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LEGUMINOSAE 319 



Phaseolus inamoenus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 571, ed. 2 (1845) 399, 



ed. 3, 2 (1879) 368, non ? Linn. 

 Phaseolus ilocanus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 572. 

 Phaseolus tunkinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 435; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



ed. 2 (1845) 399, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 369, t. 369. 

 Phaseolus vexillatus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 574, non Linn. 

 Phaseolus vulgaris Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 401, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 



371, non Linn. 



The lima bean. Introduced from tropical America, now thoroughly 

 naturalized and common in thickets at low and medium altitudes, ascend- 

 ing to 2,000 m; some forms cultivated. Pantropic. 



Local names: Bulai-patani (Tag.) ; buni (Bag.) ; buringi (Tag.) ; butingi 

 (Tag.) ; gulipatan (Ibn.) ; haba (Sp.) ; habichuela (Sp.) ; kilkilang (Bon.) ; 

 kopani (Bon.) ; kutakut (Bon.) ; palpalai (Ilk.) ; parda (Ilk.) ; patani 

 (Tag., Bik., Bis., Ilk.); perkoles (Ilk.); puida (Ig.) ; zabache (Sp.). 



PHASEOLUS MINIMUS Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 290; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 132, Fl. Manila (1912) 261. 



Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao. In open grasslands at low 

 and medium altitudes; widely scattered. Southern China. 



PHASEOLUS SUBLOBATUS Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1914) 54, nomen nudum, 



Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 288; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 



Bot. 133. 



Phaseolus trinervius Heyne in Wall. Cat. (1832) No. 5603; Baker in 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 203; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 65. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Rizal, Laguna), Mindanao. In grasslands, waste places, 

 etc., occasional; sometimes planted. India to Malaya. 

 Local names: Karatan (Bag.); mongos-ihalas (C. Bis.). 



PHASEOLUS VULGARIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 723; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 64; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 261. 



Cultivated locally, various forms; in the Mountain Province, occasionally 

 subspontaneous ; cultivated in all warm countries. The common bean. 



Local names: Habichuela (Sp.) ; mula (Bon.); biringi (Tag.); butingi 

 (Tag.). 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES 



Phaseolus riccardianus Ten.; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 116. 



The Philippine record is based on a Negros specimen collected by 

 Usteri. I have seen no material representing the species. 



93. VIGNA Savi 



VIGNA LUTEOLA (Jacq.) Benth. in Thwaites Enum. PL Ceyl. (1859) 90; 

 Mart. Fl. Braz. 15 (1859-62) 194, t. 50, f. 2; Baker in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 205; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1912) 

 64; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 89; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 5 (1910) Bot. 134. 

 Dolichos luteolus Jacq. Hort. Vind. 1 (1770) 39, t. 90. 



Mindanao (Lanao, Cotabato), Clemens 209, F. B. 8951 Hutchinson. In 

 thickets or grasslands. Pantropic. 



