ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE. 93 



52. URARIA Desv. 



Stems erect, heads long-cylindric, 10 to 20 cm long; upper leaves 5-9-foliolate, 

 the leaflets linear-lanceolate 1. U. picta 



Stems trailing, heads short, oblong, less than 8 cm long; leaves simple and 

 trifoliolate, the leaflets oblong-rhomboid to elliptic 2. U. lagopodioides 



1. Uraria picta (Jacq.) Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 123, t. 5, fig. 10; DC. 

 Prodr. ,2 (1825) 324; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1855) 267; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes 

 U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 430; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 155; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108. ' 



Eedysarum ■pictum Jacq. Coll. 2 (1788) 262; Ic. 3 (1786-93) t. 561. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, B^lr. Sci. 792-^ Ramos: Province of Isabela, Bur. 

 Sci. 8110 Ramos: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Merrill 393: Province of-Benguet, 

 Williams 11/16: Province of Bataan, Merrill 621/1. Mindoro, Bur. Sci. 1521 

 Bermejos. Mindanao, District of Davao, Williams 2929. 



Tropical Africa and Asia to China and Formosa, Malaya to northern Australia; 

 introduced in the West Indies. 



2. Uraria lagopodioides (Linn.) Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. ,( 1825) 324; Desv. 

 M^m. Soc. Linn. Paris 4 (1820) 309; Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 

 Sudsee (1901) 358. 



• Eedysarum lagopodioides Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1198. , , ■ 



Eedysarum lagopoides Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 168, t. 53, fig. 2. . ►, ; -< .,.,, ',' 

 Uraria lagopoides DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 324; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat.- 1^ ( l'855) 

 268; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. JExplor. Exped.. (1854) 430; Baker in Hook, f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 156; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 131, 380. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bolster 160 : Province of Ilocos Norte, For. Bur. 

 13949 Merritt <£ Darling: Province of Benguet, Williams UfOJ/: Province of Nueva 

 Ecija, Merrill 392 : Province of Rizal, Cuzner 15, Guerrero 21 : Province of 

 Laguna, Eallier s. n. : Manila, McGregor 61. Mindobo, Merrill 888. Negros, 

 For. Bur. 13116 Curran, For. Bur. 11221 Everett. Panay, Yoder 19. Bohol, 

 Bur. Sci. 1242 McGregor. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 310, s. n.: 

 District of Davao, Williams 2112, DeVore cC- Eoover 105, Copeland 369. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines in open grass lands, especially at Ioav 

 and medium altitudes; India and Ceylon to southern China, Formosa, Malaya 

 to northern Australia. 



The earliest specific name, lagopodioides, is here retained, especially as Prain 

 states, 1. c. 380, that there is now no longer any doubt as to the Identity of 

 Eedysarum lagopodioides Linn., with Uraria lagopoides (Burm.) DC. Curiously, 

 Blanco seems to have overlooked this common species entirely. 



53. LOUREA Neck. 



Stems erect; leaflets 1, rarely 3, 4 to 6 times as broad as long.. 1. L. vespertilionis 

 Stems prostrate; leaflets 3, rarely 1, about as broad as long. 2. L. reniformis 



1. Lourea vespertilionis (Linn, f.) Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 122, t. 5, 

 fig. 18; DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 323; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brij^. Ind. 2 (1876) 

 154; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 178; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1880) 60. 



Eedysarum vespertilionis Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 331; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 581, ed. 2 (1845) 407, ed. 3, 2: 382; Naves 1. c. pi. 201. 



It is doubtful if this species should be admitted as Philippine, as Blanco states 

 that he saw only cultivated specimens, and F.-Villar makes the same statement. 

 I have seen no Philippine material either wild or cultivated. The species is 

 widely distributed in the tropics of the world. 



