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very local. Formosa (apparently common), there also planted as a shade 

 tree; southern China. An interesting Australian phyllocladous type. 

 Local names: Ayangili (Sbl.); ualiseri' (Sbl.). 



ACACIA FARNESIANA (Linn.) Willd. Sp. PL 4 (1805) 1083; Benth. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 502; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 7; 

 F.-Vill. Novis, App. (1880) 74; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 25, 

 t. 45, f. C, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 119; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 

 (1904) 6; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 28, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 227, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 166. 

 Mimosa farnesiana Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 521; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 729; ed. 2 (1845) 504, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 133. 

 Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands, thickets, etc., at low and 

 medium altitudes, especially common in regions subject to a long dry 

 season. A native of tropical America, introduced from Mexico by the 

 Spaniards, now pantropic. 



Local names: Kandaroma (Ilk.); aroma (Sp.) ; sometimes corrupted 

 into romas; kambang jipun (Sul.). 



ACACIA PENNATA (Linn.) Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 1090; Benth. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 530; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 75; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 120; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 6; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 5 (1910) Bot. 29, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 167. 

 Mimosa pennata Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 522. 



Mimosa tenuifolia Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 739, ed. 2 (1845) 510, ed. 3, 

 3 (1879) 141, t. 27 h, non Linn. 

 Babuyan Islands to Mindanao. In thickets and forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 



Var. ARROPHULA (D. Don) Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 298; 

 Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 29. 

 Acacia arrophula D. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. (1825) 247. 

 Palawan, B. S. 897 Foxworthy, Elmer 12908. In thickets and forests at 

 low altitudes. India. 



Var. PLURICAPITATA (Steud.) Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 

 298; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 29. 

 Acacia pluricapitata Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 1 (1840) 7; Benth. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 531. 



Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas), Samar, Elmer 93JfO, F. B. 26031 Mabesa. In 

 forests. Burma to Malaya. 



Local names: Bayuaing (Ig.) ; koko-ti-pusa (Ilk.); sabit (Ig.) ; saloma- 

 ging-sungo (Ilk.); sapinit (S. L. Bis.); sibog (Tag.). 



ACACIA PHILIPPINARUM Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1 (1842) 

 514, quoad Cuming 9 US, excl. Cuming 1166 et descr. fruct. 



Acacia caesia Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 6; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 29, non Willd. 



Acacia intsia F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 74; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 

 (1883) t. U5, f. D, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111 (var. caesia), 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 120; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 62, non Willd. 



