ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE. 
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For. Bur. 1265, 1268 Borden, For: Bur. 63 Barnes, For. Bur. 22Vt Meyer, 
Williams 380: Manila, Merrill 65J/, For. Bur. 19009 Curran: Province of Tayabas, 
Ritchie s. n. Palawan, For. Bur. 3595 Curran. Panay, Merrill 21/.10, For. 
Bur. 112 Gammill. Negros, For. Bur. 12319 Everett. Mindanao, District of 
Cotabato, For. Bur. 3952 Hutchinson. 
A species of tropical America, introduced into the Philippines at an early 
date, and now spontaneous, very widely distributed and abundant in the Archi- 
pelago. From the Philippines it has been introduced into other parts of Malaya 
and into British India, being known in the latter country as the “Manila ta- 
marind.” It is known throughout the Philippines as camonchiles or camonsiles, 
or variations of the name, such as c amatsile, camanchiles, camonsil, etc. 
The fleshy aril surrounding the seeds is eaten, and the bark is extensively 
used in the Philippines for tanning leather. 
2. Pithecolobium scutiferum (Blanco) Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
3 (1844) 211; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 39; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 
(1908) Bot. 228. 
Mimosa scutif era Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 735, ed. 2 (1845) 507, ed. 3, 3: 138. 
Pithecolobium lobatum F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 75; Naves in Blanco FI. 
Filip, ed. 3, pi. ^ 38 ; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 62, non Benth. 
A widely distributed endemic species, represented by the numerous specimens 
cited previously by me, l. c., extending from northern Luzon south to Ticao, Mas- 
bate, and Guimaras. Bentliam originally considered it as a distinct species, 
but later, 8 and I believe erroneously, reduced it to the Malayan P. lobatum Benth., 
in which he has been followed by subsequent Philippine authors. The Philippine 
form is well distinguished from the Malayan one by its peculiar fruits, and is 
well represented by the plate in the third edition of Blanco’s “Flora de Filipinas” 
cited above. 
Native names: Anagap (in most islands and provinces where it occurs); 
bunsilac (Mindoro) ; anagop (Ticao) ; anaguep (Camarines) ; bincalan (Bataan) : 
bag (Cagayan). 
y 3. Pithecolobium (?) platycarpum sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra circiter 5 m alta, ramis teretibus, lenticellatis ; pimiis 
1-jugatis, foliolis 2-jugatis, firmiter cbartaeeis, elliptico-oblongis, usque 
ad 15 cm longis, basi aeutis, apice breviter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 6, distinctis, anastomosantibus : leguminibus planis, subrectis, 
circiter 20 cm longis, 3.5 cm latis, basi longe stipitatis, utrinque dehis- 
centibus, leviter irregulariter sinuosis. 
A glabrous tree about 5 m high. Branches terete, lenticellate, reddish- 
brown. Leaves alternate, pinnae 1 -jugate, the petiole 2.5 to 3 cm long; 
leaflets 2- jugate, the rachis of the individual pinnae about 9 cm long, 
the leaflets firmly chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, 11 to 15 cm long, 5 to G 
cm wide, shining, gradually narrowed below to the acute base, the apex 
shortly and sometimes rather abruptly acuminate ; nerves about 6 on 
each side of the midrib, distinct beneath, curved-ascending, anastomosing, 
the primary reticulations distinct, rather lax ; petiolules 2 to 3 mm long. 
Flowers unknown. Pods pendent, flat, including the slender stipe about 
Trans. Linn. Soc. 30 (1875) 575. 
