74 
MERRILL. 
10089 Curran: Manila, Merrill Decades Philip. Forest FI. 289 : Province of Bataan, 
Ahern 767, For. Bur. 2593 Meyer, Merrill 1523: Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 
2464 Ahern’s collector: Province of Tayabas, Merrill 1913, For. Bur. 6596 Kobbe. 
Mindoro, Merrill 894, For. Bur. 8532 Merritt. Palawan, For. Bur. 3607 
Curran, Bur. Sci. 263 Bermejos. Guimaras, For. Bur. 294 Gammill. Bohol, 
Bur. Sci. 1237 McGregor. Mindanao, Ahern 309. 
Native names: Madre cacao ; cacauate, the former of Spanish, the latter of 
Mexican origin. 
A native of tropical America, introduced into the Philippines in the eighteenth 
century, according to F.-Villar, and now cultivated and subspontaneous more or 
less throughout the Archipelago ; very abundant in many provinces and islands. 
40. SESBANIA Scop. 
Flowers small, bud straight; annual suffrutescent herbs (§ Eusesbania). 
Flowers 2 cm long; pod twisted, pendulous 1. S. roxburghii 
Flowers 1 cm long; pod not twisted, usually ascending 2. S. cannabina 
Flowers large, 7 to 8 cm long, the buds faleately recurved; pod not twisted, 
pendulous (§ Agati) ...L:. :.,a-...., 3. S. grandifiora 
1. Sesbania roxburghii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 269. 
Aeschynomene paludosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814), nomen, FI. Ind. 3 (1832) 
333, non Sesbania paludosa Jacq. 
Coronilla emerus Blanco FI. Filip. ( 1837 ) 582, non Linn. 
Sesbania paludosa Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 82, 367, non Jacq. 
Sesbania cannabina Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 418, ed. 3, 2: 400, non Pers. 
Sesbania grandifiora Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 288, non Pers. 
Sesbania cochinchinensis Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 45 2 (1876) 271, 
non DC. 
Sesbania a'culeata var. paludosa Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 115, 
in part, and excluding the synonym Aeschynomene uliginosa. 
Sesbania aculeata F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 59, non Pers. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 6530 Robinson, For. Bur. 10098 Curran, 
in shallow water in Lake Bay. 
Native names: Balacla (Laguna) ; malacaguios, ex Blanco. 
Bengal to Burma, southern China, Formosa, and Java. 
2. Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 316; DC. Prodr. 2 
(1825) 265; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 83, 368. 
Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 26. 
Agati cannabina Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 120. 
Sesbania aegyptiaca F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 59; Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, 
ed. 3, pi. 405, non Pers. 
Sesbania aculeata F.-Vill. 1. c. 59, non Pers. 
Sesbania picta Vid. Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 26, non Pers. 
Luzon, Province of Isabela, Bur. Sci. 8086 Ramos: Province of Ilocos Norte, 
Bur. Sci. 2233 Mearns, Bur. Sci. 7648 Ramos: Province of Ilocos Sur, For. Bur. 
15695 Merritt & Darling: Province of Union, Fenix 2: Province of Pangasinan, 
Alberto 28, Bur. Sci. 4850 Ramos: Province of Pampanga, Merrill 1444 ■ Manila, 
Burgos 57, McGregor 73: Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 1370 Ramos: Province of 
Laguna, Elmer, Eallier s. n. Mindanao, District of Cotabato, For. Bur: 3938 
Hutchinson. 
Native names: Rubao (Union) ; balacbac (Rizal) ; bayacbac-buquii (Pam- 
panga). 
India to Burma, the Malay Peninsula and Java. 
