, nomen, Fl. Ind. 2 (1832) 

 366. 



Mezoneurum rubrum Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 7. 



Palawan, Merrill 805. 



The above specimen, on which Mezoneurum rubrum was based, is in fruit, and 

 was referred by Perkins ^^ to M. glabrum Desf. (=Jf. latisiliquum (Cav.) Merr.). 

 Comparison with authentic material of M. sumatranum shows it to be the same 

 as that species, and it is here accordingly reduced. 



Malacca, Perak, Singapore, and Sumatra. 



29. PELTOPHORUM Vogel. 



1. Peltophorum inerme (Roxb.) Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 335, ex 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 69, as syn. 



Caesalpinia inermis Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 90, Fl. Ind. 2 (1832) 367. 



Poinciana roxburghii G. Don Gen. Syst. 2 (1832) 433. 



Caesalpinia ferruginea Decne. Nouv. Ann. Mus. 3 (1834) 462. 



Caesalpinia arborea Zoll. Nat. en Geneesk. Archief 3 (1846) 65; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1 ' (1855) 112. 



Peltophorum. ferrugineum Benth. Fl. Austral. 2 (1864) 279; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 257; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 69; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 114; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng 66= (1897) 224. 



== Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 15. 



