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1. Bauhinia binata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 331, ed. 2 (1845) 231, ed. 3, 2: 
66 (err. typ. birmata) . 
Bauhinia, pinnata Walp. in Linnaea 16 (1842) Litt.-ber. 53. 
Phanera blancoi Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 264; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 70. 
Bauhinia blancoi Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 278; Hemsl. Bot. 
Challenger Exped. I 4 (1884) 146; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 72; Vid. Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 117, Perk. Frag. FI. 
Philip. (1904) 8. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Merrill 1912. Mindoro, Cuming 1518, in Herb. 
Kew. Palawan, For. Bur. 3545 Curram,. Negros, For. Bur. 13105 Curran. 
Panay, Copeland s. n. Sibutu (Sulu Archipelago), Merrill 5294- 
Siam (fide Baker); Timor Laut (fide Hemsely). 
I can see no valid reason for displacing Blanco’s specific name binata in favor 
of blancoi although it was misspelled binnata ; that it was a typographic error 
for binata and not pinnata, is shown at once by the phrase immediately following 
the name,” Bauhinia , de hojas hermanadas.” In placing the species in the key, I 
have followed Baker, who states that the plant has 10 stamens. None of the 
specimens before me have flowers, and Blanco does not describe them. Subereet or 
scandent, confined to the seashore. The only known Philipine species with entirely 
free leaflets. 
2. Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 31, nomen, FI. Ind. 2 
(1832) 321; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 277; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 
(1880) 72. 
Bauhinia acida Reinw. in Flora 31 (1848) 578. 
Piliostigma acidum Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 261; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes Explor. 
Exped. (1854) 470; Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, pi. 118. 
Bauhinia tomentosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 330, ed. 2 (1845) 230, ed. 3, 2: 
65, non Linn. 
Bauhinia purpurea Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 48, fig. A, non Linn. 
Luzon, Province of Bontoc, For. Bur. 11026 Curram,: Province of Ilocos Norte, 
For. Bur. 13938 Merritt & Darling: Province of Tarlac, For. Bur. 5148 Curran, 
Merrill 3618: Province of Pangasinan, Merrill s. n. : Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 
1835 Ahern’s collector, Decades Philip. Forest FI. no. 30 Ahern’s collector: Province 
of Cavite, For. Bur. 1611 Rosenbluth: Province of Laguna, Wilkes Expedition 
in U. S. Nat. Herb., Elmer, Eallier s. n., For. Bur. 12109 Rosenbluth & Tamesis. 
Most usually known by the name alibanban, signifying butterfly, from the shape 
of the leaves, the name frequently also applied to other species of the genus; in 
Laguna calibangbang . Other names given by Blanco are livas, balibanban, maru- 
limao, diss, ahihiro, alambihor, and alibihil. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes, a characteristic tree 
of open grass lands; British India to Tenasserim; Java and Timor, but not 
reported from the Malay Peninsula. 
3. Bauhinia tomentosa Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 375; Baker in Hook. f. FI. ‘Brit. 
Ind. 2 (1878) 275; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 72. 
Bauhinia binata Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, pi. 119, non Blanco. 
Luzon, Manila, Cuzner 36, cultivated. 
Certainly not a native of the Philippines ; India to Ceylon and tropical Africa ; 
probably only cultivated in Malaya. 
4. Bauhinia acuminata Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 375; Baker 1. c, 276; F.-Vill. 
Nov. App. (1880) 72; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 8; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 433; Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, pi. 111. 
