294 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



59. PHYLACIUM Bennett 



PHYLACIUM BRACTEOSUM Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. (1840) 159, t. 88; Benth. 



in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1852) 231; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. 1 » (1855) 228; 



A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 423; Vidal Rev. 



. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 20; 



Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 94, 354. 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In thickets at low and medium altitudes, 



ascending to 1,400 m; locally abundant. Malay Peninsula to New Guinea. 



Local names: Ditching (Ig.) ; ditidit (Ig.) ; kopkopeyes-a-limanot (Ilk.); 



takilis (P. Bis.). 



60. LESPEDEZA L. C. Richard 



LESPEDEZA SERICEA (Thunb.) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 

 49. 

 Hedyswrum sericeum Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 287. 

 Lespedeza juncea Pers. .Syn. 2 (1807) 318, var sericea Forbes & 

 Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 181; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 104, 5 (1910) Bot. 94. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet), Loher 2336, Williams 1420, Vano- 

 verbergh 458, 541, B. S. 5991 Ramos, 40204 Ramos & Edano, 18989 Santos. 

 On open grassy slopes, altitude 1,200 to 2,200 m. India to Japan and For- 

 mosa; also in Australia. 



Local name: Lalagim (Ig.). 



61. DALBERGIA Linnaeus f. 



DALBERGIA CANDENATENSIS (Dennst.) Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 70 " (1901) 49, Bengal Plants (1903) 411; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 97. 

 Cassia candenatensis Dennst. Schliis. Hort. Malabar. (1818) 32. 

 Dalbergia monosperma Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 

 (1850) 36; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 109, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 112; Perk. Frag. 

 FL Philip. (1904) 82. 

 Dalbergia torta Grah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5873, nomen midum; 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66'- (1897) 120, Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calcutta 10 (1904) 64, t. 42; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 

 Suppl. 66. 

 Central Luzon (Bataan, Tayabas) to Mindanao. In thickets along tidal 

 streams subject to the influence of salt or brackish water. India to 

 southern China southward to New Guinea, Australia, Marianne and Caro- 

 line Islands, a strictly littoral species. 



DALBERGIA CANESCENS (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Derris canescens Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1919) 3087. 

 Luzon (Laguna), Elmer 17883. Near the margins of forests at low 

 altitudes. Endemic. 



DALBERGIA CUMINGIANA Benth. in Miq. PL Jungh. (1852) 255; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1 a (1855) 129; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67; Vidal 

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 111, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 109; 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 70 2 (1901) 63, Ann. Bot. Gard. 



