230 A. FLORA OP MANILA 



1. M. pubescens Desf. Camat-cabag, I>auag (Tag.)- 



A scandent, woody, very spiny vine reaching a length of from 3 to 5 

 'tti. Leaves 30 tp 50 cm long, the rachis softly pubescent, armed with stout, 

 sharp, recurved spines; pinnae 24 to 30; leaflets 12 to 20, oblong, ttiin, 

 pubescent, 1 to 2 cm long. Panicles termina,l, many-flowered,* pubescent, 

 15 to 25 m long. Flowers yellow, about 3 cm in diameter. Pods oblong, 

 thin, indehiscent, 11 to 13 cm long, about 3.5 cm wide including the thin, 

 8 mm wide wing along the dorsal suture. 



In open dry lands and thickets, La Loma to San Pedro Macati, fl. Sept.- 

 Nov.; of very local occurrence in the Philippines. Timor. 



11. BAUHINIA Linnaeus 



Erect shrubs or trees or climl^ng vines, sometimes with circinate ten- 

 drils. Leaves simple, usually deeply cleft from the tip, rarely entire. 

 Flowers usually showy, in simple or panicled Tacemes. Calyx-tube short 

 or long, the limb entire and spathe-like or 2- to 6-clef t. Petals 5, subequal, 

 usually clawed. Stamens 10, or reduced to 5, 3,' or 1, when fewer than 10 

 usually with sterile filaments. Ovary many-ovuled; style short or long; 

 stigma often peltate. Pod linear to oblong, flat, dehiscent or indehiscent. 

 (in honor of K»*l!auhin, an early Swiss botanist.) 



Species about 150 in all tropical countries, 18 in the Philippines. 



1. Fertile stamens 10; shrubs. 

 2. Tips of leaf -lobes rounded; flowers yellowish, aolitary or in pairs; 



pods pubescent... „ 1. B. tomentosa 



2. Tips of leaf -lobes acute; flowers white, racemose; pods glabrous. 



2. B. acuminata 



1. Fertile stamen 1; a tree , 8. B. manandra 



* 1. B. TOMENTOSA L. 



An erect, branched shrub 1.6 to 3 m high, the branchlets, lower surfaces 

 of the leaves, and the pods somewhat jpubescent. Leaves 4 to 7 cm long, 

 about as wide, split about one-third to the base into two, ovate, rounded 

 lobes. Flowers pale-lemon-yellow, usually in pairs on axillary peduncles. 

 Calyx-limb spathaceous, split down one side. Petals about 6 cm long, 4 

 cm wide. Stamens 10, all fertile, unequal in length, the filaments 1 to 

 2 cm long. Pod 9 to 11 cin long, about 1.6 cm wide, flattened, acuminate, 

 containing 6 to 10 seeds. (Fl. Filip. p!. 119, B. binata.) 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes, fl. most of the year. A native of 

 India, now rather widely distributed in the tropics in cultivation and as 

 an escape. 



2. B. ACUMINATA L. 



An erect shrub 2 to 4 m high, somewhat pubescent. Leaves 7 to 13 

 cm long, 6 to 12 cm wide, base somewhat cordate, 9- to 11-nerved, the lobes 

 acute or slightly acuminate, about one-third the length of the leaf. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, short, few-flowered. Calyx green, about 8 cm long, epUt 

 down one side, acuminate, the apex with 6, short, slender teeth. Corolla " 

 white, about 8 cm in diameter. Stamens 10, shorter than the petals, aD 

 acumjnate, glabrous, containing 7 to 9 seeds. (Fl. Filip. pi: 111.) 



In dry thickets opposite San Pedro Macati, also cultivated, fl. Aug.-Oct.; 

 of local occurrence in the , Philippines, and' surely introduced, India to 

 China and Malaya. 



