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CERATOPHYLLACEAE 
Ceratophyllum denier sum L. 7369. Submerged aquatic, thrown up on the 
strand. 
MENISPERMACEAE 
Cissampelos pareira L. 6726, 7432. A vine in the parang - . 
Pericampylus incanus Miers. 7357. Vine, scarce in parang. 
LAURACEAE 
Cassytha filiformis L. 7449, 7467. Hemiparasitic vine, loading down 
Phragmites in wet strand. 
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C. B. Rob. 7351. Tree; local on ridges; north 
east. 
CAPPARIDACEAE 
Capparis horrida L. 7370, 7415. A vine in the parang. 
Capparis micracantha DC. 6898. A vine in the parang. 
Crataeva religiosa L. 6829, 7416. Tree, invading parang. 
Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. 7393. Weed on the strand. 
MORINGACEAE 
Moringa oleifera Lam. 6944, 7327. Tree; local in parang on Mount 
Ragatan. 
CONNARACEAE 
Rourea erecta (Blanco) Merr. 6712, 7353, 7372, 7445. Vine in parang. 
LEGUMINOSAE 
Abrus precatorius L. 6830, 7367, 7441. A vine in the parang. 
Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. 6804, 6839. An abundant parang shrub 
on the ash slopes and a very successful invader in grass. 
Albizzia procera (Roxb.) Benth. 6735, 6737, 6741, 7424. A tree; locally 
abundant in places in the northwest which were not exposed to the 
full force of the volcano. 
Alyscicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. 6793, 6795. A vine in the parang on 
Mount Binintiang Malaki. 
Arachis hypogaea L. 6764. A few plants in the parang near Pirapiraso, 
remnants of former cultivation. 
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC., formae. 6820, 7338, 7379, 7463. A 
variable vine; in both the grassland and the parang. 
Canavalia lineata DC. 6853, 6869, 7466. With Ipomoea pes-caprae; a 
characteristic vine on the strand. 
Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (L.) Baill. 6731, 6899. A vine; local 
in the parang or on bluffs. 
Crotalaria sp. 6890. Local on the strand. 
Derris polyantha Perk. 7412, 7442. A vine in parang on sides of ridges. 
Desmodium pulchellum Benth. 6717, 7350. A shrub, invading grassland; 
not common. 
Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desf. 6775. Herb, in a ravine. 
