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89. RHYNCHOSIA Loureiro 



RHYNCHOSIA CALOSPERMA Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 12 (1891) 314; 

 Perk. Frag. El, Philip. (1904) 88; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 

 (1910) Bot. 128. 

 Luzon* (Pampanga), Merrill 11,^3. In thickets at low altitudes, appar- 

 ently very rare or local. New Guinea, Key Islands, Bismarck Archipelago. 

 Local name: Balabalatungan (Pamp.). 



RHYNCHOSIA MINIMA (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 385; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 223. 

 Dolichos minimus Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 726. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 27137 Ramos. In open grasslands at low 

 altiudes. Pantropic. 



RHYNCHOSIA VOLUBILIS Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 460; DC. Prodr. 2 

 (1825) 385; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 196; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. iSci. 7 (1912) Bot. 82. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), B. S. 31805 Santos, Vanoverbergh 65A- In 

 open grasslands, altitude 1,400 to 2,000 m. Japan to southern China 

 and Formosa. 



Local name: Batung (Ig.). 



90. ERIOSEMA Desvaux 



ERIOSEMA CHINENSE Vog. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 

 1: 31; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 66; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 "(1885) 109, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 111; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 129. 

 Dolichos biflorus Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 441, non Linn. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), 

 Semirara, Culion, Mindanao (Bukidnon). In open grasslands chiefly at 

 medium altitudes, ascending to 2,000 m; occasionally at sea level (Semirara) . 

 India to China through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Katil (Ig.) ; kitkitil (Bon.); kutil (Ilk.); okun (Ig.). 



91. FLEMINGIA Roxburgh 



FLEMINGIA CUMINGIANA Benth. in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1852) 245; Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 67; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 67; Merr. 



in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 130, 354, Fl. Manila (1912) 253. 



Luzon ( Abra, Benguet, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal) . 



In thickets at low and medium altitudes; occasional and scarcely distinct 



from F. macrophylla O. Kuntze. Endemic. 



Local name: Kopkopeyes-a-balang (Ilk.). 



FLEMINGIA INVOLUCRATA (Wall.) Benth. in Miq. PL Jungh. (1851) 

 246; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 229; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 67. 

 Lespedeza involucrata Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5742, nomen nudum. 

 Lepidocoma trifoliatum Jungh. Reise (1845) 338, nomen nudum. 

 Culion, B. S. £1326 Ramos. In open places at low altitudes. India to 

 Java and tropical Australia. 



