96 MERRILL. 



L Dalbergia pinnata (]>our.) Piain in Ann. liot. C.urd. Calcutta 10' (1904) 

 48. 



Doris pinnata Lour. Fl. C'ocliincli. (1790) 432. 



Dalbergia tamarindifolia lloxh. lloit. Beng. (1814) 53, nonien, FI. Ind. 3 

 (1832) 233, pro parte; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 234; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1880) 67; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 111; Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 82; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 117, 70= (1901) 

 49, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 10' (1904) 69, pi. J^S. 



Emiespcrnruni scaiidens Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (1823) 92, Flora 8 (1S25) 

 132. non Dalbergia sea')ide7is Ro.\b. 



LvzoN, Province of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 2529 Foxworthy : Province of Kizal, 

 Men-ill 1172, For. Bur. J/oS, 1169 Ahern's collector, Bur. Sci. 1387 Ramos, Decades 

 PJiilip. Forest Fl. no. 159 Ahern's collector. Mindoro, McGregor 21/4, For. Bur. 

 1200'i Merritt. Palawan, Merrill 699. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Cletnens 

 615. 



Widely di.stributed in the Philippines, extending from sea level to an altitude 

 of at least 800 m; Himalayan region to Burma, southern China, Tndo-Cliina, tlie 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Var. badia var. nov. 



A typo differt foliolis in sicco bnmueis, nitidis, supra glabris, coriaceis. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Pitogo, For. Bur. 96)9 Cuiran, in thickets along 

 the seashore.' 



At first sight this form appears to be quite distinct from the species, but the 

 differences are apparently mainly in the color of the dried leaves, which are 

 dark-brown, glabrous above, and strongly shining; tlie fruits are apparently 

 identical with those of the typical form. 



Derris pinnata Lour, has been reduced by various authors to Dalbergia taniarin- 

 difolia Roxb., but the reduction was not accepted by Dr. Prain in his monograph 

 of the Asiatic species of Dalbergia, because Loureiro described the leaflets as 

 glabrous. At my request Mr. E. G. Baker has kindly looked up Loureiro's type 

 specimen, preserved in the herbarium of the British Museum, and has supplied 

 me with sketches of the flower and a single leaflet. Mr. Baker writes as follows: 

 "The leaflets are not glabrous as stated by Ix)ureiro, but are strigose-pubescent 

 beneath; the lobes of the calyx are short and might almost be described aa 

 subequal ; the bracteoles are roundish and 2 mm long; the alae are very similar 

 to those figured by Colonel Prain, in his monograph, of D. iamarindifolia Roxb., 

 and the keel is also .subsimilar. It appears to me that without question it is very 

 closely allied indeed, if not identical with D. taniarindifolia Roxb." 



After studying the material available here, with reference to Loureiro's descrip- 

 tion and the data supplied by Mr. Baker, I am convinced that Derris pinnata 

 Lour, is specifically identical with Dalbergia Iamarindifolia Roxb.. and the 

 oldest sjM'cilic name is hence adopted. 



2. Dalbergia polyphylla Benth. PI. .Jungh. (1S52) 256. pro parte, .T.iurn. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1860) Suppl. 44, pro parte; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1S55) 

 1.32; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 07; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (18S()) 112; 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 70= (1901) 48, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 10' 

 (1904) 70, pi. J,9. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, Cuming 116) in licrt). Kow. : Province of Ri/al, 

 For. Bur. 2962 .ihern's collector: Province of Bataan. }yhitf<>rd s. n. 



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