80 MERRILL. 



Phyllodium pulchelbim Desv. M6m. Soc. Linn. Paris 4 (1826) 324; A. Gray 

 Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 431; Miq. Fl. Tnd. Bat. 1^ (1855) 2G0. 



Meibomm pulchella O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 197. 



Luzon, Province of IIocos Norte, For. Bur. 15524 Merritt & Darling: Province 

 of Union, For. Bur. 15109 Merritt & Darling: Province of Benguet, Topping 55: 

 Province of Bataan, Williams 68, Merrill 3310, Copelnnd 292, For. Bur. 2185 

 Meyer: Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 1913 Ahern's collector, Merrill 2710, Decades 

 Philip. Forest Fl. 252 Ahern's collector: Province of Batangas, Katigbak 280. 

 CuLiON, Merrill Jf38. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 201 Bermejos. Mindanao, Mrs. 

 Clemens IJfS. Basilan, DeVore cf- Hoover SO. 



Native names: Payang-payang (Rizal) ; calaicai, ex Blanco (Visayan). 



Widely distributed in the Philippines, especially at low altitudes; Ceylon and 

 India to southern China and Formosa, southward through Malaya to New Guinea 

 and the Bismarck Archipelago. 



Desmodium elegans (Lour.) Benth., is said by Hemsley ** to extend from 

 southern China to Cochin-Cliina, Java, and the Philippines. I have, however, 

 seen no Philippine specimens that I consider as referable to this species, and the 

 extension of range of D. elegans to the Archipelago may have been based on an 

 erroneously identified specimen of D. pulchellurn. 



§ DENDROLOBIUIit. 



2. Desmodium cumingianum (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1880) Gl; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 107. 



Dendrolobimn cumingiamim Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 216; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1^ (1855) 263. 



Luzon, Province of Batangas, Cuming UfoJ/. 



This endemic species has not been rediscovered since Cuming's time. The 

 locality is taken from Cuming's own list at Kew. It is manifestly allied to 

 D. umbellatum, but at the same time quite distinct from that species. 



3. Desmodium umbellatum (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 325; Baker in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 161; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. .'//. /ir/. D, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) lOG; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61. 



Hedysarum umbellatum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 747. 



Aeschynomenc arborca Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 581, cd. 2 (1845) 400, ed. 3, 

 2: 381. 



Dendrolobium umbellatum W. & A. ex Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 210; A. Gray 

 Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 431; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1855) 262. 



Meibomia umbellata O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 197. 



Batanes Island-s, Sabtan, Bur. Sci. 31/J,5 F4nix, Bur. Sci. 10138 McGregor. 

 Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 4115 F4nix. Luzon, Province of 

 Zambales, Ilallier s. n., Merrill 2093: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 2026 Borden, 

 Decades Philip. Forest Fl. no. I4I Ahern's collector: Province of Tayabas, 

 Gregory 95, For. Bur. 7//77 Reyes, Whit ford 698, 751: Province of Camarines, 

 Ahem 222. Mindoro, For. Bur. 5396, 9675 Merritt, Merrill 2257. Culion, 

 Merrill 550. Palawan, For. Bur. 3531, 3777 Curran. Tablas, McGregor 338. 

 BonoL, Bur. Sci. 1263 McGregor. Ticao, For. Bur. 1058, 2531 Clark. Masbate, 

 Merrill 3036. Leyte, For. Bur. 12449 Danao. Mindanao, Mrs. Clemens 1199, 

 Copcland 625, 1326, Ahem 4OS, DeVore <C- Hoover 212. Basilan, For. Bur. 

 3468 Hutchinson. 



"Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 171. 



