Vo] - 2 LEGUMINOSAE 251 



9. MIMOSA Linnaeus 



MIMOSA PUDICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 518; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 74; 

 Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 119; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 

 (1904) 7; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 31, FL Manila 

 (1912) 228, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 167, 

 Mimosa asperata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 732, ed. 2 (1845) 505, ed. 

 3, 3 (1879) 134, t. 253, non Linn. 



Throughout the Philippines in open waste places at low and medium 

 altitudes in the settled areas, common and abundant. Introduced from 

 tropical America, now a pantropic weed. 



Local names: Babain (Ilk.); damohia (Tag.); dilgansusu (Ilk.); ha- 

 rupai (S. L. Bis.) ; huya-huya (Bis.) ; kiromkirom (S. L. Bis.) ; makahia 

 (Pang., Tag.) ; sipug-sipug (Sub.) ; tuyag-huyag (P. Bis.) ; torog-torog 

 (Bik.). 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



Mimosa blancoana Llanos in Mem. Acad. Cienc. Madr. Ill 2 (1857) 503; 

 F.-Vill & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4 1 (1880) 103; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 74. 



This is perhaps a synonym of Entada phaseoloides (Linn.) Merr., or 

 perhaps the very imperfect description was based on material originating 

 from two entirely different plants. It is not recognizable with certainty 

 from the description. 



10. NEPTUNIA Loureiro 



NEPTUNIA DEPAUPERATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 16. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 27169, 32898 Ramos. In open dry fields at 

 low altitudes. Endemic. 



NEPTUNIA OLERACEA Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 654; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 73; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 12. 



Mindanao (Agusan), Taylor 202. In shallow lakes and swamps at low 

 altitudes. Pantropic. 



11. PROSOPIS Linnaeus 



PROSOPIS VI DALIAN A Naves in Ephem. "Oriente" (1877) fide F.-Vill., 

 Prosopis vidaliana (1877) 1-19, t. 1, 2, Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 

 (1877-83) t. 392; Vidal Cat. PL Prov. Manila (1880) 28, Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) 24, t. U, f. C; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 31, Fl. Manila (1912) 228. 

 Prosopis juliflora F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 73; Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 7; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 32, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 62, non DC. 

 Manila Bay region, forming dense thickets immediately back of the beach ; 

 also in Basilan. Unquestionably introduced from Mexico, probably from 

 the vicinity of Acapulco. 



Local names: Aroma (Sp.) ; properly the name of Acacia farnesiana 

 Willd. 



12. ADENANTHERA Royen 



ADENANTHERA INTERMEDIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 228, 5 (1910) Bot. 32, Fl. Manila (1912) 229, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 168. 



