VoL 2 LEGUMINOSAE 303 



69. A BR US Linnaeus 



ABRUS LAEVIGATUS E. Mey. Comm. 1 (1835-37) 126; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. iSci. 5 (1910) Bot. 109, PL Manila (1912) 249. 

 Abrus pulchellus Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5819 nomen nudum; Baker 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 175; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 62; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 84; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 66. 

 Luzon (Abra southward to Laguna). In thickets at low and medium 

 altiudes. Tropical and southern Africa, India, and Malaya. 



Local names: Kansasaga (Tag.); saga (Tag.); sagang-kalabau (Tag.). 



ABRUS PRECATORIUS Linn. Syst. ed. 12 (1767) 472; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 565, ed. 2 (1845) 394, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 361, t. 156; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 109; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 

 84; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 66, 3 (1908) Bot. 

 410, 5 (1910) Bot. 108, Fl. Manila (1912) 249, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 186. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, common in 

 thickets. Pantropic, although probably a native of tropical Asia. 



Local names: Agaion (C. Bis.); aguiangiang (Bis.); aroiangiang 

 (Bis.); bangati (Tag., Bik., Bis.); bugaiong (Ilk., Bon., Pang.); bugbu- 

 gaiong (Ilk.) ; gumaing (Bon.) ; gikos-gikos (Bis.) ; kansasaga (Pamp., 

 Tag., Bik.) ; kaloo (Bis.) ; kasasaga (Tag., Pamp.) ; lamodiak (Bag.) ; laga 

 (C. Bis.); lasa (Iv.)'; manggadolong (Bis.); oiangia (Bis.); matang-pune 

 (Bis.); saga (Tag.); saga-saga (Tag.); saga-mamin (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Abrus fruticulosus Wall.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62. 



70. CLITORIA Linnaeus 



CLITORIA TERNATEA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 753; DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 233; 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 590, ed. 2 (1845) 412, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 391, 

 t. 301; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 65; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 

 226; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 109; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 109, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 245, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 187. 

 Clitoria philippensis Perr. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1825) 110, 

 C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 305. 

 Throughout the Philippines, in thickets in the settled areas at low and 

 medium altitudes, sometimes cultivated. An introduced plant in the 

 Philippines. Pantropic. 



Local names: Balog-balog (C. Bis.); giting-princesa (Bik.) kolokanting 

 (Tag.) ; kalompagi (Ilk.) ; pukinggan (Tag.) ; samsampin (Pang.) ; 

 samsamping (Ilk.). 



71. CENTROSEMA Bentham 



CENTROSEMA PLUMIERI (Turp.) Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. 2 (1838) 

 118; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 65; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 455; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 115; 



