\'M') MEUUILL. 



Li"ZO>", Province of Bataan. For. Bur. 1955 Borden, Merrill 3098, For. Bur. 5.'/ 

 Barnes, Bur. Sci. 1611 Foxworlhy : Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 332^ Ahern's 

 collector: Manila, McGregor 65. Paxay, Yoder 31. 



Almost universally known in the Philippines as sincania.s, ex Blanco also 

 hicamas. 



A species now widely distributed in the Tropics of the world, probably of 

 American origin ; thorougiily naturalized in the Philippines and very abundant. 



The oldest generic name is Cacara (Kumph.) Thou. (1805), but Pachi/rrhizus 

 liich. (1825) is here retained in accordance with the list of nomina conservanda 

 of the Vienna Botanical Congress. 



90. PSOPHOCARPUS Neck. 



1. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 403; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1 ' (l,So5) 181; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 211; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1880) 66; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 90. 



Dolichos tetragonolobus Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1020; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 576, ed. 2 (1845) 402, ed. 3, 2:374; Naves 1. c. ed. 3, pi. 293. 



Botor tetragonoloba 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 162. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bolster 183, For. Bur. 16605, 16159 Cur ran: 

 Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. Jf860, 4864 Ramos: Province of Bataan, Merrill 

 3313: Manila, Merrill 646, McGregor Jft, 50. Masbate, Merrill 3^01. Palawan, 

 For. Bur. 3614 Curran. Negbos, For. Bur. 13659 Curran. 



Native names: Cigarrillos (widely used); segadella (Negros) ; am<fle (Caga- 

 yan) ; calarnismis, pal-lam, ex Blanco. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines, cultivated and naturalized; probably 

 introduced. India to Malaya, etc., frequently cultivated. 



Psophocarpus palustbis Desv. has been reported from the Philippines by 

 F.-Villar (Nov. App. 66), but I have seen no specimens. 



The generic name Psophoca/rpus Neck. (1790), is retained instead of Botor 

 Adans. (1763), in accordance with the list of 7iomUia conservanda of the Vienna 

 Botanical Congress. 



EXCLUDED GENEBA. 



In the "Novissima Appendix" to the third edition of Blanco's "Flora de Fili- 

 pinas," F.-Villar enumerates the following si.x species, representing si.v different 

 genera. I have seen no Philippine representatives of any of these genera, and 

 they are accordingly here excluded. 



AcROCARPUS FEAXiNiFOLius Wight; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 74. Known 

 from India and Sumatra. 



CiCER ARIETINUM L. ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62. Said by F.-Villar to be 

 cultivated in Luzon and Panay. If the species occurs in the Philippines at all, 

 then it will be onlj' as an introduced plant. 



DiALiUM LAURINUM Baker; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1882) 351. A species of the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



Mecopus nidulans Benn.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61. Burma to Malaya. 



Neptunia olebacea Lour.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 73. Cosmopolitan in 

 the Tropics. The specimen cited, Cuming 2352, was from ^Malacca, not from the 

 Philippines. 



Pabochetus communis Ham.; F.-Vili. Nov. App. (1880) 58. India to 

 Ff)uthorn China nnd .Tava. 



