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Cassia tora Linn.* Catanddng dso. Rare; a few plants observed at low 
altitudes. 
Clitoria ternatea Linn.* A few plants at low altitudes; rare. 
Crotalaria albida Heyne. Locally abundant among Saccharum at low 
altitudes. 
Crotalaria acicularis Ham.* Locally abundant among Saccharum at low 
altitudes. 
Crotalaria stenophylla Vog.* Widely scattered among Saccharum at low 
altitudes. 
Crotalaria verrucosa Linn.* Rare; a few plants observed near the beach. 
Derris polyantha Park. Common in thickets along the northern coast of 
the island. 
Desmodium gangeticum (Linn.) DC. Widely distributed and common 
among Saccharum at low altitudes. 
Desmodium procumbens Hitchc.* Rare; only a few plants observed. 
Desmodium pulchellum Benth. Common among Saccharum at low al- 
titudes. 
Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desf. Common among Saccharum at low 
altitudes. 
Desmodium triflorum (Linn.) DC. Common and v/idely distributed at low 
altitudes. 
Erythrina indica Lam. Dapdap. Widely scattered; chiefly near the coast; 
rare. 
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud. Madre cacdo. Locally abundant; at the 
northern end of the island; probably persistent from trees existing 
before the eruption. 
Mezoneurum latisiliquum (Cav.) Merr. Cdmot pusa. On bluffs along the 
coast; not common. 
Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steud.* Nipai. A few plants in thickets at 
the northern end of the island near the beach. 
PachyrrhizUs erosus (Linn.) Urb. Sincamas. A few specimens observed 
in thickets at low altitudes; Gates observed a single plant. 
Phaseolus adenanthus Mey.* Common and conspicuous in thickets along 
the northern and western coasts. 
Pithecolobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. CamancMle. Widely distributed in 
ravines and thickets; almost certainly persistent from trees existing 
before the eruption. 
Pongamia pinnata (Linn.) Merr. (Millettia sp., of Gates’s list). Balic- 
ballc. In ravines and thickets at low altitudes; not common. 
Pueraria phaseoioides Benth.* In thickets and in Saccharum areas; v/idely 
scattered. 
Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. {Pithecolobium saman Benth.).* Acacia. 
A single seedling observed back of the beach on the western coast. 
Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. A few seedling observed on the eastern 
coast back of the beach ; Gates reports it as abundant in one place in the 
northeastern part of the island. 
