EXUMEUATION OF I'lIILU'riMO LEGIMINOSAE. Ill 



Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Scl. .'I'.hil Ramus: Province of Bulacan, Yoder 'I'f: 

 Province of Batangas, Marave 105: Province of Laguna, liitr. Set. 6020 Rohinson: 

 Province of Bataan, Merrill 1592, Williams 208: Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 

 6521 Robinson, Merrill 5071, Bur. Sci. 2050 Ramos: INIanila, Santiago 59. Cebu, 

 Barrow 15. Basilan, DeVore & Hoover .'i5. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes; throughout the Tropics. 



The Philippine specimens appear to be nearer to the variety mollis (Benth.) 

 Baker, than to the typical form; all the specimens cited above, that are in 

 fruit, have the pods appressed-strigose, while in the typical form they are described 

 as glabrous. 



70. ERYTHRINA Linn. 



Pods turgid and seed bearing throughout their length, the basal portion not 

 flattened. 

 Calyx spathaceous, oblique, not at all 2-lipped, splitting to the base down 



the back § Stenotropis l.E.indica 



Calyx campanulate, subequally 2-lipped, not splitting to the base § MrcROP- 



TKRYX. 



Leaflets ovate or rhomboid-ovate, acuminate, subniembranaceous, pubescent 

 beneath; pods slender, about 8 mm wide, with a long, very slender stipe, 



the valves very thinly coriaceous 2. E. stipitata 



Leaflets oblong to oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, sometimes slightly acuminate, 

 coriaceous or, subcoriaceous ; pods stout, about 1.5 cm wide, the stipe 



stout, the valves very thickly coriaceous 3. E. fusca 



Pods flat, seedless and indehiscent in their lower half § Hypapiiorus. 



4. E. suhumhians 



1. Erythrina indica Lam. Encycl. 2 (1785) 391; DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 412; 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1855) 207; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 



188; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 63; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 



Suppl. 66. 



Erythrina corallodendruni orientalis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 70G. 

 Erj/thrina picta Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 993 p. p., quoad syn. Gelahi alba 

 Rumph. 



Erythrina orientalis Murr. in Comm. Gotting. 8 (1787) 35, pil. 1. 

 Erythrina lithosperma Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 92; Hassk. PI. Jav. 

 Ear. (1848) 381, non Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 209. 



Erythrina carnea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 564, ed. 2 (1845) 393, ed. 3, 2: 

 359 ; Naves 1. c. ed. 3, pi. 217, non Dryand. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 17131 Gurran: Province of Abra, For. 

 Bur. 14539 Darling: Province of Union, Elmer 5588: Manila, Decades Philip. 

 Forest Fl. No. 277 Merrill: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 1200, 1274 Borden, For. 

 Bur. 2235 Meyer, For. Bur. 5935 Curran: Province of Tayabas, Whitford 684, 

 Merrill 1904, 2039: Province of Camarines, Ahem 30. Mindoro, For Bur. 8770, 

 9095 Merritt. Palawan, For. Bur. 3557 Curran. Panay, For. Bur. 115 Gammill, 

 Copeland s. n. Mindanao, District of Davao, Ahem 075; Lake Lanao, Mrs. 

 Clemens 205. 



Quite universally known in the Philippines as dap-dap; in Abra as dab-dub; 

 in Cagayan as voc-voc and bag-bac. 



Common throughout the Philippines, especially along the seashore; frequently 

 planted inland. India to southern China, ]\Ialaya, and Polj^nesia. 



Erythrina indica Lam., includes, in part, E. picta Linn., the latter being much 

 the earlier name. Erythrina picta Linn, was based in part on botanical material 

 in Linnaeus' hands, and in part on Gelala alba Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 2: 234, 

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