268 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192s 



CAESALPINIA SEPIARIA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 32, nomen nudum, PL 

 Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 360; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 69; Vidal 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 114; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 55. 

 Caesalpinia benguetensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 226. 

 Mezoneurum benguetense Elm. op. cit. 1 (1908) 362. 

 Luzon (Isabela, Benguet), Merrill Phil. PI. 1785, Williams 1206, Elmer 

 5888, 8720, B. S. 8094 Ramos. In thickets about limestone cliffs and 

 bowlders, altitude about 1,200 m. India to Japan southward to Malaya, 

 introduced in tropical Africa, America, and Australia. 

 Local name: Puto (Ig.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Caesalpinia mimosoides Lam..; F.-Vill. Novis App. (1880) 69. 



30. MEZONEURUM Desfontaines 



MEZONEURUM CUCULLATUM (Roxb.) W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 283; 

 Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 258; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 56. 

 Caesalpinia cucullata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 32, nomenn nudum, 



Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 358. 

 Mezoneurum macrophyllum Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 104. 

 Luzon (Laguna), Mindanao (Lanao), Elmer, Clemens 922. In forests 

 along streams and lakes at medium altitudes. India to Yunnan, Indo-China, 

 Andaman Islands, and Java. 



MEZONEURUM LATISILIQUUM (Cav.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 

 (1909) Bot. 268, 5 (1910) Bot. 57, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 176. 

 Bauhinia ? latisiliqua Cav. Ic. 5 (1799) 5, t. 408 p. p. (excl. fol.). 

 Mezoneurum glabrum Desf. in Mem. Mus. Paris 4 (1818) 245, t. 10; 

 DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 484; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 70; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 103; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110, 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 114; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 15, 

 p.p. 

 Caesalpinia torquata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 336. 

 Mezoneurum procumbens Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 235, ed. 3, 2 

 (1878) 73. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte) to Mindanao. In thickets and secondary forests 

 at low and medium altitudes. Timor. 



Local names: Arayat (Ilk.); dauag (Tag.); dauer (Ilk.); kabit-kabag 

 (Tag.); kamit-kabag (Tag.); kamot-pusa' (Tag., Pamp.) ; sabit (Ig.) ; 

 sagnit (Tag.) ; sampinit (Tag., Mbo.) ; sapinit (P. Bis.) sapnit (Tag., 

 Pamp.); siit (Bis.); sokit (Yak.); tugabang (Bis.); ugabang (Bis.). 



MEZONEURUM MINDORENSE Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 

 Bot. 232, 5 (1910) Bot. 57. 

 Mindoro, Biliran, F. B. 5383 Merritt, B. S. 18672 McGregor. Endemic. 



Var. INERME Merr. 1. cc. 



Mindoro, B. S. 1 514 Bermej os. In thickets at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Sapinit (Tag.). 



