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3. Sesbania grandiflora (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 310; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 590, ed. 2 (1845) 418, ed. 3, 2: 399; Naves 1. c. pi. 201; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit.' Ind. 2 (1876) 115; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 60; Vidal Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) t. J,0, fig. F.; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 17. 



Robinia grandiflora Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 722. 



Aescfiynomcnc grandiflora Linn. 1. c. ed. 2 (1763) lOOO. 



Sesian grandiflorus Poir. in Lam. Encyel. 7 (1806) 127. 



Agati grandiflora Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120, t. J,, fig. G; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1' (1855) 289; W. F. Wight ex Safiord in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 

 175. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. 8ci. 16464 Bacani: Province of Union, 

 Elmer 5661: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Merrill 166: Province of Pangasinan, 

 For. Bur. 8404 Curran d Merritt, Bur. Sci. 4939 Ramos: Manila, Merrill 647, 

 Decades Philip. Forest Fl. no. 55, Katiglak 241: Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 

 10336 Curran, Merrill 1895. Guimaras, For. Bur. 98 Ritchie. Mindaxao, Mrs. 

 Clemens 313, Williams 2694. 



Universally known in the Tagalog Provinces as caturay, in the llocano Prov- 

 inces as catuday ; gawi-gawi (Guimaras). 



Widely distributed in the Philippines in and about towns, the flowers eaten 

 as a salad and cooked as a pot herb; probably not a true native of the Phil- 

 ippines. Mascarene Islands through India and Malaya to northern Australia; 

 usually planted. 



The name Sesbania is not the oldest one for this genus, and it is not included 

 in the list of nomina conservanda of the Vienna Botanical Congress. At the risk 

 of being considered inconsistent, I have, however, retained it for the present 

 work. Otto Kuntze" has adopted the generic name Emerus Burm. (1737) for 

 all species usually known as Sesbania, but this is inadmissable under all generally 

 accepted rules. In 1763 Adanson proposed two generic names for the species 

 now included in Sesbania, the first, having page priority, Sesban, which was later 

 changed to Sesbania by Scopoli, and the second Agati, which was based on 

 Robinia grandiflora Linn. The latter name was taken up by Desvaux in 1813, 

 with four species, A. oannabina Desv., A. coccinea Desv., A. grandiflora Desv., 

 and A. virgata Desv., in which he has been followed by some recent authors. 

 Small *- considers Sesban and Agati to be generically distinct. If strict priority, 

 limited by the date 1753, is to be observed, Sesban would then be the proper 

 generic name, in case a single genus is recognized; if two genera are recognized, 

 then Sesban would be the proper name for the small-flowered species ( § Euses- 

 bania), and Agati the proper generic name for the large-flowered species 

 {% Agati). 



41. CLIANTHUS Banks & Soland. 



1. Clianthus binnendyckianus Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 40- (1871) 

 51; Koord. Meded. 's Lands Plantent. 19 (1908) 429; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 

 (1904) 20. 



Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Bolster 381 : Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 548, 

 623, s. n.: District of Davao, Williams 2745. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 10767 McGregor. 



Celebes and (?) Ceram. 



The genus has three known species, two belonging in the subgenus Euclianthus, 

 in Australia, and the above species constituting the subgenus Pseudoclianthus. 



"Kev. Gen. PI. (1891) 180. 



^=F1. Southeastern U. S. (1903) 614. 



