LEGUMINOSAB 245 



1. M. merrillK Perk. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree reaching a height of 8 to 10 tti. Leaves 

 15 to 22 cm long. Leaflets ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, 4 to 8 cm 

 long. Racemes axillary, about as long as the leaves. Flowers pink to 

 purple, about 12 mm long, the calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Pod oblong 

 to oblong-oblanceolate, flat, 9 to 13 cin long, about 1 cm ynde, acuminate. 

 (Fl. Filip. pi. 79, M. xylocarpa.) 



In thickets, Masambong, near San "Pedro Macati, etG., fl. Feb.-Apr. ; of 

 local occurrence in the Philippines. Endemic. 



30. GLIRICIDIA Humbolt, Bonpland, & Kunth 



Trees with odd-pinnate leaves, the leaflets entire, often mottled when 

 dry, not stipellate. Flowers in axillary racemes, often from the branches 

 -below the leaves. Calyx-teeth short, the upper 2 subconnate. Standard 

 broad, reflexed; wings falcate-oblong, free; keel incurved, obtuse. Vexillary 

 stamen free, the others united in a sheath. Ovary many-ovuled. Pods 

 stipitate, flat, 2-valyed, the valves coriaceous. 



Species 3 or 4 in tropical America, 1 introduced "in the Philippines at 

 an early date and now widely distributed here. 



I; G. SEPIUM (Jacq.) Steud. (G. maoulata HBK.). Madre cacao; Cacauate 

 (Sp.-Fil.). 



A glabrous deciduous tree 3 to 10 m high. Leaves 15 to 25 cm long; 

 leaflets about 13, opposite, oblong-ovate, slightly acuminate, blunt, base 

 usually rounded, 4 to 6 cm long, rather pale beneath, greep and shining on 

 the upper surface. Racemes numerous on the leafless branches, densely 

 many-flowered, solitary in the axils of fallen leaves, 4 to 8 cm long. 

 Flowers 2 cm long, pink, the calyx truncate. Standard reflexed, retuse, 

 pale-yellow in the median part. Pods narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 

 10 to 14 cm long, about 2 cm wide, flat, 6- to 8-seeded, tardily dehiscent. 

 (Fl. Filip. pi. 250, Galedupa pungam.) 



In thickets, hedge rows, etc., very common, fl. Dec- Apr.; throughout 

 the Philippines in and about towns. A native of Mexico, introdueed here- 

 at early date and thoroughly naturalized ; not reported from any other 

 -.pgpt of , the Orient. 



81. CLITOREA Linnaeus 



Scandent, somev^at woody vines with showy white or blue flowers and 

 pinnately 5- to 7-foliolate leaves, the leaflets stipellate. Flowers solitary, 

 axillary, the peduncles with 2 small bracts and 2 large bracteoles. Calyx 

 thin, tubular, 5-lobed. Corolla exserted, the standard shaped like the bowl 

 of a spoon, very much larger than the wings and incurved keel. Stamens 

 mbnadelphous or diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary 'stalked, many- 

 ovuled. Pod linear, flattened. 



Species about 30, mostly in the tropics of the New World, one in the 

 Philippines. 



1. C. TEENATEA L. 



A scandent vine, the stems sometimes 1 6m in diameter. Leaflets 5 to 

 7, elliptic to oblong, obtuse, 3 to 7 cm long, the stipels small, acicular. 

 Flowers solitary, the bracts oblong, about 2 mm long, the bracteoles green, 

 roundish, 5 to 8 mm long. Calyx green, 1.5 cm long. Corolla 3.5 to 4 cm 

 long, the standard deep-blue with a white or yellowish center, pale-blue, or 



