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Fernandez-Villar 1 erroneously identifies this species with Bauhinia sub- 

 rotundifolia Cav., and the species is figured under this name in the third 

 edition of Blanco's Flora de Filipinas, pi. 82. This citation should be 

 added to the synonomy of the species above. While the material on whic'i 

 Cavanilles based his Bauhinia subrotundifolia may have been collected in 

 the Philippines, still it is more probable that it was of Mexican origin, 

 although Cavanilles cites Calauan (Province of Laguna, Luzon) and 

 Acapulco (Mexico) as the localities from which he received his material. 

 His description however does not apply to the species here considered. 



Blanco does not describe this species in his Flora de Filipinas, and it 

 is scarcely possible that he would have overlooked such a prominent species 

 had it been commonly cultivated in the Philippines at the time when he 

 did his work. It seems probable that the species has been introduced into 

 the Philippines at a comparatively recent date, certainly since Blanco's 

 death in 1845, as even at the present time, although very ornamental, it 

 is not at all common or widely distributed in the Philippines, having been 

 observed by the author but twice, while no other collector other than 

 Warburg has secured specimens in the Philippines. 



Millettia piscatoria (Blanco) Merrill, Govt. Lab. Publ., 20:37. 1905. 

 (Cylista piscatoria Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1, 589. 1837; Galactia (?) 

 terminaliflora Blanco, 1. c., ed. 2, 411. 1845; ed. 3. 2:390; Millettia 

 splendens F. Vill. Nov. App. 59. 1880, non W. et A. 



This species is represented by No. 60 (Whitford), Lamao River, Mount 

 Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon, April, 1904, and No. 473 (Forestry 

 Bureau), Ahern's collector, Antipole, Province of Rizal, Luzon, April, 

 1904, both specimens in flower. Blanco's description is quite complete, 

 and according to that author the natives employ the macerated leaves and 

 branches for stupifying fish, whence his specific name. T., Tubli. 



Millettia merrillii Perkins, Frag. Fl. Philip. 81. 1904. 



This species, which reaches a height of 6 or 8 m.. is common in the 

 thickets and broken forests in the foothills in central Luzon, and is well 

 represented by pi. 79, of the third edition of Blanco's Flora de Filipinas. 

 Accordingly the following synonyms should be added: Millettia caerulea 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. 59. 1880, non Baker; Millettia xylocarpa Naves, Fl. 

 Filip. ed. 3, pi. 19, non Miq. Additional material of this species: No. 3831 

 (Merrill), Mount Arayat, Province of Pampanga, Luzon, May, 1904 (fruit) ; 

 Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon, No. 2673 (Merrill), June, 1903 (fruit) ; 

 No. 1147 (Forestry Bureau), Ahern's collector, June, 1904 (fruit), and 

 No. 6166 (Elmer), Sablan, Province of Benguet, Luzon, April, 1904 

 ( flower ) . 



Mucuna longipedunculata sp. nov. 



A vine reaching a height of 10 or 12 m. or more, with pendant infloresenc?, 

 the slender peduncles 1.5 to 4 or 5 m. long, the flowers ivory white, 8 cm. 

 long. Branches slender, brown, appressed pubescent. Leaves trifoliate, 

 about 20 cm. long, the petiole appressed pubescent, 7 cm. long; leaflets 10 



TOov. App., 72. 1880. 



