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opposite the petals bearing anthers, 5 alternate without anthers. 

 Anthers dorsal, unilocular. Ovary pedunculate, lanceolate, 

 unilocular, with many ovules in 2 series, inserted on the parietal 

 placentae. Fruit a pod terminating in a beak, 3-valved. Seeds 

 numerous, very large, winged, embedded in a spongy substance. 

 HABITAT. Common throughout the islands. Blooms in 

 November. 



LEGUMINOS-E. (PAPILIONACEJE.) 



Pulse Family. 

 Agati grandiflora, Desv. (Sesbania grandiflora, Pers.) 



NOM. YULG. Katuray, Tag. 



USES. The flowers are edible. They and the leaves are 

 purgative and are given in decoction for this purpose, 30-40 

 grams to 200 of water. The juice of the flowers is a popular 

 remedy in India, for migraine and coryza. The trunk bark is 

 bitter and tonic. 



BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION. A tree, 4-6 meters high, with 

 drooping limbs ; leaves long, very narrow, abruptly pinnate ; 

 many caducous leaflets, linear, elliptical. Flowers large, white, 

 fragrant, in axillary racemes. Calyx bell-shaped with two in- 

 distinct lips. Corolla papilionaceous, white. Standard oval, 

 a slight notch at the apex. Wings almost as large as the keel 

 which is strongly arched. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Anthers 

 uniform. Style and stamens equally long. Stigma a small 

 head. Pod 1-2 long, linear, 4-sided, containing many oval 

 seeds, separated by filamentous partitions. 



HABITAT. Grows in all sections of Luzon and Panay. 



Abrus precatorius, L. 



NOM. YULG. Saga, Sagamamin, Bagati, Tag.; Bagati Gi- 

 kosgikos, Yis.; Kanaasaga, Pam.; Bugayon, Hoc.; Jequiriti, 

 Prayerbeads, Eng. 



