124 MERRILL. 



I have e^camined the flowers are pcdicelled. Train ^^ asserts that witli the 

 abundant material now available for study it is imposible to distinguish Pueraria 

 ihompsnni Benth. from P. thutibergiana Benth.. even as a variety. 



4. Pueraria warburgii Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 87. 



Glycine warburgii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 231. 



Luzon, Province of Albay, For. Bur. 12392 Curran. Mindanao, District of 

 Davao, Baganga, Men-ill 5430; Santa Cruz, Williams 2953; Taumo, Warburg 

 l't664 (type in herb. Berol.!) ; DeVore d Hoover 368. 



This species was previously transferred by me to Glycine, but T am now of 

 the opinion that it belongs properly in the genus Pueraria; in young specimens 

 the swollen nodes of the inflorescence are not very evident, but are distinct in 

 more mature material. The same species, or a closely allied one, is also found 

 in Celebes; see Perkins 1. c. 



79. CANAVALIA DC. {Canavali Ad-Ans.) . 



Pod turgid, often nearly flat along the dorsal suture, 10 cm long or less, about 



4.5 cm wide; leaflets acuminate 1. C. turgida 



Pod usually flat, if turgid then usually less than .3 cm wide, or if 4. .5 cm wide, 

 then exceeding 20 cm in length. 

 Leaflets broad and rounded at the apex, or even rctuse; a littoral species. 



2. C lineata 

 Leaflets acuminate; inland species, wild and cultivated. 



Pod less than 20 cm in length and 3 cm in width 3. C. ensiformis 



Pod 25 to 30 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide 4. C. gladiata 



1. Canavalia turgida Chah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) no. 5534: Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1 ' (1855) 215; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 417; J\Ierr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81. 410. 



Canavalia ensiformis var. turgida Baker in ITook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 

 196; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 64. 



Canavalia virosa Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 319, non W. & A. 



Canavalia obtusifolia Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 63; Perk. 

 Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 88; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Soi. 1 (1906) Suppl. 67, 

 non DC. 



Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3189 Mearns: Babuyanes Islands, Cami- 

 guin, Bur. Sci. 4071 Fenix. Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 1423 Ramos: 

 Province of Zambales, Hallier s. n. : Province of Pampanga, Merrill 1424 ■' Prov- 

 ince of Bataan, For. Bur. 5931 Curran, Williams 311, Merrill 3172: Province of 

 Tayabas, Whitford 707, Gregory 88. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 9238 Robinson. MiN- 

 DORO, Merrill 1292. Palawan, Merrill 700, Bur. Sci. 337 Bermejos. Balabac, 

 Bur. Sci. 494 Mangubat. TiCAO, For. Bur. 1051 Clark. Negros, For. Bur. 5618 

 Everett. Paxay, Copeland 109. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 



Native names: Daluyduy (Masbate) ; danglin (Mindoro). 



Widely distributed in the Philippines, usually in thickets near the seashore, 

 but scarcely growing on the beach; also on the borders of Lake Lanao, Mindanao 

 (altitude about 800 m). Near the coast from India to southern China and 

 Formosa through Malaya. 



The synonymy of this species has been discussed by Prain,'" who considers it 

 under tlie name of Canavalia turgida (irah., but states that it is the plant to 

 which the name Canavalia obtusifolia properly belongs. In this last conclusion 

 I do not concur, for Dolichos oblusifoUus Lam. was based primarily on the 



"Journ. As. Soc. Bong. 66' (1897) 419. 

 »» L. c. 418. 



