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35. PSORALEA Linn. 
1. Psoralea badocana Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 416, ed. 3, 2: 395; 
F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 58; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 107,. Rev. PI. 
Vase. Filip. (1886) 105. 
Liparia badocana Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 597. 
Meladenia densiflora Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 21 1 (1848) 576. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 7 21)0 Ramos: District of Bontoc, Bur. Sci. 
7 Oil Ramos: Province of Iloeos Sur, Cuming 111)9 : Province of Ilocos Norte, 
Bur. Sci. 2231) Mearns: Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 1)907 Ramos. Panay, 
(Cuming 161)9). 
Endemic. 
36. PAROSELA Cav. (Dalea Linn.) 
1. Parosela glandulosa (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Amorpha glandulosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 555. 
Dalea alopecuroides Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) '389, ed. 3, 2: 351; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 58, non Willd. 
Dalea nigra Mart. & Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. 10 2 (1843) 43; Rolfe in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 309; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 107, Rev. 
PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 105; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 16. 
Dalea glandulosa Merr, in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 37, Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 64. 
Parosela nigra Rose in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 (1906) 105. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 7128 Ramos: Province of Ilocos Norte, 
For. Bur. 1551)6 Merritt & Darling: Province of Benguet, Merrill 1)351, For. Bur. 
16226 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke: Province of Union, Elmer 5601: Province of 
Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 1)888 Ramos: Province of Bataan, Whitford s. n. : Province 
of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 181)1) Ramos, Merrill 131)9, Hidalgo 366,'Nieva 266. 
Native names: Agogo, sampaloc-sampalocan, chaang -parang (Rizal) : duran- 
parang, camangi, ex Blanco. 
A native of tropical America, introduced into the Philippines at an early date, 
and now locally very abundant in many localities. First described from Philippine 
material. 
The reasons for taking up the generic name Parosela for the species generally 
known as Dalea are given by Rose, l. c., 8 (1903) 302, and the case is not covered 
by the list of nomina conservanda of the Vienna Botanical Congress. In con- 
nection with Doctor Rose’s argument, it may be well, perhaps, to call attention 
to the fact that Dalea Gaertner (1788), antedates the restoration of the Linnean 
Dalea, which was first taken up after the establishment of the binomial system 
by Jussieu (1789) followed by Ventenat, Cramer, and Willdenow. According to 
strict priority Dalea Gaertner is the oldest name for the plants usually placed in 
the genus Microdon Choisy (1823), and as this case is not covered by the list of 
nomina conservanda of the Vienna Botanical Congress, then according to the 
principle of priority adopted by that Congress, Dalea Gaertn. must displace 
Microdon Choisy, and in thus becoming a “valid” genus must of necessity 
invalidate the use of the same name for a different genus. 
37. TEPHROSIA Pers. 
Pods about 8 cm long, densely covered with rather long, brown hairs ; leaflets 
elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 3 to 4 cm long 1. T. vestita 
Pods 2 to 3.5 cm long, gray-puberulent or subglabrous; leaflets less than 2.5 cm 
in length. 
