XIV. 4 Merrill: Notewoi'thy Philippine Plants, XV 409 
DESMODIUM Desvaux 
DESMODIUM ORMOCARPOIDES DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327; Gagnep. in 
Not. Syst. 3 (1916) 256; Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 267, 
non auct. plur. 
Desmodium ormocarpoides Desv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 1825 
(1826) 307, non auct. plur. 
Hedysarum adhaerens Poir. in Lam. EncycL Suppl. 5 (1817) 15, 
non Vahl. 
Desmodium dependens Blume ex Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 248. 
JOLO, Tagasip, F. L. Rola 118, May 27, 1917, in teak forests at 
low altitudes. 
This Malayan species is new to the Philippines, the specimens 
agreeing perfectly with material from Celebes and Amboina. 
As Gagnepain notes all modern botanists have misinterpreted 
Desmodium ormocarpoides DC., an examination of the type 
showing that it is the form described by Blume as Desmodium 
dependens. Desmodium ormocarpoides of modern authors, in- 
cluding the Philippine specimens previously so named, is Des- 
modium zo7iatum Miq. 
GERANIACEAE 
ERODIUM L’Heritier 
ERODIUM CICUTARIUM (Linn.) L’Herit. ex Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 (1789) 
414. 
Geranium cicutarium Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 680. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 31669 Santos, 
May 9, 1918, in waste places, altitude about 2,300 meters. A 
weed of wide distribution in temperate regions, unquestionably 
an introduced plant here. 
RUTACEAE 
EVODIA Forster 
EVODIA MELIAE FOLIA (Hance) Benth. FI. Hongk. (1861) 58. 
Megabotrya meliaefolia Hance in Walp. Ann. 2 (1851-52) 259. 
Boymia glabrifolia Champ, in Hook. Kew. Journ. Bot. 3 (1851) 330. 
Eurycoma dubia Elm. Lead. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 481. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 31968 Santos, 
June, 1918, altitude 1,800 meters, with the local name galiuy- 
guiuan. Negros, Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 10120 (type of 
Eurycoma dubia Elm.). 
The second collection of this species in the Philipines induced 
me to make a critical study of it, as it was perfectly evident 
that the form described by Mr. Elmer as Eurycoma dubia 
represented no simarubaceous plant. I cannot distinguish the 
Philippine form from Evodia meliaefolia Benth., which was 
previously known from southern Japan, the Liu Kiu Islands, 
