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Gen. incert. (No. 1) ; compare Legum. ? "Creeping on trunks of trees;" leaves simple, 

 cordate, hairy ; stipules. " On the mountains near Banos, at the elevation of 2000 

 feet," Brackenridge. 



Crotalaria, (No. 8); leaves simple, almost linear. On Mount Banajao. 



Indigofera (No. 1). A shrub ; softly pubescent. At Banos, C. P. 



Desmodium (No. 7). Tall; the leaves simple. "At Banos," Brackenridge. 



(No. 8); not before met with. Leaves trifoliolate, obovate, the under surface 



canescent. " At Baiios," Brackenridge. 



(No. 9) ; not before met with. Herbaceous; leaves trifoliolate, Glycine-like ; 



flowers rose-colored ; pod of two joints. "On the mountains near Baiios," Bracken- 

 ridge. 



(Alysicarpus, No. 1); gen. near Desmodium. Creeping; small-leaved. With apparently 

 other humble species, replacing the Trifoliums of Northern Climates in the open ground 

 around Mount Banajao. 



Flemingia (No. 1). A shrub, four feet high; pubescent; bracts membranous. In the 

 environs of Manila; frequent. 



■ (No. 2) ; a second species. Small leafy bracts. " At Banos," Brackenridge. 



Gen. Galactioid, (No. 1). Large yellowish flower-bracts, like separate leaves; pod seem- 

 ing single-seeded. (On the basal portion of) Mount Banajao. 



Phaseolus ? (No. 2) ; leaflets trilobed ; pod compressed. " At Baiios/' Brackenridge. 



Gen. incert. (No. 1); Mucuna-like. A vine; leaflets rather narrow; calyx nearly entire; 

 racemes "five feet long, crowded with sky-blue flowers. On the mountains near Bafios, 

 at the elevation of 1500 feet," Brackenridge. 



Guilandina bonduc ? (bis No. 1 Samoan to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands) ; " poisonous 

 injections." No specimens. 



nov. sp., (No. 4); apparently distinct; small leaflets. No specimens. 



Cassia "alata," (No. 4). A fine showy shrub; pod having a carina or wing along each 

 side. Frequent on the road to Mayjayjay; also at Baiios. 



Bauhinia (No. 1). "A stout tree, forty feet high ;" leaves but slightly notched ; pod nine 

 inches long, close pubesc. "On the mountains near Banos," ]5rackenridge. 



Mimosa (No. 1). A tree; leaves dichot. unijugis. Frequent at Bancs, C. P. 



(No. 2). A shrub; leaves bipinnate, the leaflets numerous. At Baiios, C. P. 



Inga? (No. 1); leaves paripinnate, bijugis. In the environs of Manila. 



liubus (No. 4) ; pinnate leaves; acid red fruit. " On the mountains near Banos," Brack- 

 enridge ; and frequent along the road to Mayjayjay. 



decumana, (No. 2, bis Tongatabu to the Feejee Islands) ; the shaddock. The 



fruit seen in the market. 



Sinensis, (No. 3) ; the mandarin orange. The fruit seen in the market. 



aurantium, (No. 4, bis Taheiti to the Hawaiian and Feejee Islands); the orange. 



The fruit seen in the market ; but of inferior quality. 

 Triphasia trifoliata, (No. 1). In gardens around Manila. 

 Mangifera Indica, (No. 1); the mango. Cultivated. 



Crotalaria (No. 1) ; bis Feejee Islands. Along the road-side, near Mayjayjay. 



(verrucosa?, No. 2 ; compare Taheiti) ; leaves pubescent, simple; flowers blue. 



" On the mountains near Baiios," Brackenridge. 



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